Died
at about age 81
in Aberdare, Glamorgan, Wales
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Biography
Henry Miles John was born in Glamorgan, Wales.
Henry Miles John was born in 1874 in Aberdare and his birth was registered in the September quarter in Merthyr Tydfil. [1] He was the son of James John and Mary (Miles) John.
In the 1891 census Henry (age 16) was living with his mother Mary John and his siblings in Aberdare, Glamorgan, Wales.[2]
Name
Relation
Status
Sex
Age
Occupation
Birth Place
Mary John
Head
Widowed
F
55
Pembrokeshire, England
James John
Son
Single
M
23
Coal Miner
Glamorganshire, England
Maria John
Daughter
Single
F
20
Dressmaker
Glamorganshire, England
Henry M John
Son
Single
M
16
Coal Miner
Glamorganshire, England
Thomas D John
Son
Single
M
13
Coal Miner
Glamorganshire, England
In the 1901 census Henry (age 26) was living with his mother Mary John and his siblings in Margaret Street, Aberdare, Glamorgan, Wales.[3]
Name
Relation
Status
Sex
Age
Occupation
Birth Place
Mary John
Head
Widowed
F
65
Fishguard, Pembrokeshire
Henry Miles John
Son
Single
M
26
Coal Miner Hewer
Aberdare, Glamorganshire
Thomas David John
Son
Single
M
23
Coal Miner Hewer
Aberdare, Glamorganshire
Mary John
Daughter
Single
F
20
Helper To Mother
Aberdare, Glamorganshire
When Henry Miles was about 28 he married Esther Scourfield in January 1902 in Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan.[4]
In the 1911 census Henry (age 36) was the married head of household in Aberdare, Glamorgan, Wales.[5]
Name
Relation
Status
Sex
Age
Occupation
Birth Place
Henry Miles John
Head
Married
M
36
Coal Miner Hewer
Aberdare, Glamorganshire
Esther John
Wife
Married
F
35
Gle N Aberdare
Esther passed away aged 39 in 1915 and Henry married Elizabeth Ann Edwards a few years later when he was about 44 in the December quarter 1918 in Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire 11b 90. The couple had one child: Mair Brenda John.
↑Birth: England & Wales General Register Office, GRO Online Index - Birth (https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content : accessed 27 December 2021), database entry for JOHN, HENRY MILES (Mother's maiden surname: MILES). GRO Reference: 1874 S Quarter in MERTHYR TYDFIL Volume 11A Page 528.
↑1891 Census: "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HM6B-LPZ : 8 May 2019), Henry M John in household of Mary John, Aberdare, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Glamorganshire county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
↑1901 Census: "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XSM8-SMB : 21 May 2019), Henry Miles John in household of Mary John, Aberdare, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Aberdare subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
↑Marriage: "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:263Z-PGM : 13 December 2014), Henry Miles John, 1902; from “England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005,” database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1902, quarter 1, vol. 11A, p. 1033, Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorganshire, Wales, General Register Office, Southport, England. (accessed before 3 October 2012)
↑1911 Census: "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XWX4-R2C : 27 June 2019), Henry Miles John, Aberdare, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
↑Death: "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVCD-QLDJ : 4 September 2014), Henry M John, 1955; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Pontypridd, Glamorganshire, Wales, General Register Office, Southport, England
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