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MILES, James
1838 - 1899 (61 years) Has 13 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
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Name MILES, James Birth 1838 Eversley, Hampshire, England 
Gender Male Death 1899 Wokingham Registration District, Berkshire Person ID I5824 Edgoose Last Modified 6 Feb 2026
Father MILES, Richard, b. 1811, Aldershot, Hampshire, England d. 1891, Wokingham, Berkshire, England (Age 80 years) Mother .........., Lydia, b. Hampshire, England d. 1843, Hartley Wintney, Hampshire, England Family ID F577 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family EDWARDS, Elizabeth, b. 1839, Milton Abbas, Dorset, England d. 1893, Wokingham Registration District, Berkshire (Age 54 years) Marriage 1874 Wokingham Registration District, Berkshire Family ID F2292 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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JAMES MILES 1838-1899
The birth of a James MILES was registered in 1838.
(GRO March Q 1838 Hartley Wintney 7 77)
From the 1841 census of Eversley Common, Eversley, Hampshire:
Richard Miles, aged 35, baker, NOT born in Hampshire;
Lydia MILES, aged 37, born in Hampshire;
Mary MILES, aged 6, born in Hampshire;
*James MILES, aged 5, born in Hampshire;
Richard MILES, aged 1, born in Hampshire.
Ann MASON, aged 14, [F.S. crossed out], NOT born in Hampshire
(HO107/394/8/10/15)
From the 1851 census of Wokingham, Berkshire:
Richard MILES, head, widower, aged 35, beerseller, born at Farnham, Surrey;
Martha MILES, housekeeper, unmarried, aged 34, born at Eversley, Hampshire;
Mary Anne MILES, daughter, aged 14, scholar, born at Eversley, Hampshire;
*James MILES, son, aged 12, scholar, born at Eversley, Hampshire;
Richard MILES, son, aged 10, scholar, born at Eversley, Hampshire;
Lydia MILES, daughter, aged 9, scholar, born at Eversley, Hampshire;
Henry COALES, lodger, unmarried, aged 32, agricultural labourer, born at Wokingham, Berkshire;
Thomas SLAUGHTER, lodger, widower, aged 40, agricultural labourer, n.k.;
Thomas SURLE (?), lodger, unmarried, aged 25, agricultural labourer, n.k.;
Moses HAILE, lodger, widower, aged 60, agricultural labourer, n.k..
(HO107/1693/166/4)
James MILES and Elizabeth MEARS were married in 1874.
(GRO September Q 1874 Wokingham 2c 701)
From the 1881 census of Near Heathlands, Wokingham, Berkshire:
Richard MILES, head, aged 70, retired baker, born at Farnham, Surrey;
Elizabeth, wife, aged 65, born at Eversley, Hampshire.
Next door were:
*James MILES, head, married, aged 44, market gardener, born Eversley, Hampshire;
Elizabeth MILES, wife, married, aged 44, born at Abbey Milton, Dorset.
(RG11/1310/120/12)
From the 1891 census of Miles Cottages [adjoining Nine Mile Ride], Wokingham, Berkshire:
*James MILES, head, married, aged 55, farmer, born at Wokingham, Berkshire [sic];
E. MILES, wife, married, aged 54, born at Abbey Milton, Dorset;
Percy ROLLS, nephew, aged 14, born at West Horsley, Surrey;
George MILEHAM, lodger, single, aged 18, labourer5, born at Finchampstead, Berkshire;
George BOWDEN, lodger, single, aged 68, labourer, born at Winkfield, Berkshire.
(RG12/1000/14/23)
The death of his wife Elizabeth MILES aged 57 was registered in 1893.
(GRO March Q 1893 Wokingham 2c 270)
The death of a James MILES aged 66 was registered in 1899.
(GRO March Q 1899 Wokingham 2c 273)
(revied 27.11.2012)