Lewis Riley

  General Notes:

Birth 23 Sep 1886 Ontario, Canada ? or 1887 Ohio

Ohio is in the USA bordering on Ontario Canada

British Army World War I Service Records, 1914-1920
Name: Lewis Riley
Gender: Male
Enlistment Age: 27
Birth Date: abt 1888
Document Date: 1915
Residence Place: 69 Lincoln Rd Walker Ville, Ontario Canada
Military Date: 1915
Relationship to Soldier: Self (Head)
Regimental Number: 16355
Regiment Name: Coldstream Guards
Number of Images: 11
Form Title: Short Service Attestation
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Family Members:
Name Relation to Soldier
Lewis Riley Self (Head)
Carlton Hill Riley Father 69 Lincoln Rd Walker Ville, Ontario Canada


First name Lewis
Last name Riley
Age 28
Occupation Soldier
Marital status Bachelor
Marriage date 12 Oct 1915
Marriage place Caterham, St Mary
Father's first name Carlton
Father's last name Riley
Father occupation Retired Farmer
Spouse's first name Edith Ellen
Spouse's last name Chalton
Spouse's age 36
Spouse's condition Spinster
Father's first name Benjamin
Father's last name Chatten
Spouse's father's occupation Farmer (Deceased)
First witness Albert Henry Humphrey
Second witness Ethel Lewis Humphrey
Archive Surrey History Centre
Archive reference 6087/1/19

First name Lewis
Last name Riley
Sex Male
Birth year 1887
Census date 19 June 1921
Age in years 33
Age in months 11
Age as transcribed 33 y 11 m
Relationship to head Head
Marital status Married
Birth place Ontario, Canada
Birth county Ontario
Birth country Canada
Nationality Resident, British Born
Occupation Electrician
Employer Croydon County Borough, Electricity Dept
Place of work Factory Line, Croydon
Street Derby Road
Address 2 Derby Road
Registration district Croydon
Registration district number 39
Sub-district West Croydon
County Surrey
Archive series RG 15
Piece number 03432
Schedule number 2
District reference RD 39 RS 3 ED 4

with Edith and children
Name Lewis Riley
Gender Male
Departure Age 33
Departure Date 17 Jul 1921
Departure Port England
Ship Name Cameronia
Shipping Line Cunard Line
Destination Port Halifax, Canada
Master J Blaikie

US Census 1930 North Salem, Westchester, New York, United States
First name Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Age Birth place
Lewis Riley Head Married Male 43 Ohio
Edith E Riley Wife Married Female 50 England
Shelia E Riley Daughter Single Female 11 England
James L Riley Son Single Male 8 England

  Documentary notes:

1. army record.

Lewis married Edith Ellen Chatten, daughter of Benjamin Chatten and Betsey Mallows, in 1915 in Godstone, Surrey. (Edith Ellen Chatten was born about 1880 in Brockdish, Norfolk and was christened on 21 Aug 1881 in Brockdish, Norfolk.)