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MILES, Edith Alice
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Name MILES, Edith Alice Birth 1877 Aldershot, Hampshire, England
Gender Female Death 25 Aug 1953 Surrey South West Registration District, Surrey
Person ID I758 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 MORDANT, William George, b. 1879, Aldershot, Hampshire, England
d. 24 Apr 1930, Hartley Wintney Registration District, Hampshire
(Age 51 years) Marriage 20 Sep 1905 Aldershot, Hampshire, England
Family ID F558 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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Notes
EDITH ALICE MILES 1877-1953
The birth of Edith Alice MILES was registered in 1877.
(GRO June Q 1877 [COOMBES] Farnham 2a 89)
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).
The 1901 census returns for 20 Lime Street, Aldershot:
Thomas MILES, head, aged 60, house furnisher, born at Tongham, Surrey;
Charlotte 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)
She married William George MORDANT on 20 September 1905, at the Presbyterian Church, Aldershot. He was 25 years old, a bachelor, a coal merchant of 2 Alton Villas, The Grove, Aldershot, and son of commercial traveller George MORDANT. Witnesses were James REAVELL and Edith L. MORDANT. Edith ALICE was living at York Road, Aldershot, at the time of her marriage.
(GRO September Q 1905 Farnham 2a 324)
The 1911 census of 17 York Road, Aldershot, Hampshire:
William MORDANT, head, aged 31, commercial traveller, born at Aldershot, Hampshire;
*Edith MORDANT, wife, married 5 years, aged 33, born at Aldershot, Hampshire;
Edward BELL, boarder, single, aged 25, Government contractors' inspector, born in Gibraltar;
Mary GLOVER, boarder, single, aged 22, post office clerk, born in Dublin.
(RG14PN3115/RG78PN113/RD34/SD2/ED6/SN67)
Kelly's Directory for 1915 lists a Mrs. Mordant at 67 Victoria Road, Aldershot.
An Edith MORDANT is listed as a party in the Deeds of No. 4 (later No. 35) Edward Street, Aldershot, held by the Hampshire Record Office.
(122M92/29 1912-1960)
The death of Edith A. MORDANT aged 76 was registered in 1953.
(GRO September Q 1953 Surrey SW 5g 718)
At the time of her death she was living at 17 York Road, Aldershot, Hampshire. She was formerly of Hathmoor, Canterbury Road, South Farnborough, Hampshire.
(revised 01.01.2011)

