BILL, YOU MENTIONED 1857, WHICH IS WHY I SEARCHED NATZ RECORDS. PLEASE EXCUSE & READ CAPS >>>>> > Barb, > This is who I'm looking for. Now the question is could he have been a > coroner? ACCORDING TO PAST PRACTICE IN NYC,YES.HE WORKED IN CITY HALL. Was it necessary for him to have been a physician? NO. RESEARCH SHOWS THAT HISTORICALLY "CORONER" WAS A POLITICAL TITLE, WHETHER APPOINTED OR ELECTED. A CORONER COULD HAVE MEDICAL EXAMINERS PERFORM "HANDS ON" WORK. SOUNDS LIKE BRADY WAS OF THE TAMMANY HALL ERA...MANY APPOINTED POSITIONS. THIS IS WHAT PROMPTED TODAY'S CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS FOR CIVIL JOBS> TO AVOID CRONYISM. BARB I found no> coroners or physicians named John Brady. > John R. Brady was born in NY so I think the nauralization is off. > Bill ************** It's only a deal if it's where you want to go. Find your travel deal here. (http://information.travel.aol.com/deals?ncid=aoltrv00050000000047)
Barb, I do not recall mentioning 1857. Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: <MizScarlettNY@aol.com> To: <nynewyor@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2008 7:35 PM Subject: Re: [NYNEWYOR] need help, eyes & opinion John Brady 1870 NYC > BILL, > YOU MENTIONED 1857, WHICH IS WHY I SEARCHED NATZ RECORDS. > > PLEASE EXCUSE & READ CAPS >>>>> > >> Barb, >> This is who I'm looking for. Now the question is could he have been a >> coroner? > > ACCORDING TO PAST PRACTICE IN NYC,YES.HE WORKED IN CITY HALL. > > Was it necessary for him to have been a physician? > > NO. RESEARCH SHOWS THAT HISTORICALLY "CORONER" WAS A POLITICAL TITLE, > WHETHER > APPOINTED OR ELECTED. A CORONER COULD HAVE MEDICAL EXAMINERS PERFORM > "HANDS > ON" WORK. SOUNDS LIKE BRADY > WAS OF THE TAMMANY HALL ERA...MANY APPOINTED POSITIONS. THIS IS WHAT > PROMPTED > TODAY'S CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS FOR CIVIL JOBS> > TO AVOID CRONYISM. > > BARB > > I found no> coroners or physicians named John Brady. >> John R. Brady was born in NY so I think the nauralization is off. >> Bill > > > > > > ************** > It's only a deal if it's where you want to go. Find your travel > deal here. > > (http://information.travel.aol.com/deals?ncid=aoltrv00050000000047) > > > ************************************* > Jim Garrity, List Administrator > jimgarrity@earthlink.net > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYNEWYOR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message