Vincent Peter ReillyAge: 68 years1900–1969
- Name
- Vincent Peter Reilly
- Type
- birth name
- Given names
- Vincent Peter
- Surname
- Reilly
Birth | 19 July 1900 |
Marriage | Margaret Foohey — View this family 10 February 1926 (Age 25 years) |
Death of a wife | Margaret Foohey 5 November 1943 (Age 43 years) |
Burial of a wife | Margaret Foohey 8 November 1943 (Age 43 years) |
Death | 1969 (Age 68 years) |
Family with parents |
father |
Peter Reilly Birth: Ireland |
mother |
Catherine M McDonald Birth: Fort Wayne Indiana |
Marriage: — |
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himself |
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Family with Margaret Foohey |
himself |
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wife |
Margaret Foohey Birth: 25 August 1896 29 24 — Bluffton Indiana Death: 5 November 1943 — River Forest, Chicago, Cook Illinois |
Marriage: 10 February 1926 — Allen County Indiana |
Note | Parents were Peter Reilly and Catherine M McDonald
Officiator at marriage Joseph F Delaney.
He was a Mechanical Engineer, graduate of Purdue University.
Birth, parents and Marriage details from Familysearch.org
No record that he and Margaret had any children TOS Apr 2013 |
Note | Link to his headstone in Fort Wayne Catholic Cemetery
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Reilly&GSiman=1&GScid=209704&GRid=74809721& |
Note | He was a student of Purdue University in Fayetteville IND.
See photo from 1922 in this link:
http://www.mocavo.com/Purdue-University-Lafayette-Ind-the-Debris-1922/467147/117
"The Vincent P. Reilly Memorial Fund for Engineering Education was established in 1970 to promote excellence in the field. Vincent P. Reilly, who received a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Purdue in 1922, bequeathed approximately $4.5 million to the university in 1969 for promoting the achievement of excellence in engineering education. Since 1970 the fund has supported numerous educational endeavors in engineering." (Source: Purdue University Website) |
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