Thomas Francis Gilroy

Thomas Francis Gilroy (June 3, 1840 – December 1, 1911), born in Ireland, was mayor of New York 1893-94 and Commissioner of Public works 1889-93. He was also a member of Tammany Hall. He had a daughter, Frances E. Gilroy, who married Edward A. Maher, Jr.^[1] He died on December 1, 1911 at his home on Ocean Avenue, Far Rockaway, Long Island and he was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx.^[2]

References

1. ^ "The Daughter of ex-Mayor Thomas F. Gilroy Married to Edward A. Maher, Jr.". New York Times. June 3, 1897, Wednesday. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9F03E4DB1E39E433A25750C0A9609C94669ED7CF. Retrieved 2008-06-06. "All Saints' Church, One Hundred and Twenty-ninth Street and Madison Avenue, presented a brilliant scene at noon yesterday, when Miss Frances E. Gilroy, daughter of ex-Mayor and Mrs. Thomas F. Gilroy, became the bride of Mr. Edward A. Maher, Jr., son of ex-Mayor of Albany Edward A. Maher, now a resident of Harlem." 
2. ^ "Thomas F. Gilroy, Ex-Mayor is Dead. Former Tammany Power, Who Had Lived in Retirement Since 1894, Dies of Apoplexy.". New York Times. December 2, 1911. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9C05E4DB1231E233A25751C0A9649D946096D6CF&scp=2&sq=%22Thomas+F.+Gilroy%22&st=p. Retrieved 2008-06-06. "Thomas F. Gilroy, who was Mayor of this city in 1893 and 1894, died last night at his home on Ocean Avenue, Far Rockaway, L.I. He was 71 years old. His health had been gradually failing ever since he gave up the Presidency of the Twelfth Ward Bank in this city ten years ago, and his death has been expected for a year or more." 

Political offices
Preceded by Hugh J. Grant	Mayor of New York City 1893–1894	Succeeded by William Lafayette Strong

Persondata
Name	Gilroy, Thomas F.
Alternative names
Short description	Mayor of New York City
Date of birth	June 3, 1840
Place of birth	Ireland
Date of death	December 1, 1911
Place of death	New York, New York