John Miles was born on 2 August 1842, in Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. He lived in Paradise, Cache, Utah, United States in 1910. He died on 7 May 1919, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Paradise Cemetery, Paradise, Cache, Utah, United States.
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EARLIEST KNOWN BURIAL: William Smith BIRTH 31 Mar 1852 DEATH 12 Oct 1858 (aged 6) BURIAL Paradise Cemetery Paradise, Cache County, Utah, USA PLOT M5 MEMORIAL ID 38189624
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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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