Brief Life History of Elizabeth E.
Elizabeth E. Riley was born about 1817, in Pennsylvania, United States. She married Thomas Ethan Elwood in 1847, in Mercer, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Pymatuning Township, Mercer, Pennsylvania, United States in 1850 and Fairfield Township, Jackson, Iowa, United States in 1860.
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Family Time Line
Sources (3)
- Elisabeth Elwood in household of Thomas Elwood, "United States Census, 1860"
- Legacy NFS Source: Elizabeth E. Riley - birth: about 1817; Pennsylvania, United States
- Elizabeth Elwood in household of Thomas Elwood, "United States Census, 1850"
Spouse and Children
1819– Male
1817– Female
Children (1)
about 1848– Female
World Events (8)
1819 · Panic! of 1819
Age 2
1846
Age 29
1857 · The State Capital moves to Des Moines
Age 40
Name Meaning
English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): habitational name chiefly from High Ryley in Accrington (Lancashire) and Riley in Kirkburton, which was in the manor of Wakefield (Yorkshire). In some cases the name may derive from Riley Farm in Eyam (Derbyshire), Royley in Royton (Lancashire), or Rylah in Scarcliffe (Derbyshire). The placenames all come from Old English rȳge ‘rye’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.
Irish: from Ó Raghailligh ‘descendant of Raghailleach’, Old Irish Roghallach. This is the name of a chieftain family in Cavan, related to the O'Rourkes. In Anglicized form it has also been confused with Ó Raithile found in Munster, usually Anglicized as O'Rahilly or Rahilly . See O'Reilly .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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