Riley line

Fern Riley

First recorded in the 2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 427

What the pages say

Each line below is one statement the research records about this person, with the page it was read from. These are summaries of what a page asserts, not quotations from it.

  • An heir who joins in warranting title to John P. Riley.

    2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 575

  • Joins in warranting the conveyance to John P. Riley.

    2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 561

  • Named among the granting parties in this land deed.

    2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 657

  • Named as wife of John P. Riley among the grantors warranting the Helen Warzecha tract.

    2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 560

  • Named as wife of John P. Riley and a grantor in the deed.

    2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 559

  • Named as wife of John P. Riley in the deed.

    2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 562

  • Named as wife of John P. Riley, a warranting party to the conveyance.

    2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 656

  • Signed the 16 December 1942 instrument by attorney in fact Mrs. Nora Riley.

    2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 433

  • Wife of John B./P. Riley; joined in the partition deed.

    2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 558

  • Wife of John P. Riley (listed on this page as John B. Riley); party to the partition deed.

    2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 654

  • Wife of John P. Riley, joined in the partition deed.

    2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 427

  • Wife of John P. Riley, joined in warranting the conveyances.

    2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 577

  • Wife of John P. Riley, of Bexar County, Texas; co-grantor of the power of attorney.

    2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 647

  • Wife of John P. Riley, one of the grantors.

    2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 658

  • Wife of John P. Riley, party to the deed.

    2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 564

  • Wife of John P. Riley; acknowledged a legal instrument before a notary in Karnes County, Texas on 11 March 1958.

    2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 661

  • Wife of John P. Riley; acknowledged an instrument before a Notary Public in Bexar County, Texas, 23 Sept. 1942, after being examined privily and apart from her husband.

    2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 648

  • Wife of John P. Riley; acknowledged an instrument before a notary public in Karnes County on 11 March 1958.

    2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 565

  • Wife of John P. Riley; acknowledged an instrument before a notary, examined privily and apart from her husband.

    2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 579

  • Wife of John P. Riley; joined as grantor.

    2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 655

  • Wife of John P. Riley; party to the deed bound to warrant the premises conveyed to James M. Riley.

    2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 576

  • Wife of John P. Riley.

    2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 659

The family

Married

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A life in dates

  1. Dec. 16, 1942 · Karnes County, Texas

    Partition deed executed dividing Margaret E. Riley's land among her natural heirs at law, joined by their spouses, and by Nora Riley and Maggie Mae Riley.

    2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 427

  2. 23 Sept., 1942 · Bexar County, Texas

    Mrs. Fern Riley, wife of John P. Riley, appeared before a Notary Public in Bexar County, Texas, was examined privily and apart from her husband, and acknowledged the instrument to be her act and deed.

    2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 648

  3. 16 December, 1942

    Signing of witness/attorney-in-fact signature block for a deed involving Riley family members

    2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 433

  4. Sept. 23, 1942 · Karnes County

    John P. Riley, Mrs. Fern Riley, and James M. Riley executed a power of attorney appointing Mrs. Nora Riley as their attorney to partition, convey, or sell their interest in the estate of their grandmother, Mrs. Margaret M. Riley, deceased.

    2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 647

  5. Feb. 15, 1943 · Karnes County

    Power of attorney filed and recorded in Deed Records of Karnes County, Texas, Volume 133, page 29.

    2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 647

  6. 1958-03-11 · Karnes County, Texas

    Notarial acknowledgment before Pryor L. Hammack, Notary Public of Karnes County, Texas, of an instrument signed by Fern Riley, wife of John P. Riley, in Karnes County

    2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 565

  7. 11 March 1958 · Kanres County

    Fern Riley, wife of John P. Riley, personally appeared before notary Pryor L. Hammack, was examined privily and apart from her husband, and acknowledged the instrument as her act and deed, declaring she willingly signed it and did not wish to retract it.

    2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 579

  8. 1958-03-11

    Partition of 714.2 acres of land among heirs, with payment and cancellation of debts among each other and other considerations, warranting the premises to the grantees against all claims.

    2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 578

  9. 11th day of March 1958 · Karnes County, Texas

    Partition deed executed conveying and warranting the described 714.2 acres of land to John O. Riley, signed by the Riley family members and spouses, in consideration of partitioning the land and cancellation of debts among each other.

