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John (leeming) Riley birth registered 1846 Hartshead, Cheshire Tameside
mother Leeming
Ref HAR 12/32 Dunkinfield Registry office
note: Hartshead is an area about 1/2 mile north of StaleyBridge on the west bank of the river Tame
GRO Indexed as John LEMON Riley march qt 1846 Ashton Under Lyne vol 20 page 99

Marriage in All Saints, Dewsbury, 31st Day of January 1830
After Banns 27th Dec, 2rd Jan, 10th Jan 1830
John Riley (snr) Bachelor, Mason of this parish to
Mary Leeming Spinster of this parish
Both made their Mark X
Witness Samuel Leeming, Joseph Ward (Parish Clerk)



1851 census
source            HO107; Piece: 2310; Folio: 422; Page: 10
place             Horton, Bradford, Yorks
dwelling          schedule 37, Bingley Street

John    Riley  head  m  42   Stone Mason          Dewsbury
Mary    Riley  wife  m  39                        Halifax
Thomas  Riley  son      20   Stone Mason          Liverpool
Martha  Riley  dau      19   Weaver               Dewsbury
Sarah   Riley  dau      18   Weaver               Dewsbury
George  Riley  son      13   Scholar              Dewsbury
Mary    Riley  dau      10   Scholar              Dewsbury
John    Riley  son       3                        Staley Bridge 


1861 census
source                RG 9; Piece: 3400; Folio: 86; Page: 4;
place                 Batley, Dewsbury, Yorkshire
dwelling              schedule 17, Providence Street 

John  Riley  head  m  52   Stone Mason            Dewsbury, Yorks
Mary  Riley  wife  m  49                          Luddenden Foot, Halifax Yorks
John  Riley  son      12                          Staleybridge Lancs 



1871 census
source           RG10, Piece 4625, Folio 103. page 5
Place            Alverthorpe with Thorns Yorks
Dwelling         Schedule 25, Brandy Carr  (next to Bryan and Jane Ramsden)

John Leeming  Riley head m 22   Market Gardener          Staley Bridge, Lancashire
Mary Ellen*   Riley wife m 22                            Thornes, Yorks
Ann ramsden   Riley dau     3                            Brandy Carr
Jesse ramsden Riley son     2                            Brandy Carr 
Walter        Riley son     4 days                       Brandy Carr

Walter b.30march 1871 c.30June 1871 At St. James Church, Thornes
son of Mary Ellen and John Leeming Riley, Mason of Howard Street, Wakefield

Edith ellen b.08aug1873 c.12 oct1873 at St. James Church, Thornes
dau of Mary Ellen and John Leeming Riley, Stone Mason, of Leicester Buildings Bradford



London Gazettte,   26th November 1872
The Bancruptsy Act 1869.
In the County Court of Yorkshire, holden at Wakefield.
In the matter of Procceedings for Liquidation by Arrangment or Composition with Creditors, instituted by John Leeming Riley, formerly of Brandy Carr, near Wakefield, in the County of York, Market Gardener, late of Garden Street, and now of Albion Street, both in Wakefield aforesaid, Builder.
Notice is hereby given, that the first General Meeting of the Creditors of the above named person has been summond to be held at the offices of Messrs. Ferndales and Gill, Situate in Cross Square, in Wakefield in the County of York, on the 7th day of December, 1872, at eleven o'clock in the fornoon precisly.
Dated this 21st day of November, 1872.



The family emigrated to Australia about 1877
Jesse Ramsden Riley 
m1.1899  Newtown   NSW to  Mary Ann Field
m2.1913  Paramatta NSW to  Amy M Farlow
Died 1917 Sydney   NSW


Evening News Sydney,   24th May 1884
Insovency Court
Monday May 26th, Surrenders
John Leeming Riley, of Garden Street, Alexandria, Builder.
Schedule to be filed . Liabilities estimated at about £1,800
Assetts estimated at about £400.
Mr. Macnab, official assignee.



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