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Harry Edward Patrick

4th Fire Chief of the North Rose Fire Department

b. 1890 · d. 1975 · Served 1919–1920

Railroad station agent for North Rose who led the 27-man Hook and Ladder Company and served as chief in 1919–1920.

Harry Edward Patrick, son of John C. Patrick and Nora C. Collins Patrick, was born in 1890 in Fulton, NY. He married Grace Elizabeth Burns (1891–1977) in 1911 in Fulton, NY.

Harry died in 1975 at the age of 84; he and Grace are buried in Saint Mary's Cemetery, Fulton, NY. Harry and Grace moved from Fulton and lived the remainder of their lives in North Rose, prior to taking residency at the Blossom View Nursing Home in Sodus, NY.

It is inferred that Harry and Grace first moved to North Rose in 1915, where he served as the railroad station agent.

Foster children (per obituary)

  • Bessie Skela
  • Eleanor Mitchell

Census record

  • 1905 Fulton — aged 15
  • 1910 Fulton, NY — aged 20, New York Central Railroad company operator
  • 1920 North Rose, NY — aged 29, railroad station agent
  • 1930 North Rose — aged 40, railroad station agent
  • 1940 North Rose — aged 49, railroad station agent