Elgin
E.
Riley
Born [location unknown]
Ancestors 
Son of Henry Clay Riley
and Lillia Dale Davis
Brother of
Alva Riley [half]
Husband of
Nancy (Marple) Riley
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Father of
Henry James Riley, Ralph Clayton Riley, Pierce Norton Riley, Mary E. (Riley) Howard, Margaret Lavina Riley, Infant Riley and Clyde Burton Riley
Died
at age 92
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 14 Apr 2024
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Biography
Elgin was born in 1877. He passed away in 1970.
Obituaries
Elgin E. Riley
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Parker Mortuary for Elgin E. Riley, 92, of 8421⁄2 N. Kansas, who died Friday in a Topeka hospital. He had lived at Topeka since 1944.
He was born March 28, 1877, at Louisville, Kan. His wife, Mrs. Nannie Riley, died in 1927. He was a retired farmer.
Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Mary L. Howard, 808 E. 33rd Ter.; four sons, Henry Riley of Riverside, Calif., Ralph Riley, 1904 Wilcox and Pierce Riley and Clyde Riley, both of 1900 Hudson; a sister, Mary O. Riley, 1214 W. 6th; five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Burial will be in Rochester Cemetery.
Topeka Daily Capital, Topeka, Kansas, Saturday, 7 Mar 1970, Page 14.
Sources
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68911378/elgin_e-riley: accessed April 14, 2024), memorial page for Elgin E. Riley (28 Mar 1877–6 Mar 1970), Find a Grave Memorial ID 68911378, citing Rochester Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA; Maintained by Chris Strautnieks (contributor 46632776).
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elgin by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Elgin:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elgin by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Elgin:
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Pat (Blank) Heckenbach 
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A828187 [compare], Ancestry member PH
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Anita Heckenbach :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A326700 [compare], Ancestry member startrekan
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #b35380
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~0.78%
Robert Cunningham :
23andMe
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~0.39%
Jason Rogers :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A484952 [compare], Ancestry member JCRogers76
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T595517 [compare], FTDNA kit #715313
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