    2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 660

  10. 1958-03-11 · Karnes County, Texas

    Partition deed executed: John O. Riley, James M. Riley and wife Ruth Riley, John P. Riley and wife Fern Riley, William Maurice Riley and wife Opal Riley, Marjorie Mae Stefka and husband Frank Stefka, Helen Warzecha and husband August Warzecha, Jr., and Margaret Riley grant, release and confirm premises unto John O. Riley; document concerns partitioning of 714.2 acres of land.

    2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 564

  11. 11 March 1958 · Karnes County, Texas

    Fern Riley acknowledged the instrument before notary Pryor L. Hammack in Karnes County, Texas.

    2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 661

  12. Undated

    Grantors bind themselves to warrant and forever defend the premises unto Majorie Mae Stefka, her heirs and assigns.

    2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 574

  13. Undated · Karnes County and DeWitt County, Texas

    120.7 acre tract (68 acres in Karnes County, 52.7 acres in DeWitt County, Texas) conveyed and confirmed to Helen Warzecha as her separate property and estate; warranty of title given by the other parties.

    2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 656

  14. Undated · Karnes County, Texas

    Sixth: To John O. Riley is conveyed Tract A of the James E. Riley Estate subdivision, a 120.7-acre tract described by metes and bounds beginning at the Southwest corner of the James E. Riley 714.2 acres, warranted by James M. Riley and wife Ruth Riley, John P. Riley and wife Fern Riley, William Maurice Riley and wife Opal Riley, Marjorie Mae Stefka and husband Frank Stefka, Helen Warzecha and husband August Warzecha, Jr., and Margaret Riley.

    2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 577

  15. Undated · Karnes County; DeWitt County, Texas

    Metes-and-bounds description of Tract C boundary (final call), containing 110.7 acres (92.40 acres in Karnes County and 18.3 acres in DeWitt County), including the house, granted to John P. Riley by warranty from other Riley family members.

    2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 561

  16. Undated · Karnes County and DeWitt County, Texas

    Grant, release and confirmation of a 120.7 acre tract (metes and bounds described) unto Marjorie Mae Stefka as her separate property and estate, warranted by the grantors against all claims.

    2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 655

  17. Undated · Karnes County and DeWitt County, Texas

    James M. Riley and wife Ruth Riley, William Maurice Riley and wife Opal Riley, Marjorie Mae Stefka and husband Frank Stefka, Helen Warzecha and husband August Warzecha Jr., John O. Riley and wife Margaret Riley and Fern Riley grant, release and confirm to John P. Riley a described tract (110.7 acres, 92.40 acres in Karnes County and 18.3 acres in DeWitt County, Texas), and bind themselves to warrant and defend the premises to John P. Riley, his heirs and assigns.

    2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 657

  18. Undated · Karnes County / DeWitt County, Texas

    James M. Riley and wife Ruth Riley, John P. Riley and wife Fern Riley, Marjorie Mae Stefka and husband Frank Stefka, Helen Warzecka and husband August Warzecha, Jr., John O. Riley and wife Margaret Riley, and Opal Riley grant, release and confirm to William Maurice Riley a described tract, and bind themselves to warrant and defend the premises to him, his heirs and assigns.

    2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 563

  19. Undated

    Other parties grant, release and confirm unto Helen Warzecha the described premises as her separate property and estate, and bind themselves to warrant and forever defend the premises unto Helen Warzecha, her heirs and assigns.

    2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 574

  20. Undated · Karnes County and DeWitt County, Texas

    Partition deed dividing 714.2 acres of land among the heirs at law; Marjorie Mae Stefka receives Tract F of the James E. Riley Estate subdivision, a 120.7-acre tract (60.31 acres in Karnes County and 60.39 acres in DeWitt County, Texas) as her separate property.

    2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 573

  21. Undated · Karnes County and DeWitt County, Texas

    Grant of 120.7 acres (68 acres in Karnes County, 52.7 acres in DeWitt County) as separate property and estate to Helen Warzecha, warranted by the other Riley/Stefka/Warzecha family members.

