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| Valentine Blomfield RILEY (1851 - 1917) |
| b. 1851 at Bowral, New South Wales, Australia |
| m. 1878 Alice GERARD (1853 - 1947) at Ryde, New South Wales, Australia |
| d. 24 May 1917 at Bowral, New South Wales, Australia aged 66 |
| Parents: |
| James John RILEY (1821 - 1882) |
| Christina Eliza Passmore BLOMFIELD (1826 - 1904) |
| Events in Valentine Blomfield RILEY (1851 - 1917)'s life | |||||
| Date | Age | Event | Place | Notes | Src |
| 1851 | Valentine Blomfield RILEY was born | Bowral, New South Wales, Australia | 30 | ||
| 1878 | 27 | Married Alice GERARD (aged 25) | Ryde, New South Wales, Australia | 4682/1878 | |
| 1879 | 28 | Birth of son Eric G RILEY | Boorowa, New South Wales, Australia | 10951/1879 | |
| 1882 | 31 | Birth of son Edwin B G RILEY | Berrima, New South Wales, Australia | 13287/1882 | |
| 1882 | 31 | Death of father James John RILEY (aged 61) | Penrith, New South Wales, Australia | 30 | |
| 1883 | 32 | Birth of son Stanley Howard RILEY | Berrima, New South Wales, Australia | 14226/1883 | |
| 1885 | 34 | Birth of daughter Alice B RILEY | Berrima, New South Wales, Australia | 16314/1885 | |
| 1887 | 36 | Birth of son Alfred Val G RILEY | Berrima, New South Wales, Australia | 17413/1887 | |
| 1894 | 43 | Birth of daughter Avril E RILEY | Bowral, New South Wales, Australia | 7344/1894 | |
| 1898 | 47 | Birth of son John J G RILEY | Bowral, New South Wales, Australia | 1687/1898 | |
| 1899 | 48 | Death of son Eric G RILEY (aged 20) | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | 4426/1899 | |
| 20 Oct 1904 | 53 | Death of mother Christina Eliza Passmore BLOMFIELD (aged 78) | Penrith, New South Wales, Australia | 30 | |
| 24 May 1917 | 66 | Valentine Blomfield RILEY died | Bowral, New South Wales, Australia | 30 | |
| Personal Notes: |
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Rugby Union officially came to Goulburn New South Wales, Australia, on Monday July 22nd 1272, when a meeting was held at Payten's Commercial Hotel to form the Goulburn Rugby Club. The driving force behind the club's formation was Valentine Blomfield Riley, a Bowral born former Sydney University player and captain who had moved to Goulburn in 1872 to open a surveying company with his father. It was Riley who called the meeting to found the club, took on the position of secretary and then spread the gospel of rugby throughout the Southern Tablelands and Monaro regions.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goulburn_Rugby_Union |
| Source References: |
| 30. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Monaro Pioneers, Title: Monaro pioneers, Locn: http://www.monaropioneers.com/ |
| - Reference = http://www.monaropioneers.com/blomfieldtv.htm (Birth) |
| - Reference = http://www.monaropioneers.com/blomfieldtv.htm (Death) |