NOTE: Please see another opinion on this burial at the bottom of this memorial.
William's parents were recorded as Mary Brownlow and William Miles. The christening date of 13 November 1803 for William, the younger, at Newton-Upon-Trent, matches well with his birth year and place, plus his age recorded at immigration.
This would be the sailing ship passenger manifest of the Martha Washington which left under the direction of David L. Stevens, Master of the Port of Liverpool, and later docked at the Port of New Orleans 22 May 1843. Aboard was William, his wife Ann, along with only living children, Jane about 3 and John about 2. William gave his age as 39, so we "assume" he was born either the last quarter of 1803 or the first few months in 1804. His occupation was listed as "tailor". The ship's manifest spelled their surname as Myles.
He had married Ann Mapplebeck 20 July 1835 at Doncaster, Yorkshire, England.
Their first child, Mary Miles, was born in August 1837 and christened 13 August 1837 at Doncaster St. George Parish Church. She died 21 December 1841 at Ecclesall-Bierlow, Yorkshire, after the 1841 Census. The Death Record # 169 Describes: "Death of Mary Miles, General Registry Office, England" "Female 4 years and 4 months, Daughter of William Miles, tailor, died of Epilepsy, William Miles in attendance on Ecclesall new Road."
The above record puts to rest any speculation that she was left behind in the care of grandparents or that she "may have fallen overboard" during the voyage.
Their second daughter, Jane Batty Miles, was born 25 April 1839 at Ecclesall-Bierlow parish and died there 22 May 1839. She was buried 25 May at Sheffield General Cemetery Sheffield, Metropolitan Borough of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. It is recorded on the Death Report that she died of Convulsions.
Jane Miles was their third daughter and was born 22 August 1840 at Ecclesall-Bierlow, Yorkshire.
Their only son, John Miles was born there on 31 August 1842.
William and Ann, along with their two surviving children, sailed to America in the company of the Nicholas Welch family of Chesterfield, Derbyshire. They all settled at Nauvoo with other LDS immigrants.
According to family lore, in mid 1844 William died; and, by 30 October his wife, Ann, also perished leaving Jane Miles (4) and her two year old brother, John, orphans.
These children were taken into the Welch home and remained as family members from then on.
Many of the Welch family also died at Nauvoo.
William and Ann's children crossed the Great Plains in 1852 with the remaining Welch family:
widow of Nicholas, Elizabeth Briggs Welch (52), John (29), his wife, Eliza Billington Welch and their children, Elizabeth Preston (4) and Eliza Ann (infant). Jane Miles was 12/13 and John 9/10. They traveled with a wagon train named the Betz Company which arrived in the Salt Lake Valley in September 1852. Their ages were recorded as 12 and 9, but that depended upon what month they embarked, which date is unknown.
They remained in the care of Elizabeth Briggs Welch until they were mature. John did not marry, but Jane married Charles P. Thomas.
The following opinion of William Miles demise is offered by contributor JOHN ARCHER
The William Miles story is complicated. :) My disclosure: Abenade Archer was my 2nd great Aunt my 2nd G grandfather's daughter. My search for her death and burial site was why I got into William Miles.
I found William with Abenade in the 1850 US Census for Walworth County Wisconsin. He is listed as a tailor from England. I found He and Abenade sold property in Sept. 1852 in Walworth County, WI. She signs as his wife. Then, on 3 Nov. 1853, I find a William Miles marriage to Mary Ann Lierly. Mary Ann was b. in 1813 in Indiana married 1st to John Gadbury in 1838 in Indiana, 2nd to Moses Lierle in 1850 in Adams County, Illinois, and 3rd to William Miles in 1853 in Adams County. (Illinois Marriage Records). 1860 Census shows William Miles, listed as a tailor b. England & [wife] Mary Ann, In Camp Point Adams, Illinois.
The 1870 Census has them now living in Augusta, Hancock, Illinois. A Will for William Miles shows he died 24 July 1873 [ in Augusta IL. ] leaving property to Johana Samantha O'brien, who was his step grandaughter. Samantha O'brien was the daughter of Caroline "Carrie" Flinn who married James O'brien. Caroline was daughter of Mary Ann Flinn Gadbury Lierle Miles. (3rd wife, Mary Ann, was not mentioned in his Will).
The William Miles family came on the same boat as the Nickcolas Welch family and went to Nauvoo with them. I can see a scenario, where after William's wife, Ann Mappleback Miles, died in October 1844 that he put his children in the care of the Welch family; however, [with] Joseph Smith being killed a few months earlier in July, and Brigham Young saying "go to Utah" [but] James Strang saying "follow me to Wisconsin", [it is reasonable] that William would give his two children to his friends the Wrights, while he went to Wisconsin to check on Strangs group. It was indeed a confusing time for many.
