[Index]
John MILES (1847 - 1895)
Carrier, Wagon Driver
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
John Thomas MILES (1873 - 1961)
William John MILES (1876 - 1956)
Sarah Lottie MILES (1877 - 1966)
John Linton MILES (1879 - 1964)
Jane Anna MILES (1881 - 1956)
Emily Emma MILES (1882 - 1980)
Margaret Rachael MILES (1885 - 1947)
James Owen MILES (1888 - 1964)
Eveline Ethel Florence MILES (1890 - 1981)
Charles Francis Martin MILES (1891 - 1909)
Eileen Stella Ruby MILES (1893 - 1895)
John MILES (1847 - 1895)

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Hannah BLAKE (1853 - 1937)
William MILES


























b. 1847 at Orange, New South Wales, Australia
m. 14 Jun 1875 Hannah BLAKE (1853 - 1937) at Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
d. 06 Feb 1895 at Book Book, New South Wales, Australia aged 48
Parents:
William MILES
Children (11):
John Thomas MILES (1873 - 1961)
William John MILES (1876 - 1956)
Sarah Lottie MILES (1877 - 1966)
John Linton MILES (1879 - 1964)
Jane Anna MILES (1881 - 1956)
Emily Emma MILES (1882 - 1980)
Margaret Rachael MILES (1885 - 1947)
James Owen MILES (1888 - 1964)
Eveline Ethel Florence MILES (1890 - 1981)
Charles Francis Martin MILES (1891 - 1909)
Eileen Stella Ruby MILES (1893 - 1895)
Grandchildren (14):
William Francis Clive MILES (1900 - 1927), John Joseph MILES (1903 - 1965), Charles James MILES (1904 - ), Phillis Anne MILES (1906 - ), Margaret Eileen MILES (1908 - ), Thomas Edgar MILES (1911 - 1912), Kathleen Sarah MILES (1913 - ), Norah Helen MILES (1915 - 1915), Alice Ivy MILES (1916 - ), Neil Patrick MILES (1918 - ), Thomas James SHEEDY (1901 - )
Events in John MILES (1847 - 1895)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
1847 John MILES was born Orange, New South Wales, Australia 71
14 Jul 1873 26 Birth of son John Thomas MILES Wombat, New South Wales, Australia 71
14 Jun 1875 28 Married Hannah BLAKE (aged 21) Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia 71
07 Apr 1876 29 Birth of son William John MILES Ladysmith, New South Wales, Australia 71
1877 30 Birth of daughter Sarah Lottie MILES Ladysmith, New South Wales, Australia 71
1879 32 Birth of son John Linton MILES Ladysmith, New South Wales, Australia 71
1881 34 Birth of daughter Jane Anna MILES Book Book, New South Wales, Australia 71
1882 35 Birth of daughter Emily Emma MILES Ladysmith, New South Wales, Australia 71
1885 38 Birth of daughter Margaret Rachael MILES Ladysmith, New South Wales, Australia 71
26 Jun 1888 41 Birth of son James Owen MILES Ladysmith, New South Wales, Australia 71
11 Apr 1890 43 Birth of daughter Eveline Ethel Florence MILES Book Book, New South Wales, Australia 71
02 Nov 1891 44 Birth of son Charles Francis Martin MILES Book Book, New South Wales, Australia 71
1893 46 Birth of daughter Eileen Stella Ruby MILES Book Book, New South Wales, Australia 71
06 Feb 1895 48 John MILES died Book Book, New South Wales, Australia 71
Personal Notes:
John and Hannah Miles were pioneers of the Book Book and Ladysmith area. He had lived in the district since 1865, and Hannah came in 1875 when they married. John worked as a carrier, mainly taking loads to the Woollen Mills in Albury. He had a secret cavity in the wagon shaft to safeguard money, useful when he met Dan Morgan in the bush. He was well-known for his honesty. When the banks were in trouble in the 1890s he collected money on behalf of his neighbours. Their large family of children were amongst the first pupils at the Ladysmith school. Later he had a selection at Gregadoo. In 1888 they sold their farm and went to Ada Vale which was virgin bush then. After John's death, Hannah moved to Morundah Street Wagga Wagga. She was an accomplished horsewoman.

John Miles arrived in the Wagga Wagga area in early 1860s, according to the Union Bank Ledgers, dated 1881, in the area the past 16 years, local newspaper 1872 - he had his horse stolen from him. He had a farm at Ladysmith, a Selection at Gregadoo in 1888. He sold both farms and went to Ade Vale farm, with Book Book Station on one side and Big Springs Station on the other side.
Source References:
71. Type: Book, Abbr: Wagga Pioneers, Title: Pioneers of Wagga Wagga and District, Auth: Wagga Wagga & District Family History Society Inc, Publ: Wagga Wagga & District Family History Society Inc, Date: 2004, Locn: http://www.waggafamilyhistory.org.au/
- Reference = 273 (Name, Notes)
- Reference = 274 (Birth)
- Reference = 274 (Death)
- Reference = 274 (Marriage)

This public tree has about 60,100 people. Every person in the tree is related by birth or marriage to at least one other person in the tree - no strays. The people in the tree come mainly from four projects.
  1. My family tree. The original project begun about 1998. ID numbers less than about 6,000
  2. Canberra and Queanbeyan Pioneers. The next 30,000 begun about 2004. Sourced almost entirely from HAGSOC's excellent 'Biographical Register of Canberra and Queanbeyan'. The project began when I decided to add siblings, spouses and parents for a relation with an entry in the Register. 12 years work.
  3. Wagga Pioneers. I moved to Wagga and thought I would extend the Queanbeyan project by adding people from Wagga Wagga & District Family History Society's 'Pioneers of Wagga Wagga and District'. About 10,300 people added over about a year.
  4. Tumut Valley Pioneers. During the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020, I decided to extend the above projects by adding pioneers of the Tumut Valley. Initial sources were Snowden's 'Pioneers of the Tumut Valley' and 'Relict of ... Lives of Pioneering Women of Tumut and District'. Excellent references published by Tumut Family History Group. I've also added material from newspapers of the time - especially, death records, obituaries and weddings from 'Tumut and Adelong Times'. This project is in its early stage and might take a few years. I plan to extend to the upper Monaro (Adaminaby, Kiandra, Cooma, Jindabyne).
I upload new information to this website about every 3 months. My motivation for these projects is to provide public information for people seeking to trace ancestors and what became of them. Much of the information I provide can be difficult to find.
If you find errors - anything incorrect (dates, places, wrong parents, wrong children), and you have evidence, I would love to fix them. Or, if you have information that would extend my projects, do not hestiate to contact me on the email link below. I do not publish information on living people - which means I'm not much interested in people born after about 1920, and I usually distrust material from before about 1770 without extremely good sources.
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