    2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 560

  22. Undated · Karnes County

    Grant, release and confirmation of Tract B (120.7 acres, 118.4 acres in Karnes County and 2.3 acres in DeWitt County) unto William Maurice Riley, warranted by the other named parties, their heirs, executors and administrators, against all claims.

    2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 659

  23. Undated

    Warranty deed conveying premises with all rights, hereditaments and appurtenances to William Maurice Riley, his heirs and assigns forever, warranted by James M. Riley and wife Ruth Riley, John P. Riley and wife Fern Riley, Marjorie Mae Stefka and husband Frank Stefka, Helen Warzecha and husband August Warzecha, Jr., John O. Riley and wife, Margaret Riley and Opal Riley.

    2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 577

  24. Undated · Karnes County, Texas

    Notary acknowledgment before Pryor L. Hammack: Mrs. Nora Riley personally appeared and acknowledged that, as attorney in fact, she subscribed the names of John P. Riley, Fern Riley and James M. Riley to the foregoing instrument

    2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 433

  25. Undated · Karnes County

    James M. Riley receives as his separate property and estate the premises described, granted, released and confirmed by John P. Riley and wife Fern Riley, William Maurice Riley and wife Opal Riley, Marjorie Mae Stefka and husband Frank Stefka, Helen Warzecha and husband August Warzecha, Jr., John O. Riley and wife Margaret Riley, and Ruth Riley, who bind themselves to warrant and defend the premises to James M. Riley, his heirs and assigns.

    2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 658

  26. Undated · Karnes County and DeWitt County, Texas

    The heirs at law of James E. Riley, each owning an equal undivided interest, agreed to partition the 714.2-acre estate land among themselves; Marjorie Mae Stefka was to receive Tract F of the James E. Riley Estate subdivision as her separate property.

    2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 654

  27. Undated · Karnes County and DeWitt County, Texas

    Metes-and-bounds description of a 120.7-acre tract (60.31 acres in Karnes County and 60.39 acres in DeWitt County, Texas) conveyed as separate property and estate to Marjorie Mae Stefka, as part of the James E. Riley Estate Subdivision partition.

    2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 559

  28. Undated

    Grant, release and confirmation of separate property and estate premises unto James M. Riley by John P. Riley and wife Fern Riley, William Maurice Riley and wife Opal Riley, Marjorie Mae Stefka and husband Frank Stefka, Helen Warzecha and husband August Warzecha, Jr., John O. Riley and wife Margaret Riley and Ruth Riley, who bind themselves to warrant and defend the premises unto James M. Riley, his heirs and assigns.

    2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 562

  29. Undated · Karnes County, DeWitt County, Texas

    Tract B of the James E. Riley Estate subdivision (110.7 acres, including 92.40 acres in Karnes County and 18.3 acres in DeWitt County, Texas, and including the house) partitioned and conveyed to John P. Riley, with title warranted and defended by James M. Riley and wife Ruth Riley, William Maurice Riley and wife Opal Riley, Marjorie Mae Stefka and husband Frank Stefka, Helen Warzecha and husband August Warzecha, Jr., John O. Riley and wife Margaret Riley, and Fern Riley.

    2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 575

The documents

  • certificate · March 1958

    Scanned typed legal document containing three notarial acknowledgments (Karnes and Victoria counties, Texas) dated March 1958, with faint ghosted text from an adjacent page showing through, notarized by Pryor L. Hammack.

    2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 661

  • deed

    Partition/warranty deed document describing metes-and-bounds land tracts (Tract C to John P. Riley, Tract D to James M. Riley) from the James E Riley Estate Subdivision, with warranty clauses among Riley family members; prepared/held by Karnes County Abstract Company, Karnes City, Texas; page bears handwritten annotation 'Slip Bundle #2' and a faint offset ghost image of the facing page.

    2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 561

  • deed

    Partition deed of the James E. Riley Estate subdivision, conveying Tract C (120.7 acres: 84.8 acres in Karnes County, 35.9 acres in DeWitt County, Texas) to James M. Riley as his separate property and estate, with metes and bounds description and warranty clause bound by John P. Riley and wife Fern Riley, William Maurice Riley and wife Opal Riley, Marjoire Mae Stefka and husband Frank Stefka, Helen Warzecha and husband August Warzecha, Jr., John O. Riley and wife Margaret Riley, and Ruth Riley.

