Edwin Joseph O'Malley (August 22, 1881 – April 10, 1953) was the

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Biography

Edwin was born on August 22, 1881 in Manhattan, New York CityHis birth certificate is dated August 22, 1881 in Manhattan and is certificate 318892. He used the date of August 23, 1882 in 1941 for the WWII draft and August 23, 1881 in the WWI draft. His obituary said he was 69 years old which would have him born in 1883. The birth certificate is considered canonical. to Thomas Francis O'Malley (1854–1918) and Georgiana Reynolds (1855–1941). He married Alma Feltner (1883–1940) on January 16, 1902 and had one child, a son, Walter Francis O'Malley (1903–1979), who would become the owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1950 to 1979, and who would oversee their controversial move from

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. In 1910 Edwin was living in the Bronx, New York and working as a cotton goods salesman. Around 1911 he moved the family from the Bronx to

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. He registered for the draft on September 12, 1918, but did not serve in

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. He became a Democratic party

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by mayor John F. Hylan. He testified on August 18, 1922 before the Kings County, New York Grand Jury, which was investigating the mishandling of the fees paid by vendors to the Public Markets office. No charges were filed. He died of a heart attack in

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on April 10, 1953.

Court cases

*Schumaker v. O'Malley; May 1, 1920 *Matter of Joerger v. O'Malley; December 1, 1923

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Omalley, Edwin Joseph 1881 births 1955 deaths Edwin Joseph People from the Bronx People from Long Island Commissioners of Public Markets Politicians from New York City People from Hollis, Queens New York (state) Democrats

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