Brief Life History of Edward David
When Edward David Miles was born on 3 June 1832, in Langstone, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom, his father, John Miles jr., was 53 and his mother, Mary Davis, was 34. He married Jane White on 8 February 1860, in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Avon, Cache, Utah, United States in 1900. He died on 13 August 1912, in Paradise, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Paradise, Cache, Utah, United States.
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- D. Edward Miles, "United States Census, 1880"
- Edward Miles, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Edward David Miles, "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005"
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1833 · The Factory Act Restricts Child Labor
The Factory Act restricted the hours women and children could work in textile mills. No child under the age of 9 were allowed to work, and children ages 9-13 could not work longer than 9 hours per day. Children up to the age of 13 were required to receive at least two hours of schooling, six days per week.
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
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Historical Boundaries: 1860: Cache, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Cache, Utah, United 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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Edward David Miles
Was a mine owner and a farmer. His journal can be found in the BYU Welsh family history project.
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