When Rebecca McNair Riley was born on 20 October 1827, in Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, United States, her father, John Riley, was 32 and her mother, Susan "Sucky, Suckey" Walker, was 32. She married Alexander Drumgoole Wilson on 22 May 1845. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 10 March 1862, in Muskogee, Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 34, and was buried in Muskogee, Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States.
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Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
Historical Boundaries 1833: Indian Territory, United States 1907: Cherokee, Oklahoma, United States
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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.
Possible Related NamesRebecca married Alexander Drumgoole Wilson on May 22, 1845. Their children were: Susan Rebecca, Isabel Brandon, Laura Adair and James Madison Wilson. Alex Wilson died in the Cherokee Male Seminary on …
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