RILEY Family Lancashire

[onefortheroad]

Will do, Brenda.

Bye for now,
David.

[DannyStew]

Hi: My paternal, maternal, maternal, paternal great great, great grand father's name was Robert Riley of Preston, I believe.  One of his son's, my great, great grandfather, James Riley of Read, married my great, great grand mother, Mary Ann Robinson of Liverpool, perhaps. I have no information on   Mary Ann Robinson's parents.
James Riley and Mary Ann Robinson migrated to Jamaica between 1860 and 1882 and resided in the parish of Hanover.

If you believe that there is a chance that we might be related or if any one else has any further info about Robert Riley's descendants and or Mary Ann Robinson ancestry, I would be delighted to do some cross references with you.

[heatherjulie]

Hi
A possible relative?

Banns: St Leonard, Padiham, Lancashire, England
James Riley - Read
Elizabeth Cockshutt - Padiham
First Reading: 5 Feb 1854; Read By: J. Best
Second Reading: 12 Feb 1854; Read By: J. Best
Third Reading: 19 Feb 1854; Read By: J. Best

[heatherjulie]

Marriage: 18 Mar 1854 St Leonard, Padiham, Lancashire, England
James Riley - (X), Full Age, Collier, Bachelor, Read
Elizabeth Cockshutt - (X), Full Age, Roomer, Spinster, Padiham
Groom's Father: Ezra Riley, Carter
Bride's Father: David Cockshutt, Sawyer
Witness: John Riley, (X); Janet Shorrock, (X)
Married by Banns by: J. Best

[heatherjulie]

Banns: St Mary and All Saints, Whalley, Lancashire, England
Robert Riley - Read
Hannah Moorhouse - Read
Banns Read: 6 Jun 1819, 2nd: 2, 3rd: 3

Marriage: 7 Apr 1845 St Mary and All Saints, Whalley, Lancashire, England
Robert Riley - (X), 32, Labourer, Bachelor, Read
Jane Metcalf - (X), 28, Weaver, Widow, Read
Groom's Father: James Riley, Farmer
Bride's Father: Henry Wilkinson, Farmer
Witness: Thomas Chew; James Wade
Married by: R N Whitaker, Vicar

[heatherjulie]

There is this family in Read in 1861

Robert Riley 48
Jane Riley 43
James Riley 16
Rebeca Riley 14
Sarah Riley 9
Robert Riley 7
John Riley 4

40/3076/59/10
 

[heatherjulie]

1871 in Reed

Robert Riley 55
Jane Riley 54
James Riley 25
Rebecca Riley 23
Sarah Riley 19
Robert Riley 17
John Riley 15
Mary Jane Riley 7

This seems to be the family in 1881

Robert Riley 64
Jane Riley 63
Rebecca Riley 32
Sarah Riley 25
John Riley 24
Mary Jane Riley 14
 

Do you know when or where James married?
 
 

[DannyStew]

Hi Heather: the census data you presented seem accurate; James Riley and Mary Ann Robinson were married most likely in Lancashire; and moved to Jamaica, WI as a young couple, where they had their children; I cannot find any supporting marriage or immigration records however. hence, inconclusive, as to whether or not the were married in Jamaica, Lancashire or in some other county in the UK.

[DannyStew]

One of my great, great, great grandfather's name was Robert Riley, born about 1816, in or in the vicinity of Simonstone, Lancashire, England. It appeared that his wife was Jane Metcalf, born about 1817 in, (or in the vicinity) of Read, Lancashire.

They had five children of record.

James Riley, born about 1845 at Read, Lancashire (my great, great grandfather),
Rebecca, born about 1849, Read, Lancashire, England
Robert Riley, born about 1849, Padiham, Lancashire, England
Elizabeth Riley, born about 1853, St John's, Preston, Lancashire, England
Mary Riley, dob unknown.

James Riley was married to Mary Ann Robinson (my great, great grandmother);
They moved to Hanover, Jamaica, WI, perhaps during the 1870s. I have no information about Mary Ann's parents, siblings or grandparents. I have reason to speculate, however, that she was born in Leeds, Lancashire.

If  your family name is Robinson and or Riley, connected to Jamaica and/or Lancashire; or if you have either of these names in your genealogical chart, there is a probability that we might be related. Hence, I would like to make contact with you, as I probe for answers about the ancestry of Mary Ann Robinson, in particular.
(James and Mary Ann also had a son whose name was Robert Riley, born in the 1880s)