Luis Prince Cilley1,2

#245, b. 7 March 1867, d. 1941
Luis Prince Cilley|b. 7 Mar 1867\nd. 1941|p245.htm|Commander Greenleaf Cilley|b. 27 Oct 1829\nd. 5 Feb 1899|p223.htm|Malvina Vernet|b. 5 Feb 1830\nd. 24 Sep 1924|p242.htm|Honorable Jonathan L. Cilley|b. 2 Jul 1802\nd. 24 Feb 1838|p165.htm|Deborah Prince|b. 6 Jul 1808\nd. 14 Aug 1844|p222.htm|Luis Vernet Gov.||p1880.htm|Maria Saez||p1881.htm|
Luis Prince Cilley
     Luis Prince Cilley was born on 7 March 1867 at Mercedes, Uruguay.3,2 He was the son of Commander Greenleaf Cilley and Malvina Vernet.3 He married Anselma Sarah Hernandez, daughter of Rafael Hernandez and Anselma Serantes.1,2 He was buried at San Isidro, Buenos Aires, Argentina.2 He died in 1941 at Buenos Aires, Argentina.2
     Luis Prince Cilley was also known as Lewis Vernet Prince Cilley.3 He was graduated in 1887 from Maine State College at Orono, Maine with a bachelors degree in Civil Engineering.2
     He came to the United States in 1882 and entered the Maine State College, graduating as BCE in the class of 1887. He returned to Buenos Aires that year and entered the railway employ of the Provincial government as draftsman, rose to the sectional engineer and chief of section one, at La Plata. He was on the construction of the line from Nueve de Julio to Trenque Lauquen as first assistant engineer. He later was one of the commissioners to survey the boundary between Chili and Argentina.2

Children of Luis Prince Cilley and Anselma Sarah Hernandez

Citations

  1. Jurado Pastor "Luis Cilley of Argentine Republic", E-mail message of 21 Sep 1998.
  2. Annie M. Cilley. The Cilley Family Roots in New England, Vol. II. 148 Washington St, Salem, MA 01970: Higginson Book Company, 2004.
  3. Rev. Elliott C. Cogswell. History of Nottingham, Deerfield, and Northwood, NH. Manchester: John B. Clark, 1878.