Thomas Whaley was an early settler of San Diego, California.
11 Facts About Thomas Whaley
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Thomas Whaley's father died in 1832 and his will said Thomas should receive a liberal education.
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Thomas Whaley left for California during the California gold rush, and ending up working in San Francisco stores.
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Thomas Whaley was advised to go to San Diego, so he and Lewis Franklin sailed there in 1851 and opened a store called Tienda California.
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Thomas Whaley studied Spanish so he could sell to the Kumeyaay native people.
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Thomas Whaley married Anna Eloise DeLaunay in 1853 in New York.
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Thomas Whaley was born March 31,1832, in New York City to a French family.
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Thomas Whaley was a Whig, though the position was officially non-partisan.
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In 1857, Thomas Whaley built a house in San Diego, in the area now referred to as Old Town.
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The Thomas Whaley Family lived in the home off and on until 1885, when they moved into a new home in New Town San Diego.
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Thomas Whaley died at his New Town residence on December 14,1890, aged 67.