Background
Alexander Thomas was born on September 11, 1858 in Queensfort, Tuam, County Galway, Ireland. Son of Alexander Thomas and Margaret (Skerrett) Leonard.
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Alexander Thomas Leonard
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Student Royal College Surgeons, Ireland, and Queen’s College, Galway, Ireland. L.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P., Royal College Surgeons, Edinburgh, 1883. Honorary Master of Arts, University of Santa Clara, California, 1907.
Career
Emigrated to the United States in 1883 via Central America (Panama), naturalized 1896. Resident surgeon, St. Mary’s Hospital, San Francisco, 1884-1887. Chief surgeon, since 1887. Staff surgeon and director Trinity Hospital, since 1917, and director Nurses’ Training School of same.
Connections
Married Annie Margaret Barry, October 16, 1887 (died 1937) at Old St. Mary's Cathedral in San Francisco. Children: Honora Genevieve (Mistress Bruce Henry McBirney), Alexander Thomas Jr., Marguerite Ann (deceased). Barry William (deceased), Yelverton Vincent (deceased), Eileen Mary (Mistress John Arthur McInerny), Marie Louise (Mistress Frederick Lewis Fillmore), Stephen John (deceased), Anita Lucile (Mistress Howard Albert Clark), Geraldine Claire (deceased), Viola Clarice (Mistress Winchester Cooley).
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Political Party
Republican
Awards
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Papal Knighthood, United States
Received this honor in recognition of years of charitable medical services provided to the poor in San Francisco. Especially the roman catholic poor.Received this honor in recognition of years of charitable medical services provided to the poor in San Francisco. Especially the roman catholic poor.