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St. Peter's, Leeds, RILEY/ATHA marriage 1827
« on: Friday 29 June 18 20:31 BST (UK) »
Apologies up front if I'm not doing this correctly, I'm very new at this.

I'm trying to pin down my English ancestry. I've taken the Riley side back to MARTIN RILEY, clothier, b. ca 1806, and his wife SARAH nee ATHA b. ca 1811. I'm fairly sure I've got her parents and family, (Atha/Austin) but can't find anything much on him. The info I do have on their marriage is one of those infamous "text only" deals over at a******y, but it does give a date and place - Saint Peter's, Leeds, York, England; 15 October, 1827. What I really want is his parents' names although I suppose that's something of a long shot from a marriage record. I've searched very hard for some way I can find this info myself but it's been for nought.

I would appreciate any help with this. Thanks!

ETA: following custom. You'll note "that place" is no longer spelled out ;).
Riley, Atha, Vardy, Austin

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Re: St. Peter's, Leeds, RILEY/ATHA marriage 1827
« Reply #1 on: Friday 29 June 18 20:49 BST (UK) »
Hello,

The marriage shows in West Yorkshire Marriages but not very helpful  :-\

Martin Riley, Clothier and Sarah Atha married by banns 15th October 1827

Both made their mark and witnesses were:
Joseph Fletcher -mark and Robert Hargreaves (witnesses others so will likely be a Church Official).
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Re: St. Peter's, Leeds, RILEY/ATHA marriage 1827
« Reply #2 on: Friday 29 June 18 21:01 BST (UK) »
Drat. I suspected such would be the case. At this point I suppose the best I can do is search for some sort of baptism/christening record although verifying that it's the <i>right</i> Martin Riley is going to be iffy at best since it appears the name Martin is not all that uncommon. At least most people tended to pretty much stay put back then although within a year of his Father's death in 1855 son Austin apparently sold out and emigrated to America. Oh, well, thank you very much for your help.
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Re: St. Peter's, Leeds, RILEY/ATHA marriage 1827
« Reply #3 on: Friday 29 June 18 21:06 BST (UK) »
Now I was thinking that Martin was not that common for Yorkshire but when I look it is  ::)

Martin gives his birth as Bramley and the family are living there.

1841 shows 69 Rileys in Bramley in 1841.

Your Martin is living Top of Town. There is a family with John and Jane as parents living in Town Street who have a son, Martin. It is worth noting just in case.
Mind you all of Bramley might live around a Town Street  ;)
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Re: St. Peter's, Leeds, RILEY/ATHA marriage 1827
« Reply #4 on: Friday 29 June 18 21:29 BST (UK) »
Unfortunately at that time father's names were often not on the marriage cert
This is my transcription from the image of Parish records
St Peters Leeds Yks
Page 584 no 769
Martin Riley of this Parish and
Sarah Atha og this Parish Spinster
were married in this Church by Banns mths 23 Sept, 30 Sept, 7 Oct
Marriage 15 October 1827 by Wm Williamson crate
Martin and Sarah made their mark
Witnesses Joseph Fletcher made his mark
Robert hargreave (signed)

Burial
Bramley St Peter Yks
no 2036
Martin Riley age 48
Burial 17 Jun 1855
by James Dixon

unfortunately W Yorks baptisms details on a******y begin 1813
there are many Martin Riley baptisms with no date or definate place

1841 census (full details if you require them)
Martin and Sarah have 4 children with them and Thomas Atha age 55 (ages in 1841 rounded down to nerest 5 years) and Wm Rayment 35

1841 Martin is a widower  jst has 2 eldest children with him -do you know where the youngest children were??

Could they be with family?

Suz
Thornhill, Cresswell, Sisson, Harriman, Cripps, Eyre, Walter, Marson, Battison, Holmes, Bailey, Hardman, Fairhurst Noon-mainly in Derbys/Notts-but also Northampton, Oxford, Leics, Lancs-England
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Re: St. Peter's, Leeds, RILEY/ATHA marriage 1827
« Reply #5 on: Friday 29 June 18 21:42 BST (UK) »
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1841 Martin is a widower  jst has 2 eldest children with him -do you know where the youngest children were??

Could they be with family?

Suz

Dead, unfortunately  :(. Annabella died 1841 of Scarlatina (scarlet fever), and Oliver died 1843 of hydrocephalus. I invested in the death certificates as I was 90% sure I had the right ones.

ETA: Both children were under the age of two at death.
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Re: St. Peter's, Leeds, RILEY/ATHA marriage 1827
« Reply #6 on: Friday 29 June 18 21:45 BST (UK) »
there is a tree on An*****y which has Oliver dieing 1843 in Ontario Canada?????

Suz
Thornhill, Cresswell, Sisson, Harriman, Cripps, Eyre, Walter, Marson, Battison, Holmes, Bailey, Hardman, Fairhurst Noon-mainly in Derbys/Notts-but also Northampton, Oxford, Leics, Lancs-England
Census Information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

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Re: St. Peter's, Leeds, RILEY/ATHA marriage 1827
« Reply #7 on: Friday 29 June 18 21:48 BST (UK) »
Now I was thinking that Martin was not that common for Yorkshire but when I look it is  ::)

Martin gives his birth as Bramley and the family are living there.

1841 shows 69 Rileys in Bramley in 1841.

Your Martin is living Top of Town. There is a family with John and Jane as parents living in Town Street who have a son, Martin. It is worth noting just in case.
Mind you all of Bramley might live around a Town Street  ;)

Yep. Most of my life I thought we were Irish, until my sister gave me an a******y DNA test for a birthday gift. Although I realize they're more of a general guideline than anything, it came back showing no Irish ancestry at all and that apparently I/we were more British than the average Brit by quite a goodly percentage. That's when I started looking into all this - and discovered a new hobby - and also discovered all the Yorkshire Rileys and that the name has English roots. I'm trying to get at least 3 points of agreement before I decide a record belongs to my ancestor, but it's difficult and I've a lot of "tentative" notations. It's a pretty fair bet I've got distant Riley/Atha/Austin relatives in the Leeds area. Perhaps some day I'll get to look them up.
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Re: St. Peter's, Leeds, RILEY/ATHA marriage 1827
« Reply #8 on: Friday 29 June 18 21:54 BST (UK) »
there is a tree on An*****y which has Oliver dieing 1843 in Ontario Canada?????

Suz
Different Oliver.

The .pdf of the death record I've got on him says DoD 8th August, 1843 at Bramley, name Oliver Riley son of Martin Riley Clothier, Martin present at death. Which, although macabre, gave me clue that Sarah must've been gone by then as I can't see her not being at her son's side at that time unless something was very wrong.


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