When Margaret Reilly was born in 1782, in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Peter Reilley, was 23 and her mother, Abigail Edington, was 22. She died before 1844, in her hometown.
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The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
Historical Boundaries 1787: Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, United States
Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Brennan, Brigid, Ciaran, Conor, Kieran, Aidan, Aileen, Caitlin, Clancy, Colm, Conn.
Irish: from Ó Raghailligh, see O'Reilly .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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