Brief Life History of Charles Henry
When Charles Henry Riley was born on 15 June 1874, in Belfast Mills, Russell, Virginia, United States, his father, Hugh Lafayette Riley, was 29 and his mother, Josephine Bonaparte Bradshaw, was 35. He married Mary "Mollie" Steele on 23 March 1897, in Russell, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Justice Precinct 4, Midland, Texas, United States in 1930 and Commissioner's Precinct 4, Wheeler, Texas, United States in 1940. He died on 21 March 1943, in Shamrock, Wheeler, Texas, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Shamrock, Wheeler, Texas, United States.
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- Charles Riley, "United States Census, 1930"
- C. H. Riley, "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, County Marriage Registers, 1853-1935"
- Charles Henry Riley, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1876
Historical Boundaries: 1876: Donley, Texas, United States
1894 · Texas Files Lawsuit Against Standard Oil Company
Under the direction of Governor Jim Hogg, Texas filed a lawsuit against John D. Rockefeller for violating state monopoly laws. Hogg argued that Standard Oil Company and Water-Piece Oil Company of Missouri were engaged in illegal practices like price fixing, rebates, and consolidation. Rockefeller was indicted, but never tried in a court of law; other employees of his company were convicted as guilty.
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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