San Joaquin County Biographies
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RAYMOND T. McGURK, M.D.
Well and favorably known as a physician and surgeon of distinction, Dr. Raymond T. McGurk was born in Stockton, October 21, 1883, a son of Charles H. and Elizabeth (Thornton) McGurk, the former a native of San Andreas, Calaveras County, and the latter of Sacramento, and both are still living in Stockton. Charles H. McGurk came to Stockton a young man and entered the employ of the Sperry Flour Company, but in 1887 he entered the butcher business in Stockton, and with the exception of one term as chief of police, has been in that business ever since; at present he is the manager of the Maisel Meat Company. Elizabeth (Thornton) McGurk was reared in Calaveras County and taught in the public schools there for several years; of late years she has been active in the affairs of the Calaveras Society of Stockton, whose members are made up of former residents of that county and she is a past president of the society. Mr. and Mrs. McGurk had two children: Mrs. Joseph M. Kidd, and Raymond T.
Raymond T. McGurk received his education in St. Joseph's private school and St. Mary's school in Stockton and was later graduated from the Stockton high school, class of '05, the first class to graduate from the new high school on Vine Street. Desiring to become a physician he entered Cooper Medical College and was graduated with the class of '09, with the degree of M.D., and licensed to practice by the State Board of Examiners that same year. He became an interne at the San Joaquin County Hospital and in 1910 located in Stockton and began to build up a private practice. He served as city health officer during 1911 and 1912, and was for five years a member of the staff of the Stockton Emergency Hospital under Chief Surgeon Dr. Ira B. Ladd and later under Dr. L.R. Johnson. In 1918 Dr. McGurk took a post-graduate course in surgery at Harvard University and visited many of the Eastern clinics. He has been prominent in the San Joaquin County Medical Society, serving as secretary and later as its president and is now a member of the board of directors. Like most successful professional men, Dr. McGurk has a hobby, and that is the raising of registered Scotch Shorthorn beef cattle. With his father, Charles H. McGurk, he owns and operates a ranch of 300 acres at Bellota, San Joaquin County, on which he has a herd of registered Scotch Shorthorn cattle of which he is justly proud.
The marriage of Dr. McGurk united him with Miss Mamie B. Robinson, a native of San Joaquin County, a daughter of I.N. Robinson, a retired farmer of Stockton. Dr. and Mrs. McGurk are the parents of three children: Marjorie Elizabeth; Raymond Thornton, Jr., and Norman Edward. Fraternally Dr. McGurk is a member of the Knights of Columbus and Young Men's Institute.
History of
SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY
CALIFORNIA
With A
Biographical Review
of
The Leading Men and Women of the County Who Have Been
Identified with Its Growth and Development
from the Early Days to the Present
HISTORY BY
George H. Tinkham
HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
1923
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