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Mary (Simpson) Riley (1795 - 1885)

Mary Riley formerly Simpson
Born in Cadman Corners, New Brunswickmap
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married 1814 in Prince Edward Island, Canadamap
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 90 [location unknown]
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Biography

Mary, the daughter of Thomas Simpson and Margaret McLean was born about 1795. [1]

She married John Riley in 1814 and lived by Port Elgin, Tidnish, New Brunswick.

In the 1861 census she was living in the parish of Botsford, New Brunswick with her son John, a farmer age 37 and a daughter Elizabeth age 23. [2]

In 1881 she lived in the home of her daughter Catherine Chappell in Amherst Shore, Nova Scotia. [3]

Research Notes

An alternative suggestion is that Mary was born on P.E.I. in 1795 and came to New Brunswick with her parents in 1799. On the death of her husband she removed to Port Elgin and finally to Tidnish and died in 1885 at the ripe age of ninety. No Source given.

Need evidence to support:

She had 13 children, including a son that was Chief of Boston's Fire Dept.
She passed away in 1885.

Sources

  1. Harold Simpson, Cavendish, Its History, Its People (N.p.: n.p., 1973), chapter 11, page 103.
  2. 1861 census of New Brunswick, New Brunswick, Botsford, p. 32, Mary Riley; RG 31; digital images, Ancestry (accessed 16 Mar 2022); citing Library and Archives Canada microfilm C-1006.
  3. 1881 census of Canada, New Brunswick, district 22, sub-district 66, Amherst Shore, p. 27, dwelling 108, family 118, Mary Riley; RG 31; digital images, Ancestry (accessed 16 Mar 2022); citing Library and Archives Canada microfilm C-13176.
  • The Descendants of Walter Simpson and Elspet Man by David Hunter, entry 4. iv. for Mary Simpson.
  • History of Botsford, (A Parish of Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada, with genealogical sketches of 68 families) by W.M. Burns, second printing 1962. Page 92 - 93.
  • 1851 Westmorland County Census, Family # 1539, Botsford Parish.
    • Reily, Mary, Female, Wife, age 56, Scotch, Farming
    • Reily, John, Male, Son, age 26,
    • Reily, Catherine, Female, Daughter, age 24,
    • Reily, James, Male, Son, age 19
    • Reily, Christina, Female, Daughter, age 17
    • Reily, George, Male, Son, age 15
    • Reily, Elizabeth, Female, Daughter, age 12




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