Margaret Cecelia McSally Riley was born on this date in 1900 in the city of Warwick, Rhode Island to the late Margaret A. Corbishley (1877-1940) and the late James A. McSally (1875-1928).
In 1925 Margaret married Patrick J Riley (1900-1985) in Pawtucket at St.Mary’s Church. Margaret and Patrick lived most of their married life in the Darlington section of Pawtucket and had four children – Barbara Hope Riley Fleury (1927-2915), Joan Louise Riley Daley (1929-2019) and twin boys William Frances Riley (1931-1966) and James Augustus Riley (1938-2010).
Unfortunately Margaret Cecelia died when she was only 38 years old on June 14, 1938.
Wedding picture of Margaret Cecelia McSally and Patrick J. Riley Best Man – Frederick (Freddy) Leddy; Maid of Honor – Miss Mae McSally (sister of bride) Sitting: Patrick J. Riley and Margaret Cecelia McSally
Elizabeth Daley Mahony was born on this date in Providence to the late Joan Louise (Riley) Daley (1929-2019) and the late Frederick A. Daley (1927-1991).
Beth, as she is known, is the youngest of the six Daley children – Fred, Tammie, Maryanne, John and Lynne. She is also the last of the Daleys to have “retired” from the newspaper industry. Beth and her family brought the news, sports and coupons to hundreds of households in the Darlington area of Pawtucket by delivering the Sunday “papers”.
A graduate of Saint Raphael Academy and the University of Rhode Island, Beth married Tom Mahony back in July, 1981 in her parish church, Saint Teresa’s on Newport Avenue in Pawtucket. Beth and Tom have been blessed with three children – Liam, Maeve and Luke and they live in Sacramento, CA.
A teacher, runner and traveler we hope Beth is having a wonderful Birthday.
The photo is a bit dated, but they are all good lookers, so it doesn’t matter.
Paula Mulligan Kostycz was born on this date in the City of Pawtucket to the late Margaret Ernestine Riley (1910-1989) and the late Walter Francis Xavier Mulligan (1906-1957).
Paula grew up in and went to elementary school in Pawtucket, and later graduated from St. Mary’s Academy – Bay View in Riverside, East Providence, RI.
Here’s a couple of pics of Paula from the Bay View Yearbook
Paula is the youngest of the three Mulligan girls. His sisters are Judy (1938-1962), and Martha. She has one brother, Kevin. Their father Walter died at the age of 51 and their mother Margaret passed back in 1989.
The story I have been told is that while working for the “telephone company” and on a vacation in Florida, Paula “met somebody”. That somebody was a teacher from Chicago, John Kostycz. A couple of years later, on June 20, 1970, Paula and John were married in St. Joseph’s Church on Walcott Street in Pawtucket.
After moving to Chicago, Paula worked with that new telephone company, A T & T, from which she eventually retired. Paula and John have been living in Florida for quite some time, enjoying the sunshine and the OJ.
Marjorie Cecelia Mulligan was born on this date in Foxborough, Massachusetts to her late parents Kathleen Agnes Riley (1989-1988) and William Francis Mulligan (1886-1970).
Growing up in Foxboro, Marjorie attended the local schools and graduated from Foxborough High, after having a very successful academic career. Here is her graduation picture:
Marjorie Cecelia Mulligan
Marjorie has two sisters, Connie Welch and Janet Cushing, and a brother, the late William Russell Mulligan.
In July of 1948, Marjorie married Alfred J. Pacelli (1925-2017) at St. Mary’s Church in Foxboro, MA. They had four children: David, Richard, Christopher and Jennifer. Al passed away on Jan. 25, 2017 on the Cape where Marjorie still lives.
Kevin Frances Xavier Mulligan was born on this date to the late Margaret Ernestine Riley (1910-1989) and the late Walter Frances Xavier Mulligan (1906-1957). His maternal grandparents were Marguetta Etta Greenhalgh (1876-1962) and Patrick Leo Riley (1875-1955). Kevin’s paternal grandparents were Sarah Ellen Kelly (1868-1937) and Nicholas Mulligan (1869-1954).