William's parents were recorded as Mary Brownlow and William Miles. The christening date of 13 November 1803 for William, the younger, at Newton-Upon-Trent, matches well with his birth year and place, plus his age recorded at immigration.
This would be the sailing ship passenger manifest of the Martha Washington which left under the direction of David L. Stevens, Master of the Port of Liverpool, and later docked at the Port of New Orleans 22 May 1843. Aboard was William, his wife Ann, along with only living children, Jane about 3 and John about 2. William gave his age as 39, so we "assume" he was born either the last quarter of 1803 or the first few months in 1804. His occupation was listed as "tailor". The ship's manifest spelled their surname as Myles.
He had married Ann Mapplebeck 20 July 1835 at Doncaster, Yorkshire, England.
Their first child, Mary Miles, was born in August 1837 and christened 13 August 1837 at Doncaster St. George Parish Church. She died 21 December 1841 at Ecclesall-Bierlow, Yorkshire, after the 1841 Census. The Death Record # 169 Describes: "Death of Mary Miles, General Registry Office, England" "Female 4 years and 4 months, Daughter of William Miles, tailor, died of Epilepsy, William Miles in attendance on Ecclesall new Road."
The above record puts to rest any speculation that she was left behind in the care of grandparents or that she "may have fallen overboard" during the voyage.
Their second daughter, Jane Batty Miles, was born 25 April 1839 at Ecclesall-Bierlow parish and died there 22 May 1839. She was buried 25 May at Sheffield General Cemetery Sheffield, Metropolitan Borough of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. It is recorded on the Death Report that she died of Convulsions.
Jane Miles was their third daughter and was born 22 August 1840 at Ecclesall-Bierlow, Yorkshire.
Their only son, John Miles was born there on 31 August 1842.
William and Ann, along with their two surviving children, sailed to America in the company of the Nicholas Welch family of Chesterfield, Derbyshire. They all settled at Nauvoo with other LDS immigrants.
According to family lore, in mid 1844 William died; and, by 30 October his wife, Ann, also perished leaving Jane Miles (4) and her two year old brother, John, orphans.
These children were taken into the Welch home and remained as family members from then on.
Many of the Welch family also died at Nauvoo.
William and Ann's children crossed the Great Plains in 1852 with the remaining Welch family:
widow of Nicholas, Elizabeth Briggs Welch (52), John (29), his wife, Eliza Billington Welch and their children, Elizabeth Preston (4) and Eliza Ann (infant). Jane Miles was 12/13 and John 9/10. They traveled with a wagon train named the Betz Company which arrived in the Salt Lake Valley in September 1852. Their ages were recorded as 12 and 9, but that depended upon what month they embarked, which date is unknown.
They remained in the care of Elizabeth Briggs Welch until they were mature. John did not marry, but Jane married Charles P. Thomas.
The following opinion of William Miles demise is offered by contributor JOHN ARCHER
The William Miles story is complicated. :) My disclosure: Abenade Archer was my 2nd great Aunt my 2nd G grandfather's daughter. My search for her death and burial site was why I got into William Miles.
I found William with Abenade in the 1850 US Census for Walworth County Wisconsin. He is listed as a tailor from England. I found He and Abenade sold property in Sept. 1852 in Walworth County, WI. She signs as his wife. Then, on 3 Nov. 1853, I find a William Miles marriage to Mary Ann Lierly. Mary Ann was b. in 1813 in Indiana married 1st to John Gadbury in 1838 in Indiana, 2nd to Moses Lierle in 1850 in Adams County, Illinois, and 3rd to William Miles in 1853 in Adams County. (Illinois Marriage Records). 1860 Census shows William Miles, listed as a tailor b. England & [wife] Mary Ann, In Camp Point Adams, Illinois.
The 1870 Census has them now living in Augusta, Hancock, Illinois. A Will for William Miles shows he died 24 July 1873 [ in Augusta IL. ] leaving property to Johana Samantha O'brien, who was his step grandaughter. Samantha O'brien was the daughter of Caroline "Carrie" Flinn who married James O'brien. Caroline was daughter of Mary Ann Flinn Gadbury Lierle Miles. (3rd wife, Mary Ann, was not mentioned in his Will).
The William Miles family came on the same boat as the Nickcolas Welch family and went to Nauvoo with them. I can see a scenario, where after William's wife, Ann Mappleback Miles, died in October 1844 that he put his children in the care of the Welch family; however, [with] Joseph Smith being killed a few months earlier in July, and Brigham Young saying "go to Utah" [but] James Strang saying "follow me to Wisconsin", [it is reasonable] that William would give his two children to his friends the Wrights, while he went to Wisconsin to check on Strangs group. It was indeed a confusing time for many.
