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MILES, William
1796 - 1851 (55 years) Has 9 ancestors and 2 descendants in this family tree.
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Name MILES, William Birth 1796 Ash, Surrey, England 
Gender Male Death 1851 Send And Ripley, Surrey Burial 12 Jun 1851 Send And Ripley, Surrey Person ID I5183 Edgoose Last Modified 6 Feb 2026
Father MILES, Joseph, b. 1769, Aldershot, Hampshire, England d. 1832, Stoke Next Guildford, Surrey, England (Age 63 years) Mother ROBINSON, Ann d. 1800, Aldershot, Hampshire, England Marriage 4 May 1794 Normandy, Surrey, England Family ID F586 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 SHORTER, Jane, b. 1793, St. Lawrence, Chobham, Surrey d. Yes, date unknown Children 1. MILES, George, b. Between 1824 and 1825, Surrey d. Yes, date unknown2. MILES, Mary E., b. Between 1829 and 1830, Leith, Scotland d. Yes, date unknownFamily ID F2137 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 7 Feb 2026
Family 2 SHORTER, Jane, b. 1793, St. Lawrence, Chobham, Surrey d. Yes, date unknown Marriage 10 Jan 1842 Bethnal Green, Middlesex, England Family ID F2138 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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WILLIAM MILES 1796-1851
Wm., son of Jos and An MILES, was baptised at Ash, Surrey, on 28 November 1796.
(IGI)
From the 1841 census of Horsewood, Send, Surrey:
*William MILES, aged 40, carpenter, born in Surrey;
George MILES, aged 16, carpenter, born in Surrey;
Mary MILES, aged 11, born in Scotland.
(HO107/1080/15)
William MILES, widower, and Jane STEVENS, widow, were married at Bethnal Green Parish Church on 10 January 1842. William was described as a carpenter of 7 Providence Place, Bethnal Green, Middlesex, son of Joseph Miles, farmer. Jane STEVENS of 7 Providence Place, Bethnal Green, was the daughter of Henry SHORTER, farmer. Both bride and groom were said to be of full age. Witnesses were Jane YESLEY and John Samuel AMES.
(GRO March Q 1842 Bethnal Green 2 2)
From the 1851 census of Keep, Send, Surrey:
*William MILES, head, aged 55, carpenter master, born at Aldershot (sic), Hampshire;
Jane MILES, wife, aged 56, born at Chobham, Surrey;
George HINE, stepson, aged 17, carpenter, born at Woking, Surrey.
(HO1071594/205/8)
William MILES, a 55 year old carpenter, died at Send, Surrey, on 12 June 1851. The informant was Elizabeth MANDEVILLE from Send, present at the death, who made her mark.
(GRO June Q 1851 Guildford 4 133)
He was buried at St. Mary, Send, Surrey, on 18 June 1851 aged 55.
(NBI)
"MILES William. 30 June. Letters of Administration of the Personal estate and effects of William MILES late of Send in the County of Surrey Labourer a Widower deceased who died 12 June 1851 at Send aforesaid were granted at the Principal Registry to Mary STRASENBURGH (Wife of Robert STRASENBURGH, Innkeeper) of the "Railway" Hotel Trinity in the City of Edinburgh the only Child of the said Deceased she having been first sworn.
Effects under £100."
(National Probate Calendar 1865)
(revised 04.12.2012)