A product of Pawtucket, Kevin grew up and played in the shadows of Memorial Hospital. He attended Pawtucket schools and graduated from Tolman High School, where he played sports and amassed more friends and acquaintances than “you could shake a stick at”, which he probably did on several occasions.
Post high school, Kevin graduated from the University of Rhode Island and became one of Pawtucket’s finest, serving in its Fire Department. Kevin also taught in the city’s school department and coached track and field for several high school teams in the Blackstone Valley. Recently, Kevin has been officiating field events at college track meets in New England.
Back in April 1982, Kevin married another Pawtucketite, Gail Benoit at Saint Joseph’s Church on Walcott Street, Pawtucket. The couple was blessed with the birth of twin girls: Elizabeth and Caitlin (see the Dec 8th blog entry).
Kevin is the youngest of the Mulligan siblings. His sisters are: Judy (1938-1962), Martha and Paula. Their father Walter died at the age of 51 and their mother Margaret passed back in 1989.
Today Kevin is enjoying the retirement life and is having various body parts repaired or replaced, while devoting as much time as he can to doting after his two grandchildren.
Kyle Clearwater Brown was born on this date to Patricia Marguerite Riley and Keith Romaine Brown. Kyle is the grandson of the late Helen Frances (Manning) Riley (1921-1994) and the late William Leo Riley (1912-1985).
Having grown up in Pawtucket, Kyle attended St Teresa’s Elementary School, Saint Raphael Academy and graduated from Tolman High School. Today, Pawtucket remains a stronghold in Kyle’s life as does his Narragansett Tribe heritage.
Happy Birthday Kyle and keep on stylin’!
Below are a couple of great photos from Kyle’s collection:
Kyle took the pic of his mother Patricia and two uncles – Bill and Paul. The center pic is the birthday guy himself. The last is Kyle, mom and Brian.
Jack Nelson was born on this date in City of Providence to Lynne Daley and Russell Nelson
Jack’s grandmother was the late Joan (Riley) Daley (1929-2019) and his grandfather was the late Frederick A. Daley (1927-1991).
Growing up in Middletown, on Aquidneck Island, Jack attended the local school and is now a senior at Middletown High School. In keeping with the Daley baseball tradition, Jack is the slugging first-baseman on the varsity team and plays on several AAU and American Legion teams.
Happy Birthday, Jack, and have a great senior year.
Margaret Ernestine Riley (1910) was born on this date in Pawtucket, Rhode Island to the late Marguetta E. Greenhalgh (07/27/1876) and the late Patrick Leo Riley (06/07/1875). She was one of eight Riley children and the fifth born female. A smile was ever present on her lovely face. With a hug and a laugh, Margaret greeted all her nieces and nephews. She was a joy to be around.
Margaret married Walter Frances Xavier Mulligan on September 6, 1937 at her long-time parish, St Joseph’s Church on Walcott Street, Pawtucket. A picture from their wedding reception adorns the header of this 19pondstreet website.
The Pawtucket Mulligans had three daughters: Judith, Martha, Paula and one son, Kevin. Unfortunately, Walter passed away on February 4, 1957 at the age of 51. Margaret passed at the age of 78 on September 2, 1989.
Francis Charles Riley was born on this date in 1915 in the city of Pawtucket to the late Marguetta Etta Greenhalgh (1876-1962) and the late Patrick Leo Riley (1875-1955).
The youngest of the eight Riley siblings, Francis (Frank) grew up in Pawtucket attending St. Joseph’s School on Walcott Street. He graduated from St. Raphael Academy in 1933. In his youthful days, Frank was quite a second baseman. His oldest brother Patrick J. said teammates referred to Frank as “Honey”, because he had the sweetest moves around the bag at second base.
On October 18, 1941, Frank married Rita Patricia Coleman in Pawtucket’s Sacred Heart Church. Just four months after their wedding on February 2, 1942, Francis entered the US Army serving in Europe during World War II. He was honorably discharged on December 3, 1945.
