According to the 1817 Leeds Trade Directory (click here for Marcus Tunaley's website), Thomas was working as a tailor at 25 Newsome's Yard, Briggate Leeds.

Briggate (possibly an abbreviation of Bridge Gate as the street crosses the River Aire) dates back to the thirteenth century (see Wikipedia).

The street was well-known for the number of alleyways and yards that adjoined it.

Briggate also crosses Kirkgate where Thomas' father John Hezekiah was landlord of the Old Crown Inn.

A record has been located showing that Thomas Nelson Tunaley emigrated to America 1828. The arrival port was Baltimore, Maryland.

Meanwhile, the year of 1828 provides evidence that George Tunaley, whose birth was 1848, Brockton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, could be a descendant of the John Hezekiah family.

in 1841, a Mary Tunnally arrived New York. It is possible this was Thomas' sister Mary Tunaley who by then would have been aged 55.

No other records of Tunaleys emigrating to America have been found prior to 1887, that being the year of another George "Tunally"'s arrival in Boston, Massachusetts followed in 1891 by George Tunaley (on this occasion spelt correctly) at the same port of arrival (Boston). A Mary Tunaley arrived Boston 1888 and Boston again in 1891. It is likely (current records provide no other possibility) that these people were George (b. 1849) and Mary Tunaley (nee Stanton).