Linnie Marie (Gardner) Riley (1897 - 1978)

Born 25 Aug 1897 in Illinois

Ancestors

Wife of Chester Douglas Riley Sr. — married 22 Dec 1915 in Maroa Methodist Parsonage, Maroa, Illinois

Descendants

Died Dec 1978 at age 81 in Illinois

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Biography

Linnie, daughter of Theodore and Julia (Cooper) Gardner, was born in Illinois in 1897. She was the sister of Ina, Earl, Lucy J., Paul, and Albert. Her father was a farmer in Macon County, Illinois. Linnie married Chester Riley in Maroa, Illinois, in 1915, when she was 18 years old. Chester was an employee of A. E. Staley Company in Decatur, Illinois, during the early years of their marriage. Later he worked at Purina in Maroa. Their children were Leon, Maxine, Myrle, Ronald, Richard, Chester, Jr., and Jan. Linnie and Chester are buried in Maroa Township Cemetery, Maroa.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS4D-6T7 : accessed 18 September 2015), Linnie M Gardner in household of Theodore Gardner, Maroa Township Maroa city, Macon, Illinois, United States.
• marriage record for Linnie Gardner and Chester Riley, 1915
• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJH9-P8J : accessed 18 September 2015), Linnie Riley in household of Chester Riley, Decatur, Macon, Illinois.
• "United States Census, 1930," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XS1M-MHN : accessed 08 Nov 2014), Linnie M Riley in household of Chester D Riley, Maroa, Macon, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0050, sheet 5A, family 103, NARA microfilm publication T626, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C.; FHL microfilm 2340273.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWRJ-C6B : accessed 19 September 2015), Linnie M Riley in household of Chester Riley, Maroa, Maroa Township, Macon, Illinois, United States.
• Linnie M. Riley on Find A Grave