Ronald Florence

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• 1820 Lineage: Yes

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killed at El Alemein, WWII

John married Effie May Miles on 22 Aug 1899 in Hilton Methodist Church, Cathcart, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• 1820 Lineage: Yes

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• 1820 Lineage: Yes

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Quoting Beal Preston once again..."Piet Retief's party included an 1820 Settler, James Edward, formerly of Sephton's Party, Salem, but by this time living near Post Retief in the Winterberg. James Edward was the great grandfather of a descendant of Robert Miles, Colin Warren. With Edwards was his wife Ann and two young children. This settlers second son Thomas married Mary Ann King, daughter of the settler Joseph King, at Post Retief. In later years, as a widow Mary Ann Edwards was married again on the 4th January, 1886 at KingWilliam's Town to John Miles of Hilton in the Queenstown District, the third son of the settler Robert Miles. It was also his second marriage."...

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John married Millicent Sarah Palmer on 19 Feb 1851 in Bathurst Church (St John's - Anglican), Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Millicent (daughter of Benjamin Reckless Palmer, 1820 Settler and Mary Ann Hartley, 1820 Settler) was born on 4 Feb 1832 in Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 29 May 1878 in 'Hilton', Hilton, Cathcart, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Hilton Cemetery (Methodist), Hilton, Cathcart, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• 1820 Lineage: Yes

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• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 568
• Name: Robert Miles 1820
• Occupation: a Weaver
• Residence: Erlestoke, Warminster (nr), Wiltshire, England
• Settler: 7 Jan 1820, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England

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A weaver, 27 yrs, Ann 20, William 2yrs died at sea with Ford party aboard HMMS Weymouth leaving Portsmouth 7/1/1820.
Newspaper cuttings from the Eastern Cape:1820 Settler From the Daily Rep. November 5, 1969/November 10,1989.Tombstones in remembrance of several original 1820 Settlers are among old stones to be seen in the little cemetery of Whittlesea, 21 miles from Queenstown, where there is sad evidence of vandalism. Settlers buried there are:
John FILMER, born in London on February 5, 1809. He landed at Algoa Bay with his parents on April 10, 1820 and died in KingWilliam's Town on August 17, 1885.
W. BEAR, "Settler of 1820" aged 83 years.
Ann EDWARDS, who died on July 21, 1881, aged 85, who came to this country in the year 1820.
Robert MILES, who died on March 6, 1872, aged 79. "Being one o fthe British Settlers of 1820"
James J. EVA, who died on August 26, 1881, aged 85. "Deceased came to the Colony with the Settlers of 1820 and was one of Mr. OSLER's party. His wife, Elizabeth, who died on May 22, 1874,aged 78 years. Deceased was one of the Settlers of 1820. "

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was re-interred at a family gathering in 1976

Robert married Ann Dicks, 1820 Settler about 1816. Ann was born on 12 Sep 1797; died on 24 Sep 1884 in 'Guildford'; was buried in Hilton Cemetery (Methodist), Hilton, Cathcart, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 198
• Settler: 7 Jan 1820, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England

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Extract from the Beal Preston book.'Other happy occasions were two weddings in the Miles family.Samuel Miles had fallen in love with Mary Ann, daughter of Philip and Charity Hobbs who had also come out in the Weymouth in Jame's party. According to the old St John's Church register, Samuel and Mary Ann were married on the 11th February, 1847. Elizabeth Miles signed as a witness. Their first Child,Ellen Eliza was born on the 19th March 1848. This couple were to be together for over 73 years and both died in the Cathcart District, aged 95 years.They were the grandparents of Niel Austin Miles. It is believed that Mary Ann and her sister Charity were under the care of the Rev.William Shaw and his wife for a while possibly when their Mother died.'

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• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 600
• Name: Benjamin Reckless Palmer 1820
• Settler: 13 Feb 1820, Liverpool, Lancashire, England

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Benjamin may have been the son of 1820 settlers George & Millicent, Calton's party, ship Albury, but he would have been about 10 years younger than his wife Mary Ann

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Benjamin married Mary Ann Hartley, 1820 Settler on 3 Feb 1833 in Bathurst Church (St John's - Anglican), Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Mary (daughter of Thomas Hartley, 1820 Settler and Hannah Hopkins) was born in 1798 in Cuckney, Nottinghamshire, England; was christened on 29 Oct 1798 in Cuckney, Nottinghamshire, England; died on 28 May 1873 in 'Hilton', Hilton, Cathcart, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Whittlesea, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 306
• Name: Mary Ann Hartley 1820
• Religion: Scotland; the Protestant Church
• Settler: 13 Feb 1820, Liverpool, Lancashire, England

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on gravestone as Mary Ann Page Hartley

noted as widow on marriage to Page

This person provides entry into the HARTLEY family history (Berrington,A.
1987 "The Hartley Story - Thomas Hartley senior and his sons Thomas Hartley junior and Henry Hartley the hunter" Queenstown, M.& M.Publishers).

from Queenstown Free Press transcribed by Sunelia Heath:
Tuesday, June 10, 1873
DIED – on the 28th May, at Hilton, the residence of Mr. John MILES – Mary, the beloved wife of Thos. PAGE, Sen., aged 74 years and nine months. – The deceased came to this colony, with the original settlers.
Friends at a distance will please accept this notice.


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