Brief Life History of Hettie Eliza
When Hettie Eliza Riley was born in February 1869, in Pennsylvania, United States, her father, William S. Riley, was 33 and her mother, Hannah E Brister, was 22. She married Matthew Eugene Cheney on 20 June 1888, in Woodbury, Iowa, United States. She lived in Newell Township, Buena Vista, Iowa, United States in 1900 and Spokane, Spokane, Washington, United States for about 10 years. She died on 29 November 1960, in Olympia, Thurston, Washington, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Riverside Memorial Park, Spokane, Spokane, Washington, United States.
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- Hattie Riley in household of W S Riley, "Iowa State Census, 1885"
- Legacy NFS Source: Hettie Riley - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Hettie Riley
- H A Kiley, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
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1870
Historical Boundaries: 1870: Buena Vista, Iowa, United States
1889 · Washington Becomes a State
On November 11, 1889, Washington Territory became Washington State the 42nd state to enter the Union. The state was named in honor of George Washington.
1897 · Seattle Grows Quickly
The Klondike gold rush started in 1896 in Canada, but by 1897 as miners started moving and following the gold it caused for Seattle to rapidly grow as more miners joined the search for gold.
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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