Brief Life History of George Richard
When George Richard Dilley was born on 1 October 1882, in Danville, Vermilion, Illinois, United States, his father, John Hiram Dilley, was 42 and his mother, Mary Caroline Owens, was 23. He married Dora Mae Hattie Cheek on 17 March 1912, in Chester, Randolph, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Nameoki, Madison, Illinois, United States in 1920 and Burksville Station, Monroe, Illinois, United States in 1940. He died on 19 May 1955, in Illinois, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Waterloo, Monroe, Illinois, United States.
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- George Dilley, "United States Census, 1940"
- Legacy NFS Source: George Richard Dilley - Government record: Census record: birth: October 1882; Illinois, United States
- George Richard Dilley, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
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A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.
Name Meaning
English: possibly a pet form of an unrecorded Old English personal name Dylla, found as the first element in the placenames Dillington (in the former Huntingdonshire) and Dilton (in Wiltshire). The name may sometimes have been confused with Doyley and Dolley (see Olley ).
German: variant of Dilly or a surname of French origin, an altered form of Delay .
In some cases also an altered form of French Dilly .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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