When did my Grandmother and her Mother and sisters arrive in Melbourne?

[jk22]

Hello.

My Grandmother, Constance Kate Miles, her 2 younger sisters and their Mother, Agnes P [nee Ferguson] Miles emigrated from South Africa to Melbourne, Victoria, Australia some time between 1899 and 1903.

Agnes is on the 1903 Melbourne Electoral Roll in Jolimont, inner city suburb.

Constance was aged between 8 and 12 when they sailed.

I don't know from which port they left South Africa nor in fact if their first foot-fall was in Melbourne.

My great grandfather, Harry Mowat Hamilton Miles, husband of Agnes and father to the girls, was killed in 1899 whilst further up the country in the Kimberley.

I have looked previously to this with no recalled success.

Regards and thanks,
Julie.

[sparrett]

So where does this 1873 engagement fit into the story?
Or is it a co-incidence of names?

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/5867288

Sue

[matthewj64]

Previous thread here
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=494180.0

[Dundee]

In that time period their first names probably won't be recorded and so you will most likely be looking for just Mrs MILES and three unnamed children. There are a lot of MILES entries for those years.

Debra 

[sparrett]

Agnes is on the 1903 Melbourne Electoral Roll in Jolimont, inner city suburb.

 Regards and thanks,
Julie.

Who are the people living with her at Jolimont please?

49 Agnes Street Jolimont.
1903
Surname MILES
Agnes, H D.
Charles, clerk.


49 Agnes Street Jolimont.
1909.
Surname MILES
Agnes, H D.
Charles, clerk.
Edward, clerk.
John Hastings, actor.


Sue


ADDING
With bit of research and guesswork, are they her husband's siblings?

[jk22]

Hello Sue ("sparrett").
The Trove marriage was indeed in my maternal line:  they being my late Mother's grandparents.
I did find that Nanna, Miss Constance Kate Miles and her young sisters were most likely with their mother, Mrs Agnes (nee Ferguson) Miles at that Jolimont address. 
It's just that i haven't been able to find a shipping account for their journey from South Africa!
That would be just so lovely to have.
Kind regards to all respondents.
Julie.

[majm]

Agnes Patterson MILES death registration is indexed online  at Vic BDM as:
Rego # 4389/1943
Kew, Vic
Mother as Catherine GALLOWAY
Father as  Daniel FERGUSON.

The image is available to download immediately and should give you many additional details including how long she had been in the colonies/states, and vital family history info for you to validate against your current knowledge.

JM

[majm]

Oh ....

I see that back in early November 2010 that you were offered the suggestion of Agnes death cert .... reply #4 on your thread "Arrival of a MILES family" 

That thread was concurrent with and 1 number more recent that the thread Matthew kindly located. 

Previous thread here
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=494180.0

JM

[shume]

Familysearch.org has some South Africa records.
Harry H M Miles death certificate states he died in Kimberley hospital in 1899 from heart disease and his occupation was given as commercial traveller. Probate granted.
Name:   
Harry M H Miles
 •
Event Type:   
Death
Event Date:   
28 Jan 1899
 •
Event Place:   
Kimberley, Kimberley, Cape Province, South Africa
 •
Event Place (Original):   
Kimberley, Cape Province, South Africa
Gender:   
Male
Age:   
55
Birth Year (Estimated):   
1844