William Jones Miles¹ (M)
b. February 1910, d. 19 December 1969
Pedigree
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     William Jones Miles was born in February 1910, son of Ernest Albert Miles and Elizabeth Melinda Jones.²

William Jones Miles was enumerated with Ernest Albert Miles on the census of 23 April 1910 at 1135 Harvard Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, as William J. Miles. Listed as 2 months old, born in California whereas his mother in Iowa and father in California.²


William Jones Miles was enumerated with Ernest Albert Miles on the census of 8 January 1920 at 2910 West 14th Street, Los Angeles, California, as William J. Miles. He was listed as 9 years old, attending school, born in California, mother born in Iowa and father born in California, he can read and write, can speak English, his occupation is 'none'.³


William Jones Miles was enumerated with Ernest Albert Miles on the census of 5 April 1930 at 2910 West 15th Street, Los Angeles, California, as William J. Miles. Listed as 19 years old, single, born in California whereas his mother was born in Iowa while his father was born in California, he can read, write and speak English, currently employed as a delivery boy for a tires business.⁴
William Jones Miles was also known as Bill Miles.⁵

William married Maybell Bernard, daughter of Inez Bernard, circa 1935 at Los Angeles, California. He modeled his B. P. O. Elks uniform circa 1940 He and wife Maybell were both smokers.¹ He was employed as a driver for the United Parcel Service (UPS) system from 1940 to 1946 at California.¹
Bill,describing life in Saudi Arabia, wrote a letter to Ernest and Elizabeth Melinda Jones on 6 February 1950.⁶
William wrote a letter to Carol and James Eugene Radja on 27 December 1957 from Jerusalem. Maybell describes having a wonrderful Christmas in Israel.⁷ He and Maybell Inez Miles lived circa 1960 at 230 South Mansfield, Los Angeles, California. His Death Report lists this as his last known address in the United States. This date is a speculation.⁸ He and Maybell Bernard vacationed circa 1965. This photograph is the only evidence we have.
Bill,Talks about a bad accident on his water drilling rig which caused the deaths of two people. He must come up immediately with $20,000 in cash to avoid jail and loss of his business. He is asking Nelson to approach their mother to see if she can help out with $10,000 of this. To be paid back. The US Consulate has been of considerable help., wrote a letter to Nelson on 24 September 1966 from P.O. Box 49, Bethlehem.⁵ He witnessed the 1967 war between Israel and several Arab countries in 1967 at Bethlehem. He was a 'driller' in the Middle East circa 1968.⁸ He died of chronic subdural hematoma (left) on 19 December 1969 at Al Makased Al Khairich Hospital, Mount of Olives, Jerusalem, at age 59.^8,9 His body was donated by his wife for use in medical reasearch in January 1970 at Hadassah Medical School, Hebrew University, Jerusalem.⁸

Last Edited=17 Jul 2006