{"id":370,"date":"2018-06-23T14:43:24","date_gmt":"2018-06-23T04:43:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michelledennishistory.wordpress.com\/?page_id=370"},"modified":"2020-06-22T16:50:14","modified_gmt":"2020-06-22T06:50:14","slug":"harriet-miles-white","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.michelledennis.com.au\/?page_id=370","title":{"rendered":"Harriet Miles (White)"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Harriett

Harriett Miles nee White<\/p><\/div>\n

Harriett Maria White<\/strong> was born on 18 Nov 1854 in Simpsons Road, Richmond, to parents Richard White<\/a> and Emma Smith. Richard & Emma had arrived in Australia from Oxfordshire, England aboard the immigrant passenger ship “Mahomed Shah” in 1848.<\/p>\n

Harriett was baptised at St Peters, Eastern Hill, Melbourne on 8 Dec 1854 as a six year old child. The family was listed as living at Richmond Flat, and father Richard’s occupation was given as a labourer.<\/p>\n

In 1878 at St James church, Dandenong, Harriett married William Jasper Miles<\/a>, a labourer born in Camberwell, London.<\/p>\n

Harriett and William had eleven children, with sadly only six living to adulthood. Percival 1879-1952 and Ethel 1881-1986 were born in Cranbourne, then the others were all born in Violet Town – Katie<\/a> 1883-1975, Emma b 1885-1885, Annie 1886-1988, William 1888-1888,\u00a0 Herbert 1890-1951, Daisy 1892-1893, Alice 1893-1894, George 1893-1940, and Rose 1896-1901.<\/p>\n

\"Kate,

Kate, George, Ethel, Bert, Annie and Percy, Harriet, William J<\/p><\/div>\n

Two sons Herbert and George went to war, and the other son Percy was a policeman (reserved occupation) in Melbourne and Williamstown.<\/p>\n

The family lived in Cranbourne for a number of years, before moving to Tulip Street, Violet Town in 1882.<\/p>\n

Harriett was very active in the local Anglican church, and was a founding member of the Church of England Ladies Guild in Violet Town. She also worked hard to provide articles of clothing for the soldiers in the war.<\/p>\n

Harriett died on 21 February 1949 in Violet Town aged 92 years. The cause of death given was old age.<\/p>\n

\"Harriet

Harriet Miles obituary Williamstown Chronicle 1947<\/p><\/div>\n

In her will she leaves her gold cross pendant to daughter Annie (Peacock), and her gold locket to daughter Katie<\/a> (Jackson). The rest of her estate was to be divided between her five children.<\/p>\n

She is buried in the Violet Town Cemetery with her husband William who died in 1938.
\n\"Miles<\/p>\n

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