Brief Life History of William
When William Miles was born on 23 March 1805, in Shelby, Kentucky, United States, his father, Evan F Miles, was 26 and his mother, Mary Christie, was 22. He married Sarah Roberts on 6 July 1826, in Ripley, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Pleasant, Pleasant Township, Switzerland, Indiana, United States in 1850. He died in 1850, in Indiana, United States, at the age of 45.
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- William Miles, "United States Census, 1850"
- William Miles, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"
- Wm. Miles in entry for Sarah Miles, "Wisconsin, Death Records, 1867-1907"
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1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1817
Historical Boundaries: 1817: Switzerland, Indiana, United States
1818 · Jackson Purchase
The western part of Kentucky purchased by Andrew Jackson from the Chickasaw Indians in 1818. It became known as the Jackson Purchase. This included land that wasn't originally part of Kentucky when it became a state.
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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