Brief Life History of William Henry Christopher
When William Henry Christopher Riley Jr. was born on 3 May 1938, in Pawtucket, Providence, Rhode Island, United States, his father, William Henry Christopher Riley Sr., was 31 and his mother, Brenda Knowles, was 25. He married Patricia Ann Castle on 8 August 1959, in Pawtucket, Providence, Rhode Island, United States. He lived in Central Falls, Providence, Rhode Island, United States in 1940. He died on 7 May 2019, in El Paso, El Paso, Texas, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Fort Bliss National Cemetery, El Paso, El Paso, Texas, United States.
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Sources (3)
- Wiliam H Riley, "United States 1950 Census"
- William Henry Riley, "Find A Grave Index"
- William Riley in household of William Riley, "United States Census, 1940"
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World Events (8)
1939
In 1939 Fort Bliss Cemetery was designated a National Cemetery.
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
1960
Squaw Valley, California, United States hosts Winter Olympic Games.
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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