Joseph Coy Riley

Brief Life History of Joseph Coy

When Joseph Coy Riley was born on 26 March 1905, in Kentucky, United States, his father, Joseph Abraham Riley, was 28 and his mother, Martha Gertrude O'connor, was 19. He lived in Milburn, Carlisle, Kentucky, United States in 1920 and Cunningham, Carlisle, Kentucky, United States for about 20 years. He died on 11 March 1977, in Carlisle, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Carlisle, Kentucky, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Abraham Riley
1877–1950
Martha Gertrude O'connor
1885–1920
Joseph Coy Riley
1905–1977
John Louis Riley
1913–1974
Robert Lee Riley
1907–1920
Emmett Patrick Riley
1911–1964
Martha Margaret Mattie Riley
1916–1995
Azzie Cecelia Riley
1918–2010

Sources (5)

  • Coy J Riley in household of Josep Riley, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Coy Riley, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Joseph C Riley, "Kentucky, Vital Record Indexes, 1911-1999"

World Events (8)

1906 · Saving Food Labels

The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.

1912 · McCreary County Created

Named after James B. McCreary a Confederate war hero and two time Governor of Kentucky McCreary County was created in 1912.

1926 · Mammoth Cave is Discovered

In 1926, in central Kentucky, Mammoth Cave was discovered. It dates back to Mississippian times and consists of over four hundred miles of passageway. On July 1, 1941, the cave was made a National Park.

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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