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__NOTOC__ John Tracy Gaffey (1860–1935) was a journalist, state and city official, real-estate speculator and investor at the turn of 20th century in Los Angeles, California. ==Personal== Gaffey was born on November 1, 1860,〔() Guide to the John Tracy Gaffey Papers, 1884–1934, Online Archive of California, states he was born in 1859.〕 in Galway, Ireland, the son of Thomas Gaffey and Ann E. Tracy. His father died when the boy was 5 years old. His oldest brother, William, became wanted by the authorities for sedition because of his beliefs regarding Irish independence, and so and his family, headed by a widow with seven children, emigrated to California in 1866-67 via the Isthmus of Panama.〔() The ''Los Angeles Times'' stated on February 20, 1925, that they sailed "around the Horn."〕 They pioneered near Santa Cruz on a cattle and sheep ranch, later moving to San Francisco, where Gaffey went to high school and then spent a year at the University of California, Berkeley.〔(Clare Wallace, Los Angeles Public Library Reference File, January 8, 1937, with sources as cited there )〕〔(Sam Gnerre, "The Man Behind San Pedro's Gaffey Street," ''South Bay Daily Breeze,'' May 17, 2014 )〕 He was married in St. Vibiana's Cathedral on June 1, 1887, to Arcadia Bandini, who was the granddaughter of pioneer Juan Bandini. Her mother was Esperanza de Sepulveda. They had two children, John and Margaret (Mrs. John Mell).〔〔〔Another version states: () "On a trip to Los Angeles in 1882 he met Dolores and Arcadia Bandini, daughters of Juan Batista Bandini, who was the grandson of pioneer Spanish California settler Jose Bandini." Sam Gnerre, "The Man Behind San Pedro's Gaffey Street," ''South Bay Daily Breeze,'' May 17, 2014〕 A Catholic, Gaffey was a founder of the California Club of Los Angeles and was a member of the Bohemian Club of San Francisco and the Tuna Club of Catalina Island.〔 He was a member of the Los Angeles County Democratic Central Committee, the Federated Tax Reduction Leagues of the county and the Free Harbor League.〔("Mrs. Gaffey, Daughter of Bandini, Dies at 85 )〕〔 Around 1904 or 1905 he moved the family from Los Angeles to San Pedro, where he built a rustic ranch house in 1906, at 1131 West Third Street. He later moved that house across the street and on the first lot he built a three-story homet, which he named Hacienda La Rambla. It was razed in 1964 for the construction of a YMCA building.〔 Gaffey died January 9, 1935, in his home. He was survived by a son, W. Casey Gaffey of San Pedro, and a daughter, Mrs. Margaret Kilroy of Santa Monica. Burial was slated for Valley Church in Watsonville, California.〔 He left an estate valued at $236,000.〔("J.T. Gaffey Will Filed," ''Los Angeles Times,'' February 20, 1935, page A3 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Tracy Gaffey」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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