California Biographies

Source:
History of Napa and Lake Counties
San Francisco, Slocum, Bowen & Co., Publishers. 1881

Transcribed by Peggy Hooper 2011

This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives 
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cagha/index.htm


THOMAS WALSH. Was born in Ireland, August 15, 1822. In 1847 he came to America. He followed 
boating on the Hudson River until April, 1857, when he started via Panama for California, and arrived at 
San Francisco August 15th of the above year. After spending about eight years in the vicinity of St. 
Helena, he bought and settled on his present place, about one mile from Calistoga, where he has since 
resided. He married, June 4, 1852, Miss Margaret Hilliard, by whom he has five children: William P. F., 
Robert, Henry, Matilda and Josephine.