    2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 576

  • deed

    Deed granting, releasing and confirming Tract B unto William Maurice Riley, with warranty against claims by the other named heirs.

    2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 659

  • deed

    Typed legal document page (deed/partition of James E. Riley estate) with faint bleed-through text visible from the reverse page, stamped 'Karnes County Abstract Company, Karnes City, Texas' and page number 217. Grants and confirms premises to James M. Riley as his separate property, and describes the Fifth conveyance to William Maurice Riley of Tract B by metes and bounds.

    2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 658

  • deed

    Typed legal deed/partition document page with metes-and-bounds land description dividing the James E. Riley Estate among heirs, granting a 120.7-acre tract to Marjorie Mae Stefka and describing the beginning of a tract conveyed to Helen Warzecha (Tract E); recorded via Karnes County Abstract Company, Karnes City, Texas, page 214.

    2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 559

  • deed

    Partition deed among heirs at law dividing 714.2 acres of land, assigning Marjorie Mae Stefka Tract F of the James E. Riley Estate subdivision (120.7 acres, described by metes and bounds) as her separate property.

    2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 573

  • deed

    Metes and bounds description and conveyance of a 120.7 acre tract (68 acres Karnes County, 52.7 acres DeWitt County) to Helen Warzecha as her separate property, with warranty by John P. Riley and wife Fern Riley, James M. Riley and wife Ruth Riley, William Maurice Riley and wife Opal Riley, Marjorie Mae Stefka and husband Frank Stefka, John O. Riley and wife Margaret Riley, and August Warzecha, Jr.

    2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 656

  • deed

    Metes-and-bounds deed conveying a 120.7 acre tract (60.31 acres Karnes County, 60.39 acres DeWitt County, Texas) to Marjorie Mae Stefka as her separate property, with warranty by John P. Riley and wife Fern Riley, James M. Riley and wife Ruth Riley, William Maurice Riley and wife Opal Riley, Helen Warzecha and husband August Warzecha, Jr., John O. Riley and wife Margaret Riley, and Frank Stefka.

    2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 655

  • deed · Dec. 16, 1942

    Partition Deed, Wm. Maurice Riley et al

    Partition deed filed Feb. 15, 1943, recorded Volume 133, page 21, Deed Records of Karnes County, Texas, dividing the estate of Margaret E. Riley among her natural heirs at law.

    2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 427

  • deed · Sept. 23, 1942

    Power of Attorney

    Power of Attorney from John P. Riley, Mrs. Fern Riley, and James M. Riley to Mrs. Nora Riley, filed Feb. 15, 1943, recorded in Deed Records of Karnes County, Texas, Volume 133, page 29, prepared/held by Karnes County Abstract Company.

    2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 647

  • deed

    Typewritten page from a partition deed among the heirs of James E. Riley, describing a metes-and-bounds tract and partitioning the estate land among named heirs, including the beginning of the tract description for Marjorie Mae Stefka's share.

    2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 654

  • deed

    Typed legal deed/partition document page continuing metes-and-bounds land descriptions for the James E. Riley Estate subdivision among family members, conveying a tract to Helen Warzecha and Tract C to John P. Riley.

    2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 560

  • deed

    Typed legal deed/estate division document describing land tracts, warranty clauses, and metes-and-bounds survey description for property division among Riley family members, with faint show-through text from the reverse page visible; prepared/held by Karnes County Abstract Company, Karnes City, Texas. Conveys Tract B (120.7 acres, 118.4 in Karnes County and 2.3 in DeWitt County) to William Maurice Riley, warranted by James M. Riley and wife Ruth Riley, John P. Riley and wife Fern Riley, Marjorie Mae Stefka and husband Frank Stefka, Helen Warzecka and husband August Warzecha, Jr., John O. Riley and wife Margaret Riley, and Opal Riley; and under item 'Sixth' conveys Tract A of the James E. Riley Estate subdivision (120.7 acres in Karnes County) to John O. Riley as his share of 714.2 acres.

