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MILES, Elizabeth Maud
1875 - 1952 (77 years) Has 25 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
1841 - 1907 (65 years)-
Name MILES, Elizabeth Maud Birth 2 May 1875 Aldershot, Hampshire, England 
Gender Female Death 27 May 1952 Farnham, Surrey, England Person ID I757 Edgoose Last Modified 5 Feb 2026
Father MILES, Thomas, b. 13 Jul 1841, Seale, Surrey d. 17 Feb 1907, Aldershot, Hampshire, England (Age 65 years) Mother COOMBS, Charlotte (Combs), b. 20 Mar 1841, Headley, Hampshire, England d. 3 Sep 1925, Aldershot, Hampshire, England (Age 84 years) Marriage 25 Jun 1868 Aldershot, Hampshire, England Family ID F240 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family BILLING, Cyril, b. 1881, Plymouth, Devon, England d. 10 Mar 1943, Aldershot Registration District, Hampshire (Age 62 years) Marriage 24 Sep 1921 Aldershot, Hampshire, England Family ID F557 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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ELIZABETH MAUD MILES 1875-1952
Elizabeth Maud MILES was born at 10 Alfred Street, Aldershot, Hampshire, on 2 May 1875, daughter of Thomas MILES and Charlotte formerly COOMBS.
(GRO June Q 1875 [COOMBS] Farnham 2a 102)
Thomas MILES had married Charlotte COOMBS at Aldershot on 25 June 1868.
The family were living at 10 Alfred Street, Aldershot, in 1881:
Thomas MILES, head, aged 38, ironmongers traveller, born at Seale, Surrey;
Charlotte MILES, wife, aged 36, born at Headley, Hampshire;
Naomi MILES, daughter, aged 7, scholar, born at Aldershot;
*Elizabeth MILES, daughter, aged 5, scholar, born at Aldershot;
Edith A. MILES, daughter, aged 4, scholar, born at Aldershot;
Frank E. MILES, son, aged 2, born at Aldershot.
(RG11/0782/22/37)
The 1891 census returns for 20 Lime Street, Aldershot, Hampshire:
Thomas MILES, head, aged 48 year, grocer and ironmonger, born at Tongham, Surrey;
Charlotte MILES, wife, aged 46, born at Headley in Hampshire;
Naomi MILES, daughter, aged 17, grocer's assistant, born at Aldershot;
*Maud MILES, daughter, aged 15, grocer's assistant, born at Aldershot;
Edith MILES, daughter, aged 14, scholar, born at Aldershot;
Frank MILES, son, aged 11, scholar, born at Aldershot;
Arthur MILES, son, aged 8, scholar, born at Aldershot.
(RG12/563/40/73)
Naomi MILES married Walter Leeder EDGOOSE, a builder of Perowne Street, Aldershot, at Aldershot Presbyterian Church on 14 July 1897. The address of Naomi MILES was Edward Street, Aldershot. Witnesses were Frank Edwin MILES and Maud Elizabeth MILES, her brother and sister.
The 1901 census returns for 20 Lime Street, Aldershot:
Thomas MILES, head, aged 60, house furnisher, born at Tongham, Surrey;
Charlotte MILES, wife, aged 57, born at Headley, Hampshire;
*Maud E. MILES, daughter, aged 25, employed as an assistant house furnisher, born at Aldershot;
Edith MILES, daughter, aged 23, born at Aldershot;
Frank E. MILES, aged 21, employed as an assistant house furnisher, born at Aldershot.
(RG13/610/160/46)
The 1911 census of Dunraven, York Road, Aldershot, Hampshire:
Charlotte MILES, wife [sic], aged 70, widow, married 43 years, 7 children of whom 4 are living, private means, born at Headley, Hampshire;
*Elizabeth Maud MILES, daughter, aged 35, single, private means, born at Aldershot, Hampshire.
(RG14/3113)
In 1912 she was living at Barford, 17 York Road, Aldershot, Hampshire.
(source: Christmas card)
She married Cyril BILLING, a 40 year old bachelor stationer and bookseller of 8a Grosvenor Road, Aldershot, on 24 September 1921. He was the son of Charles BILLING. Witnesses were Edith Alice MORDANT and E. P. JONES. At the time of her marriage she was living at 17 York Road (i.e Barford), Aldershot. She was 46 years old but gave her age as 41.
From the 1939 Register of 10 York Road, Aldershot, Hampshire:
Cyril BILLING, born 01 March 1881, Stationer & Bookseller, Retired, Married;
*Elizabeth Maude [sic] BILLING, born 2 May 1875, Domestic Duties, Married.
(RG101 2317B/007/18 Letter Code EDAX)
According to the London Gazette Elizabeth Maud Billing of 10, York Road, Aldershot, Hampshire, died on 27 May 1952.
(London Gazette Issue 39678 24.10.1952 page 65)
DEATHS
"BILLING---- On May 27th, 1952, Elizabeth Maud, (widow of Cyril BILLING), of 10 York-road, Aldershot, passed peacefully away at Farnham Hospital."
(Aldershot News, Friday, May 30th, 1952)
Philip BILLING, a fellow member of the Guild of One-Name Studies, said she died at 44 Hale Road, Farnham, Surrey.
The will of Elizabeth Maud BILLING:
"I Elizabeth Maud BILLING of 10 York Road Aldershot in the county of Southampton widow of Cyril Billing of Aldershot Hereby revoke all former wills and testamentary dispositions made by me and declare this to be my last Will
1 I appoint my neice Edith Naomi EDGOOSE and my nephew Thomas Frank MILES an officer in His Majesty's Navy to be the executors of this my will
2 I give devise and bequeath in equal shares the whole of my estate both real and personal to my neice Edith Naomi EDGOOSE and my nephew Thomas Frank MILES
3 I declare to the best of my knowledge my estate consists of the following
A Dunraven York Road a dwelling House with garden and plot of land adjoining
B dwelling House No 14 Edward St Aldershot
C £1000 the agreed sum being my personal share of my late husbands estate for services rendered in accumulating the said estate
D £200 money paid by me towards the purchase of No 10 York Road Aldershot
E All the furniture and contents of No 10 York Road Aldershot
F Any assets to which I may be entitled under the will of the Late Thomas MILES my father
Signed and witnessed in the presence of Each Other
Witnesses to the signature of Mrs Elizabeth Maud BILLING
H. KERSTIN
L. KERSTIN
Date Sept 30/50"
"By Order of Trustees re Thomas MILES, decd., and the Administrators of Cyril BILLING, decd,
Aldershot
Important Sale of
FREEHOLD PROPERTIES
comprising
Dunraven, 81 York Road
Barford, 17 York Road
Heronlea 10 York Road
All Vacant Possession
Also, as Investments:
14, 16, 36, 38, Queen's Road
14 Edward Street.
21 and 23 Lime Street
All let and producing a gross
income of
PER £540 3s. 0d. ANNUM
(The Aldershot News - Friday, September 10th and 17th, 1954).
Raymond T. J. EDGOOSE recalled at Boghead, Ninebanks, Northumberland, in September 2001 how "Aunty MAUD" caused outrage by living with BILLING before they were married.
(revised 26.09.2025)