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. A further record (click here) shows that "Thomas N. Tunaley" then took up residence at "64, Pratt St., Baltimore" (click here for picture of modern Pratt St.) and in a notice in the Maryland Gazette of Annapolis, dated Thursday, October 28th, 1828 (i.e. the same year Thomas emigrated) Thomas offers a reward of 50 dollars for the return of a stolen Barouche (a type of carriage) and horse. Yet another record (click here) shows that in 1834 a court case took place regarding the "insolvent estate" of "Thomas N. Tunally".

In 1841, seven years leter, a Mary "Tunnally" arrived New York. Possibly this was Thomas' sister Mary Tunaley who by then would have been aged 55.

Meanwhile, the above details provide some evidence that George Tunaley, whose birth was 1848, Brockton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, was a descendant of the Thomas Nelson family.

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).