Brief Life History of Jane
When Jane Miles was born on 22 August 1840, in Ecclesall, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, William Miles, was 37 and her mother, Ann Mapplebeck, was 26. She married Charles Thomas on 29 April 1856, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 daughters. She lived in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1841 and Moroni Election Precinct, Sanpete, Utah, United States in 1900. She died on 7 July 1912, in Moroni, Sanpete, Utah, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Moroni City Cemetery, Moroni, Sanpete, Utah, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (23)
- Jane Miles in household of William Miles, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Chandler in entry for Mary Thomas Fletcher, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"
- Jane M Thomas in household of Charles P Thomas, "United States Census, 1870"
Spouse and Children
1819–1897 Male
1840–1912 Female
Children (4)
1860–1924 Female
1864–1935 Female
1870–1939 Female
1873–1891 Female
Parents and Siblings
1803–1844 Male
1814–1844 Female
Siblings (4)
1837–1841 Female
1839–1839 Female
1840–1912 Female
1842–1919 Male
World Events (8)
1841 · The Nauvoo Legion
Age 1
1843
Age 3
1859
Age 19
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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Jane Mapplebeck
Third daughter of Ann Mapplebeck and William Miles of Ecclesall-Bierslow, a parish in Yorkshire, England. Both of Jane's older sisters died as infants in England and only she and her younger brother, …
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