Brief Life History of Lister Matthew
When Lister Matthew Miles was born on 6 May 1856, in London, England, his father, John Henry William Miles, was 30 and his mother, Eliza Horne, was 23. He married Katherine Beverley Hall on 27 June 1878, in Brighton, Sussex, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom in 1881 and Charlton and Kidbrooke, Kent, England, United Kingdom in 1891. In 1881, at the age of 25, his occupation is listed as solicitor's clerk.
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- Lister M Miles in household of John H W Miles, "England and Wales Census, 1871"
- Lister Matthew Miles, "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005"
- Lister Matthew Miles, "England, Sussex, Parish Registers, 1538-1910"
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1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children
School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
1884
Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).
1904 · The Entente Cordiale
The Entente Cordiale was signed between Britain and France on April 8, 1904, to reconcile imperial interests and pave the way for future diplomatic cooperation. This ended hundreds of years of conflict between the two states.
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): from the Middle English (Old French) personal name Mile + genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s, or from its other Old French form Miles, a derivative of ancient Germanic Milo, based on the element mil, from mel ‘good, generous’. The Old French oblique case form was Milon (see Milon 1). Compare Millen and Millson .
English: variant, with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s, of Myhill , from a vernacular form of the Biblical name Michael . Miles Coverdale, the translator of the Bible, when in Germany, called himself Michael Anglus (‘the Englishman’).
Irish (Louth and Kilkenny): when not the same as 1 or 2, it is sometimes an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Maolmhuire, see Myles .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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