John Donald Daly (1841 – January 1, 1923) was a California businessman and landowner from

Boston Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- mo ...

, Massachusetts. The city of

Daly City, California Daly City () is the second most populous city in San Mateo County, California, United States, with population of 104,901 according to the 2020 census. Located in the San Francisco Bay Area, and immediately south of San Francisco (sharing its ...

, was named after him when it was incorporated in 1911. He is widely regarded as the "father of Daly City" and is an important figure in the history of the city that bears his name. He also opened the city's first bank.

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An Overview of Daly City History

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1841 births 1923 deaths Daly City, California American bankers People from Boston 19th-century American businesspeople 20th-century American businesspeople Deaths from pneumonia in the United States {{Massachusetts-stub