When Margaret CRONAN was born on April 16, 1838, in Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, her father, James, was 23, and her mother, Mary, was 21.
Per her obituary, she migrated to Taunton, MA at age 16 with her (large) family. Margaret had several brothers
She married Charles Riley on April 4, 1858, (age age 20) in Taunton, Massachusetts. They had ten children in 18 years. She died on July 3, 1918, in Somerset, Massachusetts, having lived a long life of 80 years, and was buried there.