MILES, George (6th January 1829 – 29th February 1896)
MILES, William (1863 – 6th October 1894)
MILES, John (11th January 1894 – 17th January 1970)
George Miles, 25 a shepherd of Hartfield, Sussex, son of Richard Miles and Jane (nee Housted) were married in Frant, Sussex. Both George’s partents were still living when he left for Australia.
Elizabeth (nee Sherbourne) 25, also of Hartfield Sussex, daughter of Joseph and Alice Sherbourne. Both her parents were deceased when she left England.
George and Elizabeth were married on 9 June 1850. Their daughters, Mary (3) and Alice (1) arrived in Australia on the “Anglo Saxon” with their parents.
On arrival in Sydney, the family boarded another ship and travelled to Twofold Bay, Eden. The Miles family settled in the Michelago District. Later George worked in a saw mill in Eden.
In 1864, George took up land in Bendoc, where he was a cattleman. George also worked the gold fields around Bendoc and had gold deaings in Craigie.
Their children were:
Mary, Alice (1851 – 1930) married Augusus Dupus 1874, also married Thomas St John 1883; Ellen (1855 – 1888) married William George Sellers 1872; Jane (1857 – 1933) married Edward Walsh 1878; Elizabth (1861 – 1940) married Thomas Haynes 1872; William (1863 – 1894) married Ada Alexandra Lock 1886; Thomas (1866 – 1943) married Mary Jane Oslington 1891; Emma (1867 – 1944) married Albert James Feltis 1889), The couple also had one other child – name unknown.
William (1863 – 1894) married Ada Alexandra Lock 1886, their children were:
Isabella (Bella) (1886 – 1969) registered Bendoc, married Robert Cameron; George Henry (1888 – 1892) 3 years registered Bendoc; Esther Elizabeth (1890 – 1892) 1 year 9 months, registered Bendoc; Ida Florence (1892 – 1894) 1 year 10 months, registered Bendoc; John Edward (1894 – 1970) registered Bendoc, married Dorothy Hattwell 1918.
John Edward (1894 – 1970) married Dorothy Hattwell 1918, their children were:
Olga Jean (1919 – 1995) married Elvon Henry Jamieson 1940.
William (Bill) (1921 – 2001) married Margaret Sinclair.
George (1930 – ?) married Marge Rumh.
Ada (1934 – ?) married Owen Fazio.