NOTE: Please see another opinion on this burial at the bottom of this memorial.
William's parents were recorded as Mary Brownlow and William Miles. The christening date of 13 November 1803 for William, the younger, at Newton-Upon-Trent, matches well with his birth year and place, plus his age recorded at immigration.
This would be the sailing ship passenger manifest of the Martha Washington which left under the direction of David L. Stevens, Master of the Port of Liverpool, and later docked at the Port of New Orleans 22 May 1843. Aboard was William, his wife Ann, along with only living children, Jane about 3 and John about 2. William gave his age as 39, so we "assume" he was born either the last quarter of 1803 or the first few months in 1804. His occupation was listed as "tailor". The ship's manifest spelled their surname as Myles.
He had married Ann Mapplebeck 20 July 1835 at Doncaster, Yorkshire, England.
Their first child, Mary Miles, was born in August 1837 and christened 13 August 1837 at Doncaster St. George Parish Church. She died 21 December 1841 at Ecclesall-Bierlow, Yorkshire, after the 1841 Census. The Death Record # 169 Describes: "Death of Mary Miles, General Registry Office, England" "Female 4 years and 4 months, Daughter of William Miles, tailor, died of Epilepsy, William Miles in attendance on Ecclesall new Road."
The above record puts to rest any speculation that she was left behind in the care of grandparents or that she "may have fallen overboard" during the voyage.
Their second daughter, Jane Batty Miles, was born 25 April 1839 at Ecclesall-Bierlow parish and died there 22 May 1839. She was buried 25 May at Sheffield General Cemetery Sheffield, Metropolitan Borough of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. It is recorded on the Death Report that she died of Convulsions.
Jane Miles was their third daughter and was born 22 August 1840 at Ecclesall-Bierlow, Yorkshire.
Their only son, John Miles was born there on 31 August 1842.
William and Ann, along with their two surviving children, sailed to America in the company of the Nicholas Welch family of Chesterfield, Derbyshire. They all settled at Nauvoo with other LDS immigrants.
According to family lore, in mid 1844 William died; and, by 30 October his wife, Ann, also perished leaving Jane Miles (4) and her two year old brother, John, orphans.
These children were taken into the Welch home and remained as family members from then on.
Many of the Welch family also died at Nauvoo.
William and Ann's children crossed the Great Plains in 1852 with the remaining Welch family:
widow of Nicholas, Elizabeth Briggs Welch (52), John (29), his wife, Eliza Billington Welch and their children, Elizabeth Preston (4) and Eliza Ann (infant). Jane Miles was 12/13 and John 9/10. They traveled with a wagon train named the Betz Company which arrived in the Salt Lake Valley in September 1852. Their ages were recorded as 12 and 9, but that depended upon what month they embarked, which date is unknown.
They remained in the care of Elizabeth Briggs Welch until they were mature. John did not marry, but Jane married Charles P. Thomas.
The following opinion of William Miles demise is offered by contributor JOHN ARCHER
The William Miles story is complicated. :) My disclosure: Abenade Archer was my 2nd great Aunt my 2nd G grandfather's daughter. My search for her death and burial site was why I got into William Miles.
I found William with Abenade in the 1850 US Census for Walworth County Wisconsin. He is listed as a tailor from England. I found He and Abenade sold property in Sept. 1852 in Walworth County, WI. She signs as his wife. Then, on 3 Nov. 1853, I find a William Miles marriage to Mary Ann Lierly. Mary Ann was b. in 1813 in Indiana married 1st to John Gadbury in 1838 in Indiana, 2nd to Moses Lierle in 1850 in Adams County, Illinois, and 3rd to William Miles in 1853 in Adams County. (Illinois Marriage Records). 1860 Census shows William Miles, listed as a tailor b. England & [wife] Mary Ann, In Camp Point Adams, Illinois.
The 1870 Census has them now living in Augusta, Hancock, Illinois. A Will for William Miles shows he died 24 July 1873 [ in Augusta IL. ] leaving property to Johana Samantha O'brien, who was his step grandaughter. Samantha O'brien was the daughter of Caroline "Carrie" Flinn who married James O'brien. Caroline was daughter of Mary Ann Flinn Gadbury Lierle Miles. (3rd wife, Mary Ann, was not mentioned in his Will).
The William Miles family came on the same boat as the Nickcolas Welch family and went to Nauvoo with them. I can see a scenario, where after William's wife, Ann Mappleback Miles, died in October 1844 that he put his children in the care of the Welch family; however, [with] Joseph Smith being killed a few months earlier in July, and Brigham Young saying "go to Utah" [but] James Strang saying "follow me to Wisconsin", [it is reasonable] that William would give his two children to his friends the Wrights, while he went to Wisconsin to check on Strangs group. It was indeed a confusing time for many.
