San Francisco County
Biographies
GERALD J. FITZGIBBON, M.D.
GERALD J. FITZGIBBON,
M.D. whose office is at No. 21 Powell street, San Francisco, was born in
Sacramento, California, October 19, 1855, the son of Maurice Fitzgibbon, a
native of county Limerick, Ireland, who came to America when a child. He was one of the early settlers of California,
and was engaged first in mining and later in in
the hotel business in Sacramento. He is now living in San
Francisco, retired from active business. Gerald received his early education in the
public schools of Sacramento,
graduating at the high school in 1872.
He commenced the study of medicine in that year, under the preceptorship of Dr. G. G. Tyrrell, now secretary of the
State Board of Health. Dr. Fitzgibbon
entered the St. Mary’s Hospital in 1875 as interne, and soon afterward entered
the Medical College
of the Pacific, now the Cooper Medical
College, where he graduated November 6, 1877. He was at once appointed Resident Surgeon and
Physician of St. Mary’s Hospital, where he remained until January 1, 1880.
He then entered into private practice in his present locality. The Doctor is now a member of the State
Medical Society of California, and
of the County Medical Society of San Francisco, also of the San Francisco
Medical Benevolent Society of California.
Transcribed 10-30-05 Marilyn R. Pankey.
Source: "The Bay of San Francisco," Vol. 2, Page 273-274,
Lewis Publishing Co, 1892.
©
2005 Marilyn R. Pankey.
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