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man's estate. He absorbed all of the in-
formation possible from every position he
held, and ever had visions of the day when
he would enter business on his own ac-
count. In 1912 he found the fulfillment
of his hopes and resigned from his work
to engage in partnership with his brother,
Harold, in a business of general trucking.
Although they had but one small truck
to start with, they rapidly extended their
business and were remarkably successful.
Now three large trucks are needed
to take care of the large volume of truck-
ing business. A large amount of their
work is on contract, such as hauling pav-
ing material, and for over three years
they have held the contract for hauling
for Maher Brothers, contractors of Green-
wich.
Mr. Wood married Edna May Parketon,
daughter of Frank Parketon. They
have a daughter, Hazel Wood.
BERGIN, Thomas J., M. D.,
Honored in 'World 'War.
Coming to Greenwich, Connecticut,
with a professional reputation already well
established, Dr. Bergin has added to it
with every year of his residence in that
city. By his war record of foreign service
he has inserted a brilliant chapter in the
narrative of his career.
The name of Bergin is extremely an-
cient, the form in the original Irish hav-
ing been O'Aimirgin, modernized into
Mergin and Bergin. Some authorities
incline to regard Bergin as a weak form
of Burgoyne, but the preponderance of
evidence seems to be in favor of its derivation
from O'Aimirgin.
Patrick Bergin, father of Thomas J.
Bergin, was born in 1839, in Tipperary,
Ireland, and came to the United States as
a young man, settling in New Haven,
Connecticut, where for forty years he
served on the police force. He belongs
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to the Roman Catholic church, and is a
member of the Knights of Columbus.
Mr. Bergin married Ellen Crotty, born in
County Waterford, Ireland, daughter of
Thomas Crotty, and of the children born
to them all but one reached maturity
Michael Henry, Margaret Josephine,
Thomas J., mentioned below ; John Patrick
; Edward, died young; Mary Cath-
erine ; James,
deceased ; and Francis Se-
bastian, chairman of the Democratic
Town Committee of New Haven. Three
or four years ago Mr. Bergin retired from
the police force with a most honorable
record.
Dr. Thomas J. Bergin, son of Patrick
and Ellen (Crotty) Bergin, was born
March 18, 1875, in New Haven, Connecti-
cut, and received his preparatory educa-
tion in local public schools. In 1896 he
graduated from Yale University with the
degree of Bachelor of Arts, and in 1899
Yale Medical School conferred upon him
that of Doctor of Medicine. He then
spent two years in the New Haven Hos-
pital, holding, during the second of these
years, the position of house surgeon. For
three years thereafter Dr. Bergin practiced
in New Haven, and in 1906 removed
to Greenwich, where he has ever since
been successfully engaged in general
practice. He serves as surgeon on the
staff of the Greenwich Hospital. The
professional organizations in which he is
enrolled are the City, County and State
Medical societies and the American Med-
ical Association. He also belongs to the
Phi Gamma Delta fraternity. He affili-
ates with Orinoco Council, Knights of
Columbus, and the Benevolent and Protective
Order of Elks, both of Greenwich,
and with the Royal Arcanum, of New
Haven.
When the United States entered the
World War, Dr. Bergin was one of the
first to respond to the call to arms. On
September 12, 1917, he went into active
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