WHILES,WHILE,WILD,WILES & more, of Leicester england
Seekin to make contact with genealogists searching WHILE/S
and various spellings of his name, from Leicestersire, Liecester -England.My great great paternal grandfather was ;John WHILES, marr. about 1850 LEIC. to Eliza CLARK/E. Known children; William b. c. 1850/51, Mary b -1854; Alice b. 1856; lydia b. c. 1858, Eiza. b. 1864, Rose/Rosetta. b. c. 1866, Albert b.c.1868, Clara Caroline,
b. c 1870.All children born in Leicester, except Clara C. she born York, Ont. Canda. Family emigrated to Canda,
1870 arriving at port of Quebec, Quebec.Cited on the
1871 toronto York Ont. Census.William is not listed with family on ship's list of 1870 (Vessel - Avon).William Whiles is my great grandfather.He maried 1) unknown, 2)
Alice Collinson and was ae 1ge 30 yrs and a widower on
the Ontario Marriage registry.?when and where did he
enter Canada? They married Spring of 1882.One child was oborn to them - March 1883, Florence Whiles.Nov. 1883'-
William Whiles died from a severe work -related accident.
Buried in St. James Cemetery, Toronto, ON.Eager to find
ANY family history/data/pictures and willng to share my data compiled thus far.Hope that someone out there is
searching or related to this WHILES lineage.Many thanks
in advance.
kind Regards
Dorothy Morris
New Brunswick Canada