    2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 563

  • deed

    Deed of partition dividing the James E. Riley Estate among heirs; page describes the Sixth tract conveyed to John O. Riley (Tract A, 120.7 acres) by metes and bounds in Karnes County, Texas, and the warranty clauses for both the William Maurice Riley and John O. Riley conveyances.

    2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 577

  • deed

    Typed legal document, part of a deed of partition among the heirs of the James E. Riley estate, describing land boundaries and dividing 714.2 acres among the named heirs; prepared by the Karnes County Abstract Company, Karnes City, Texas (F. 213).

    2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 558

  • deed · 1958-03-11

    Partition deed granting, releasing and confirming premises unto John O. Riley, with warranty clauses among the Riley/Stefka/Warzecha family parties regarding the partitioning of 714.2 acres of land; includes notary acknowledgment of John P. Riley by Pryor L. Hammack, Notary Public, Karnes County, Texas.

    2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 564

  • deed

    Deed/partition document conveying and warranting property to James M. Riley, and partitioning Tract B of the James E. Riley estate to William Maurice Riley, described by metes and bounds; stamped 'F. 217' from Karnes County Abstract Company.

    2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 562

  • deed · 1942-12-16

    Scanned legal document page containing witness signature block and two notary acknowledgment clauses for a deed involving members of the Riley family, with faint mirrored text bleeding through from the reverse side of the page.

    2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 433

  • deed

    Riley Booklet #2 (handwritten annotation)

    Typewritten page from a Riley family land deed/partition document giving metes-and-bounds tract descriptions, granting a tract to John P. Riley, and granting Tract D of the James E Riley Estate Subdivision to James M. Riley; includes a handwritten annotation and Karnes County Abstract Company footer, page 216.

    2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 657

  • deed

    Deed partitioning the 714.2-acre James E. Riley Estate among heirs, describing Tract B (conveyed to John P. Riley) and Tract D (conveyed to James M. Riley) by metes and bounds, with warranty and defense of title clauses.

    2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 575

  • deed · 1958-03-11

    Partition deed for 714.2 acres of land, including warranty clause defending premises to grantees against all claims; signed by twelve family members as grantors/heirs.

    2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 578

  • deed · 11th day of March 1958

    Partition deed among Riley family members conveying premises to John O. Riley, with mutual warranty covenants regarding partitioning of 714.2 acres and cancellation of debts, acknowledged before notary Pryor L. Hammack; processed by Karnes County Abstract Company, Karnes City, Texas.

    2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 660

  • deed

    Partition/warranty deed among Riley family heirs, conveying Tract E of the James E. Riley Estate subdivision to Helen Warzecha and Tract C to John P. Riley, with mutual warranty clauses; multi-page document with faint bleed-through text from the reverse page.

    2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 574

  • other · 1942-09-26

    Two notarial acknowledgments (Bexar County, Texas) for a Power of Attorney executed by John P. Riley and his wife Mrs. Fern Riley, dated September 1942.

    2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 648

  • other · March 11, 1958

    Notary acknowledgment for Fern Riley (wife of John P. Riley), examined privily and apart from her husband, before notary Pryor L. Hammack, Karnes County, Texas.

    2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 579

  • other · 1958-03-11

    Scanned typed legal document containing notarial acknowledgments (State of Texas, Counties of Karnes and Victoria) for Fern Riley, Frank Stefka, and Marjorie Mae Stefka before notary public Pryor L. Hammack

    2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 565

  • other

    Document produced by Karnes County Abstract Company, Karnes City, Texas, with faint bleed-through text visible from the reverse page.

    2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 656

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The 27 pages of the research this person appears on, in reading order. Open any of them in the volumes and check this page against it.

  • 2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 427
  • 2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 433
  • 2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 558
  • 2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 559
  • 2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 560
  • 2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 561
  • 2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 562
  • 2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 563
  • 2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 564
  • 2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 565
  • 2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 573
  • 2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 574
  • 2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 575
  • 2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 576
  • 2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 577
  • 2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 578
  • 2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 579
  • 2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 647
  • 2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 648
  • 2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 654
  • 2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 655
  • 2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 656
  • 2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 657
  • 2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 658
  • 2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 659
  • 2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 660
  • 2011 Riley Family History, PDF p. 661