Individual Details

George sailed from Southampton on the Marshall Bennett on 25 April and arrived at Geelong on 11 August 1854. He could read. George was contracted to Mr William Walters for three months for 20 pounds p.a. with rations. He died at 83 years.
Listed on his marriage certificate as a Farmer of 27 years old (? born 1841). Original information has him born abt 1846 in Bath, England. Farm Labourer, Kew Council.
In 1851 he was living in Camerton, Somerset, England.

Probate details:
Given Name George
Surname Miles
Alternative Name
Title
File number 199/074
Death Date 3 Oct 1924
Death Date notes
Grant Date 31 Oct 1924
Grant Date notes
Nature of Grant P
General Notes
Occupation Laborer
Residence Bairnsdale

A History of the George MILES Family - Page 22 of a book (Title unknown)

George Miles was born at Englishcoomb, Somerset, on the 29th April 1941. and migrated to Australia with his parents on the "Marshall Bennett" in 1854. He was apprenticed to a Mr Hartley of Hamstead Moolap for a wage of 20 shillings and sixpence a year. It is uncertain how long he remained in this position. Later he traveled to Kingston, near Creswick with his parents and married Jane Benbow Matthews at Dean, near Ballarat on April 29th. 1868, the Rev. Burns, a Methodist minister performing the ceremony. It would seem that he worked as a farm laborer until hard times forced him to go to Melbourne, where he worked for Henry Berry a merchant, and others and was later employed by the Kew Council. Retiring at age of 70 years, he bought a 2 acre property alongside his son George's home in Bairnsdale and there lived happily, spending most of his time in his big garden, until his death at 83 years of age on October 3, 1924. His widow returned to Melbourne, to live with her daughter, Annie, in Hawthorn, until her death in 1937 at the age of 94 years. George and Jane were very keen Methodists and worked diligently for their church wherever they happen to be living. While living in Highbury Grove, Kew, George was caretaker of the church property and lead in the music and singing of the church services. Both George and Jane also taught in the Sunday school. Jane was pleased to trace her ancestry back to the family of Admiral John Benbow; she was also second cousin to Sir William Angliss. They had family of five sons and three daughters.

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Birth	Bef 28 Apr 1841	Englishcoomb, Somerset, England
Baptism	28 Apr 1841	Englishbatch, Englishcombe, Somerset, England, Uniterd Kingdom
Census	Jun 1841	Englishcombe Village, Englishcombe, Bath, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Immigration	11 Aug 1854	Geelong, Victoria, Australian Colonies
Marriage	29 Apr 1868	Dean, Victoria, Australian Colonies - Jane Benbow MATTHEWS
Occupation	Bef 3 Oct 1924	Farmer
Death	3 Oct 1924	Wallace Street, Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia
Burial	6 Oct 1924	Grave IND A 1144, Boroondara Cemetery, Kew, Victoria, Australia
Probate	31 Oct 1924	Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia
Alt name		George MYLES
Alt name		George Edmond MILES
Ancestral File Number		1396-9CS

Spouse	Jane Benbow MATTHEWS (1847 - 1942)
Child	Charles MILES 🧬 (1869 - 1956)
Child	George Edmund MILES (1870 - 1926)
Child	Sarah MILES (1872 - )
Child	Mary MILES (1872 - 1960)
Child	Elizabeth MILES 🧬 (1874 - 1936)
Child	Sarah Annie MILES (1878 - )
Child	William Benbow MILES (1879 - 1969)
Child	John James MILES (1881 - 1943)
Child	Ernest Frederick MILES (1887 - )

Father	Charles MILES ⛵🧬 (1813 - 1902)
Mother	Mary WESTON ⛵🧬 (1816 - 1888)
Sibling	William MILES (1836 - 1925)
Sibling	Martha MILES (1839 - 1839)
Sibling	Mark MILES (1844 - 1941)
Sibling	Ann MILES (1847 - 1928)
Sibling	Elizabeth MILES (1852 - 1854)
Sibling	John MILES 🧬 (1854 - 1933)
Sibling	Sarah MILES (1857 - 1941)

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