William's parents were recorded as Mary Brownlow and William Miles. The christening date of 13 November 1803 for William, the younger, at Newton-Upon-Trent, matches well with his birth year and place, plus his age recorded at immigration.
This would be the sailing ship passenger manifest of the Martha Washington which left under the direction of David L. Stevens, Master of the Port of Liverpool, and later docked at the Port of New Orleans 22 May 1843. Aboard was William, his wife Ann, along with only living children, Jane about 3 and John about 2. William gave his age as 39, so we "assume" he was born either the last quarter of 1803 or the first few months in 1804. His occupation was listed as "tailor". The ship's manifest spelled their surname as Myles.
He had married Ann Mapplebeck 20 July 1835 at Doncaster, Yorkshire, England.
Their first child, Mary Miles, was born in August 1837 and christened 13 August 1837 at Doncaster St. George Parish Church. She died 21 December 1841 at Ecclesall-Bierlow, Yorkshire, after the 1841 Census. The Death Record # 169 Describes: "Death of Mary Miles, General Registry Office, England" "Female 4 years and 4 months, Daughter of William Miles, tailor, died of Epilepsy, William Miles in attendance on Ecclesall new Road."
The above record puts to rest any speculation that she was left behind in the care of grandparents or that she "may have fallen overboard" during the voyage.
Their second daughter, Jane Batty Miles, was born 25 April 1839 at Ecclesall-Bierlow parish and died there 22 May 1839. She was buried 25 May at Sheffield General Cemetery Sheffield, Metropolitan Borough of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. It is recorded on the Death Report that she died of Convulsions.
Jane Miles was their third daughter and was born 22 August 1840 at Ecclesall-Bierlow, Yorkshire.
Their only son, John Miles was born there on 31 August 1842.
William and Ann, along with their two surviving children, sailed to America in the company of the Nicholas Welch family of Chesterfield, Derbyshire. They all settled at Nauvoo with other LDS immigrants.
According to family lore, in mid 1844 William died; and, by 30 October his wife, Ann, also perished leaving Jane Miles (4) and her two year old brother, John, orphans.
These children were taken into the Welch home and remained as family members from then on.
Many of the Welch family also died at Nauvoo.
William and Ann's children crossed the Great Plains in 1852 with the remaining Welch family:
widow of Nicholas, Elizabeth Briggs Welch (52), John (29), his wife, Eliza Billington Welch and their children, Elizabeth Preston (4) and Eliza Ann (infant). Jane Miles was 12/13 and John 9/10. They traveled with a wagon train named the Betz Company which arrived in the Salt Lake Valley in September 1852. Their ages were recorded as 12 and 9, but that depended upon what month they embarked, which date is unknown.
They remained in the care of Elizabeth Briggs Welch until they were mature. John did not marry, but Jane married Charles P. Thomas.
The following opinion of William Miles demise is offered by contributor JOHN ARCHER
The William Miles story is complicated. :) My disclosure: Abenade Archer was my 2nd great Aunt my 2nd G grandfather's daughter. My search for her death and burial site was why I got into William Miles.
I found William with Abenade in the 1850 US Census for Walworth County Wisconsin. He is listed as a tailor from England. I found He and Abenade sold property in Sept. 1852 in Walworth County, WI. She signs as his wife. Then, on 3 Nov. 1853, I find a William Miles marriage to Mary Ann Lierly. Mary Ann was b. in 1813 in Indiana married 1st to John Gadbury in 1838 in Indiana, 2nd to Moses Lierle in 1850 in Adams County, Illinois, and 3rd to William Miles in 1853 in Adams County. (Illinois Marriage Records). 1860 Census shows William Miles, listed as a tailor b. England & [wife] Mary Ann, In Camp Point Adams, Illinois.
The 1870 Census has them now living in Augusta, Hancock, Illinois. A Will for William Miles shows he died 24 July 1873 [ in Augusta IL. ] leaving property to Johana Samantha O'brien, who was his step grandaughter. Samantha O'brien was the daughter of Caroline "Carrie" Flinn who married James O'brien. Caroline was daughter of Mary Ann Flinn Gadbury Lierle Miles. (3rd wife, Mary Ann, was not mentioned in his Will).
The William Miles family came on the same boat as the Nickcolas Welch family and went to Nauvoo with them. I can see a scenario, where after William's wife, Ann Mappleback Miles, died in October 1844 that he put his children in the care of the Welch family; however, [with] Joseph Smith being killed a few months earlier in July, and Brigham Young saying "go to Utah" [but] James Strang saying "follow me to Wisconsin", [it is reasonable] that William would give his two children to his friends the Wrights, while he went to Wisconsin to check on Strangs group. It was indeed a confusing time for many.
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