Maria Dana¹ (F)
b. April 1848, d. 7 February 1910
Pedigree
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     Maria Dana was born in April 1848 at Illinois, daughter of George W. Dana and Annis Dana.^3,4

Maria Dana was enumerated with George W. Dana on the census of 14 October 1850 at Alden, Illinois, as Maria Dana. Listed as 3 years old, born in Illinois.⁵


Maria Dana was enumerated with George W. Dana on the census of 6 August 1860 at Durand Village, Illinois, as Maria Dana. Listed as 12 years old, born in Illinois.¹


Maria married William R. Miles, son of John H. Miles and Abigail Porter, on 28 November 1866 at Racine, Wisconsin. Wedding attendees included Reverend A. Constatine Barry, George M. Dana and Annis Dana.^6,2,7 She and William R. Miles lived at Evanston, Illinois from 1866 to 1873.⁸ Her married name was Miles.

Maria Miles was enumerated with William R. Miles on the census of 8 June 1870 at Evanston as Maria Miles. Listed as 22 years old, born in Illinois. Occupation is 'keeping house'.⁹
She and William R. Miles lived at Sacramento, California 1873.⁸ She and William R. Miles lived at Racine 1874.⁸ She and William R. Miles lived at Sacramento from 1876 to 1877.¹⁰

Maria Miles was enumerated with William R. Miles on the census of 1 June 1880 at Sacramento.¹¹
P. N. Newell sold SE quarter of Block 133 at Milpas & Carillo Streets, Santa Barbara, California, to Maria Miles on 4 June 1883. The lot extends from Milpas Street to Nopal Street along Carillo Street. Maria paid $250 for the lot.¹² She and William R. Miles lived at Milpas between Figueroa & Carrillo Streets, Santa Barbara, California 1886. Maria was not listed since the directories were for adult males only.¹³ At age 41, Maria became the mother of George Dana Miles on 28 March 1890 at Santa Barbara, California.^14,6,3 William R. Miles and Maria Miles sold homestead acreage described as the West half of the NorthWest corner of Section 11 in Township 4North of Range 26West of the San Bernadino Meridian containing eighty acres at Montecito, California, on 28 April 1893. Conveyed their homestead acreage to Mary Williams Briggs of Massachsetts for $100 of gold coin. Also conveyed was a one third interest in a water claim just north of the foregoing property.¹⁵ She and William R. Miles lived at Milpas Street between Figueroa & Carrillo Streets, Santa Barbara, California 1896 with Ernest Albert Miles, Pearl Annie Miles, Maria Margarita Miles, George Dana Miles and Robert William Miles. The city directory lists him as an architect. The directory does not list woment or children so only the youngest are included here.¹⁶ William R. Miles and Maria Miles sold a lot in City Block 133 at Carrillo & Milpas Streets, Santa Barbara, California, to Harry Abel Miles on 1 April 1896. This could have been connected to his marriage to Luella.¹⁷

Maria Dana was enumerated with William R. Miles on the census of 12 June 1900 at 1045 Milpas Street, Santa Barbara, California, as Maria Miles. Listed as 52 years old, born in April, 1848, married for 33 years, bore nine children with seven still living, born in Illinois whereas her mother in New York and father in Pennsylvania, can read write and speak English. No occupation listed.³
She and William R. Miles took out a Deed of Trust (mortgage) on on 12 August 1902 at Santa Barbara. This was their property in Block 133 of Santa Barbara.¹⁸ She and William R. Miles lived at Carrillo SW Corner Milpas, Santa Barbara 1904 with Maria Margarita Miles. Maria Margarita was listed as "Rita".¹⁹ James Hammell sold part of Block 133 at Santa Barbara to Maria Miles on 1 July 1905.²⁰ William R. Miles and Maria Miles sold part of Block 133 at Santa Barbara to Martha L. Brant on 5 July 1905.²¹ She and William R. Miles paid off a Deed of Trust (mortgage) on on 15 July 1905 at Santa Barbara. This was their property in Block 133 of Santa Barbara.²² George W. Miller and John A. Miller sold two lots in Block 21 at 225 & 227 West Pedregosa Street, Santa Barbara, California, to William R. Miles and Maria Miles on 14 April 1906. There were two mortgages involved totalling $2050.²³ She and William R. Miles lived at 227 West Pedregosa Street, Santa Barbara 1906 with George Dana Miles. Maria was not listed in the 1906 Directory.²⁴ William R. Miles and Maria Miles sold part of city block 133 property at Santa Barbara to W. H. Stafford on 12 August 1906.²⁵ She and William R. Miles lived at 225 West Pedregosa Street, Santa Barbara from 1908 to 1909 with George Dana Miles. Mariah was not listed in the 1908-9 Directory.²⁶ William R. Miles sold two lots in Block 21 at Santa Barbara to Maria Miles on 24 May 1909. All property, personal and other, on the lots was also conveyed. This was a death-bed transfer. Conveyed to wife Maria and her heirs .²⁷ She lived in June 1909 at 225 West Pedregosa Street, Santa Barbara, California.²⁸ She was now a widow, so she applied for a continuation of William R. Miles Civil War pension on 3 June 1909 at 227 West Pedregosa Street, Santa Barbara, California.²⁹ Albert and Lauretta F Pierce filed affadavits testifying to the marriage of Maria Dana and William Miles in connection with Maria's pension claim.¹⁰ She lived on 7 July 1909 at 259 NE Lake avenue, Los Angeles, California.⁴ Maria Miles, living in Los Angeles, filed an affadavit 7 July 1909 testifying to the inability to provide a marriage certificate for her and William Miles in connection with Maria's pension claim. She therefore had relatives file affidavits to that fact.³⁰ She was approved for a widow's pension of $12 per month in accordance with the Act of April 19, 1908 on 19 July 1909.³¹ She died of unknown causes on 7 February 1910 at age 61.³² She was buried on 10 February 1910 in the Santa Barbara Cemetery located in Santa Barbara, California. This burial date is only estimated.³³

Last Edited=28 Sep 2006