It was on February 15, 1954 that Francis and Rita’s son Stephen was born.
Francis was well known throughout all of the city and town halls in Rhode Island, because of his profession as a title examiner for real estate insurance companies. Frank came in contact with most of the Rhode Island’s top lawyers and city and town officials. Many of those officials sought out Frank’s advice on complicated title questions. Frank continued to work well beyond the traditional retirement date, enjoying his daily contacts and solving some of the State’s tricky real estate problems.
Francis and Rita were married for almost 33 years before Rita passed way on January 6, 1974. Francis passed on March 2, 2004 at the age of 88.
Gertie, Francis, Mae McCrea (Frank’s sister-in-law) and Marion
Nicholas (Nick) Richard Orlando was born in Providence on this date to Nancy Lynn Fleury and Anthony F. Orlando.
Nick’s grandmother was the late Barbara Riley Fleury (1927-2015) and his grandfather the late Richard B. Fleury, Sr. (1928-1992).
Nick grew up in Bristol and graduated from the University of Rhode Island and presently works on Aquidneck Island with one of America’s top defense contractors.
Sean Fleury, son of Karen Matteson Fleury and Timothy Fleury, and grandson of Barbara Riley Fleury (1929-2015) and Richard B. Fleury (1928-1992), married Mollie Knake (of the Knakes of Iowa) on August 31, 2019 in the City of Minneapolis.
Sean and Mollie are both employed in the high-tech/biomedical industries in the Twin Cities area, which has afforded them the opportunity to engage in some world travel. In fact, over the next week or so, they will leave for a two year work-related stint in Costa Rica. All best to them on this adventure.
Elizabeth and Caitlin Mulligan were born in Providence on this date to Gail E. Benoit and Kevin FX Mulligan. The newborn girls were the first set of twins on the Riley et al family tree since 1931.
Although their early years were spent in Rhode Island, the sisters moved to Massachusetts and graduated from North Attleboro High School. Here are their graduation pictures:
Caitlin and Elizabeth High School pictures
After graduating from college, both have gone on to build great careers: Caitlin as an attorney in Boston and Elizabeth as a Finance Director at a prestigious girls school in Rhode Island.
Elizabeth is married to Ted F. Murzycki and they have two little fellas.
Kathleen Mary McLoughlin Riley was born in Pawtucket on this date to the late Ruth Anne Geddes (1924-1990) and the late Raymond Thomas McLoughlin (1924-1997).
Kathy had four younger brothers. They are in decending age:David, Terry and his twin, the late Tom and then Michael. The McLoughlin kids grew up in Cumberland.
After graduation from college, Kathy taught elementary school in the city of Pawtucket. It was on a very warm Sunday, the 16th of August in 1987 that she married the man of her dreams…ME!
Here’s wishing Kathy a wonderful birthday.
P.S. This administrator has been forbidden from including any reference to age or from adding any photos to this post entry.
Helen Frances Manning Riley was born in Pawtucket on this date in 1921 to the late Mary Geraldine Duffy (1893-1951) and the late Phillip Manning (1884-1954).
One of eight Manning children, Helen grew up in Pawtucket living on Sisson Street and Derby Street. Her paternal grandfather was born in Scotland and her maternal grandmother was born in the Irish Free State.
On September 6, 1952 Helen married William Leo Riley (1912-1985) at St. Raymond’s Church which is located on the Pawtucket/Providence line.
Helen and Bill had three children: Patricia, William (Bill) and Paul and three grandchildren. Helen passed away on June 25, 1994.
Helen Frances Manning RileyHelen is pictured on the right in the dark skirt.
Gail E. (Benoit) Mulligan was born on this date. Raised in Pawtucket, Gail graduated from one of the city’s public high schools, Tolman. After college, she taught in the same system and later became one of its administrators.
Gail branched into the Riley Family Tree in the spring of 1982, when she married Kevin Francis Xavier Mulligan. Gail and Kevin have twin daughters, Elizabeth and Caitlin, and now there are two grandchildren.
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