762 documented Riley ancestors, drawn from public records such as death indexes and county histories. Every name below is a real person in the public record.
Of English and Irish origin — English habitational name from 'rye clearing' (Old English 'ryge' + 'leah'), and an anglicized form of the Irish Ó Raghallaigh.
Where the records place them: Iowa (98%), out of 758 Riley records with a known place.
The most common first names among them: John, William, James, Robert and Helen.
Of the 748 with both a birth and a death year, the median lifespan was 77 years.
The earliest recorded birth is William Riley, born 1800 in Ireland.
Documented Riley families on this page come from History of Jackson County, Michigan (1911), History of Clay County, Missouri (1920) and Centennial Portrait and Biographical Record of the City of Dayton and of Montgomery County, Ohio.
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Deceased Riley ancestors, earliest first. Living family members are deliberately omitted.
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Of English and Irish origin — English habitational name from 'rye clearing' (Old English 'ryge' + 'leah'), and an anglicized form of the Irish Ó Raghallaigh.
The documented line here reaches back to 1800. Most Riley lines can be traced to the end of the surviving public record.
No. Deceased ancestors only, from public records. Living people are excluded for privacy.
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