miles of irvings

  • THE ARMY LIFE of NORM PINCH

    THE ARMY LIFE of NORM PINCH

    In October 2024, we caught up with one of Vicki’s 1st cousins, Alison (Miles) Miller in beautiful Melbourne. Vicki and Alison have been communicating for more than a few years so with Karen and Debra in tow, we made the journey to the shores of Port Philip Bay and caught up with cousins that they hadn’t… Read more

  • HUTTON – What’s in a name?

    HUTTON – What’s in a name?

    On the last day of our little trip to Canberra we were invited by the Major to visit the Officers’ Mess in Duntroon for a few libations before our last dinner in the nation’s capital. The Major gave a great tour of the complex, pointing out various buildings and their utilisation during a recruits training.… Read more

  • SARAH: JONES or MILES?

    SARAH: JONES or MILES?

    INTRODUCTION: Sarah Miles.  Born in 1824 in Priston, Somerset England and baptised on the 4th July of that year. Sarah was the ninth child, the third daughter of a Priston farm labourer, John Miles and his wife, Elizabeth Heal who was from nearby Camerton.  On the morning of the 10th April 1843 Sarah and three accomplices were… Read more

  • THE GALLANT SOMERSETS

    THE GALLANT SOMERSETS

    It was an article about Archibald Miles in the Bath Chronicle just ten weeks after the start of the “Great War” that initially attracted Frances Nelson’s attention. During the four-year conflict, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire (the Central Powers) fought against Great Britain & its Empire, France, Russia, Italy, Romania, Canada, Japan and the… Read more

  • WSR HAMBLY RETURNS TO THE USA IN 1876

    WSR HAMBLY RETURNS TO THE USA IN 1876

    WILLIAM SAMUEL RAWLINGS HAMBLY 31st March 1823 ~ 1st December 1898 WSR Hambly sailed from San Francisco on the 29th September 1853 on the “Destruzione”, a 238-ton Italian barque captained by a Genoese, Giacormo Gazzolo. The “Destruzione” with a crew of 13 carried 48 adult passengers & 6 children and sailed via Tahiti to Sydney, arriving on December… Read more

  • HARRY BISHOP HAMBLY

    HARRY BISHOP HAMBLY

    Harry Bishop Hambly: born 18 April 1863 at Snake Lake, near Quincy in Plumas County California, the 7thchild of David Hambly and Jane (Jenkin) Hambly who were both immigrants from Cornwall. Harry married Nyna Emma Sargent (1870-1956) on September 7th 1892 in San Francisco. They had four children, three sons and a daughter and lived in… Read more