Robert Emmet Reilly

  General Notes:

The 1870 Federal Census for Lancaster City, PA, Ward 6, page 306A records Michael (40-Ireland) and Maria (40-PA) Reily with children James (14), John (12), Frank (9), William (5), Robert (2), and Charles (6/12). Michael is a R. R. Contractor.

The 1880 Federal Census for Lancaster City, PA, ED#155 (indexed as ED#154 at ancestry.com) page 136B) records Robert Reilley (12) living with his parents Michael (50) and Anna M. (50) Reilley and siblings James (23), John (22), Frank (18), William M. (14), and Charles (10) at 453 North Queen Street Michael is a R. R. Contractor.

Robert married Elsie Elizabeth Eberly, daughter of Adam John Eberly and Mary Elizabeth Pearson, on 11 Feb 1892 in Lancaster City, Lancaster Co., PA. (Elsie Elizabeth Eberly was born on 31 Jan 1871 in Lancaster City, PA, died on 23 Dec 1939 in 1009 Buchanan Ave, Lancaster City, PA and was buried on 26 Dec 1939 in Longeneckers Reformed Mennonite Cemetery, Lancaster Co., PA.) The cause of her death was Acute Nephritis / Paralysis Agitans - which means “shaking palsy,” is another term for Parkinson’s disease.