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View Tree for Agnes Louise RileyAgnes Louise Riley (b. January 06, 1885, d. 1959)

Agnes Louise Riley (daughter of Patrick J. Riley and Julia Collins) was born January 06, 1885 in Waltham, MA25, and died 1959 in Waltham, MA. She married Judson Clyde Wells on August 18, 1907 in Somerville, MA, son of Judson C. Wells and Bessie Warner.

 Includes NotesNotes for Agnes Louise Riley:
Agnes left school when she was 16. For a while she worked in a curtain factory in Newton (see photo). Later she moved to Cambridge to live with her sister Margaret. Margaret was married to Frank Peck.

She met Clyde while ice skating. Clyde taught ice skating at the Boston Garden. They dated and got married in 1907 and lived in Somerville, MA on Norfork Street. After her father, Patrick died in 1913, her brother Johnny invited her and her family back to the homestead at Flood Street, Waltham.

The family was large for a four room house. Agnes's husband and brother had to make the best of the situation. There were some difficult times, but she ran the household.

Not unlike most households at that time she made home brew and carrot wine for the family.

More About Agnes Louise Riley:
Arrived in USA: 1887

More About Agnes Louise Riley and Judson Clyde Wells:
Marriage: August 18, 1907, Somerville, MA.

Children of Agnes Louise Riley and Judson Clyde Wells are:
  1. +Edna Wells.
  2. +Dorothy Wells, b. November 24, 1909, Somerville, MA, d. January 18, 1990, Stamford, CT.
  3. +Edith Wells.
  4. +Genivieve Louise Wells, b. October 08, 1912, Somerville, MA, d. July 25, 1991.
  5. Paul Edward Wells, b. June 09, 1919, Waltham, MA, d. February 1976, Ipswich, MA.
  6. +Mary Wells.
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