Doward Chapel (General)

by isherwop, Sunday, May 31, 2009, 21:33 (5728 days ago) @ dsteel

David,

It does indeed seem that we have common ancestors.

Our (and probably yours) Miles line starts with William Miles born 1774. He maried Phoebe Playsted daughter of Richard and Rachel Playsted and among their children was Thomas born 1820. Thomas married Ellen Hawkins whose parents were Thomas Hawkins and Mary Ann Roberts. I have done quite a bit of work on the Hawkins as they are quite an interesting coal mining family. But I still have a few loose ends to tie up. In particular there is a gap after the 1841 census and Thomas's remarriage in the 1860s. If you have done any work on the Hawkns I would appreciate learning about it in particular when Mary Ann died. Returning now to their family among their children was a daughter Mary Ann born 1855. She had a child Mary born out of wedlock in 1873. Two years later in 1875 Mary Ann married William Evans. Mary born 1873 is my wifes grandmother. She married Jonah Dalley in New Zealand. In the late 1870s the Thomas and Ellen Miles family including their children and some of their grandchildren emigrated to New Zealand and settled near Ashburton in the South Island of New Zealand. It is rather unusual to find three generations emigrating. Thomas and Ellen were old to make the onerous journey ana falsified their ages presumably to ensure they were not refused passage. Quite a few of the Hawkins came as well.

So where do you fit into this lineage? I have quite a lot more information which I will be happy to email to you if you are interested and I would certainly appreciate learning of any work you have done.

Peter I