James O'Reilly or Reilly

[heywood]

Thanks for the information. I only saw MBTA and thought if that was the official title, it would be shown on the pension records.
It’s good to know and I will stop searching with that. 

[oldohiohome]

Thanks for the information. I only saw MBTA and thought if that was the official title, it would be shown on the pension records.
It’s good to know and I will stop searching with that. 

I was wrong. I looked up "when was it called the MBTA" and came up with:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_Bay_Transportation_Authority

It has been officially called the MBTA since 1964. But most people have never called it that, so if the family knew it as the MTA I would not be surprised.

[oldohiohome]

Here are a few possibilities from the 1856 Boston City Directory at
http://www.donslist.net/PGHLookups/Boston1956M.htm.

James C Reilly carman at the Readville Car Shop, home in Dedham
James R Riley, machinist, Readville Car Shop, home in Walpole
James J Riley, Jr sub[way?] foreman MTA, home at 19 Salem Place, Malden

here are a few that were listed that year without any occupation:
James P O'Riley resides 16 Concord Sq
James F Reilly resides 403 Old Colony Ave, South Boston
James Riley resides 148 W Canton St
James Riley laborer, home 23 Burton St, Brighton

maybe you can eliminate some of them if he used a middle name in Ireland.

[oldohiohome]

no marriages for Bridget O'Meara/Meara or Bridget O'Mara/Mara and any Edward from 1865 onward at https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/

at freebmd.org, 1865 to 1965, marriage to Edward Reilly or variations:
for Bridget Meara or O'Meara nothing
for Bridget Mara or O'Mara nothing

freebmd is an index to civil records for England.

[heywood]

See reply #9.
Is there a mix up?

[oldohiohome]

See reply #9.
Is there a mix up?

In the quote in reply #9 I thought daisynook was saying that the parents of the man were are looking for were Edward Reilly and Bridget O'Meara. It seemed easier to look for their marriage than for how many James Reilly births I would find.

[oldohiohome]

eliminating the men in the 1956 City Directory using the 1950 census. - Which is free on ancestry.com to us here in the U.S. - It might be worth a try from the UK.

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James C Reilly in Dedham
1950 Census says he was born in Massachusetts and never married. is living with a brother John E Reilly and his family. was a repairman for trains, on the railroad

James R Riley in Walpole was born about 1920 in Massachusetts. is married to Jean M and has a 2 year old daughter born im Massachusetts. was a machinist for the railroad

James J Riley, Jr sub[way?] foreman MTA, home at 19 Salem Place, Malden - didn't find a good match for him, but the 3 that came closest were all born in Massachusetts.

James P O'Riley resides 16 Concord Sq - could be the man on Newbury Street by that name. born in Massachusetts in 1901, never married, is a government clerk

James F Reilly - there were 6. all were either married or were children except 1 who was born in 1870. all were born in Massachusetts

That left the two without middle initials. For them I looked for James Riley born in Ireland (exact) and living in Boston (exact). This would have turned up "your" James anyway, if he was there. There really isn't a good match. The only 2 that came close are both much older than being born in 1914:

James Reilly, 53, married, born in Ireland, in the Boston State (mental) Hospital. probably not him since it is hard to get hit by a trolley in the state hospital.

James Rahilly, 67, widowed, born in Ireland, a car cleaner for the railroad. in the household are two sons Morris and Donald, 25 and 34, born in Massachusetts.
living on Berkeley St, Boston.
too old if your James was born about 1914. otherwise he could be a match if he started another family in the US.


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When were his children born? That would at least give us an idea of how long he stayed in Ireland and when he was born.

[heywood]

See reply #9.
Is there a mix up?

In the quote in reply #9 I thought daisynook was saying that the parents of the man were are looking for were Edward Reilly and Bridget O'Meara. It seemed easier to look for their marriage than for how many James Reilly births I would find.

Reply #9 extract
I posted
“Back on the other thread we found Ellen Bergin with parents Edward and Bridget O’Meara. . That was in Kilkenny but you say now there is no Kilkenny connection.
There was a lot of work done there by oldohiohome.
It all seems very mixed up.”

[oldohiohome]

so those were her parents?