Edward
Ernest
Riley
Born in Yango Creek, New South Wales, Australia
Ancestors 
Son of Edward Singleton Riley
and Charlotte (Kelly) Riley
Brother of
George Henry Singleton Riley, Jacob William Riley, Adelaide Charlotte (Riley) Gill, Angelina Catherine (Riley) Lowe, John Charles Riley and Percy Daniel Riley
Husband of
Mary Ellen (Sims) Riley
— married
9 Apr 1904 in Bingara, New South Wales, Australia
Descendants 
Father of
Ivy May (Riley) Dixon, Lilly Maud (Riley) Wilson, Rose Hannah (Riley) Makepeace, Edward Charles Riley, Herbert George Riley, Roy Thomas Riley, Henry James Riley and Margaret Mary Patricia (Riley) Barton
Died
at age 82
in Bingara, New South Wales, Australia
Profile last modified
| Created 8 Feb 2016
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Biography
Edward was born in 1871. He was the son of Edward Riley and Charlotte Kelly.
He married Helen Simms at Bingara in 1904.[1]
He passed away in 1953.[2] It is understood that Edward drowned himself in the Gwyder River on the 1st of May 1953. Before doing so he tied a rope around his waist so that his body could be retrieved.[3]
Sources
- ↑ NSW BDM marriage 3441/1904 in the names Riley, Edward E, and Sims, Mary E, registered at Bingara
- ↑ NSW BDM death 12169/1953
- ↑ Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954) Sat 2 May 1953 Page 3 Drowned Man's Hands Tied
- Find A Grave: Memorial #48855705
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Edward 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 Edward:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Edward 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 Edward:
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~3.12%
Trish Riley
:
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Gloria (Fetch) Brown :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch UA7619424 [compare], Ancestry member l_gbrown1
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~0.78%
Jayden Petersen :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA
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MyHeritage DNA
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Living DNA
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Ron Haggart :
AncestryDNA
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #IN86505
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MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
Margaret (Hornery) Mayne :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Peter Jones :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T057831 [compare], yourDNAportal PET29cd672b, FTDNA kit #513739
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~0.78%
l (O’Toole) Macey :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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