Edwin Joseph O'Malley
Edwin Joseph O'Malley (August 23, 1881 - April 10, 1955) was the Commissioner of Public Markets for New York City.
Edwin was the son of Thomas Francis O'Malley (1854-1918) and Georgiana Reynolds (1855-1941) and he was born in the Bronx, New York. He married Alma Feltner (1883-1940) around 1902 and had a single child: Walter Francis O'Malley (1903-1979), who became the owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1950 to 1979.
In 1910 Edwin was living in the Bronx and working as a cotton goods salesman. He registered for the draft on September 12, 1918. He worked as the Commissioner of Public Markets for New York City and he survived a graft scandal in August of 1923. He died in Amityville, Nassau County, Long Island in 1955.
References
- New York Times, August 17, 1922, page 27, "O'Malley halts market inquiry"
- New York Times, August 18, 1922; page 26, "O'Malley testifies in market inquiry"
- New York Times, August 19, 1922, page 20, "O'Malley will not talk"
- New York Times, August 25, 1922, page 06, "Hylan to seize O'Malley's records"
- New York Times, July 02, 1923, page 20, "O'Malley opposes port market plan"