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Martha MILES (1807 - 1886)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Elizabeth BRIDLE (1824 - 1830) William BRIDLE (1827 - 1922) John Edward BRIDLE (1829 - 1908) Sarah BRIDLE (1831 - 1912) Susannah Helena BRIDLE (1833 - 1912) Mary BRIDLE (1836 - 1919) Thomas BRIDLE (1840 - 1913) Martha BRIDLE (1843 - 1916) George BRIDLE (1846 - 1933) Emma BRIDLE (1848 - 1933)	Martha MILES (1807 - 1886) + William BRIDLE (1797 - 1873)	Edward MILES (1757 - 1838)
		Susannah SMITH (1776 - 1838)

b. 04 Feb 1807 at Prospect, New South Wales, Australia

m. 30 Jul 1823 William BRIDLE (1797 - 1873) at Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia

d. 30 Nov 1886 at Tumut, New South Wales, Australia aged 79

Near Relatives of Martha MILES (1807 - 1886)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Father	Edward MILES	1757	Launceston, Cormwall, England	19 Aug 1838	Windsor, New South Wales, Australia	81
Mother	Susannah SMITH	abt 1776	London, Middlesex, England	14 Dec 1838	Windsor, New South Wales, Australia	62
Self	Martha MILES	04 Feb 1807	Prospect, New South Wales, Australia	30 Nov 1886	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	79
Husband	William BRIDLE	04 May 1797	Crewkerne, Somerset, England	26 Jul 1873	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	76
Daughter	Elizabeth BRIDLE	22 Aug 1824	Macquarie Fields, New South Wales, Australia	11 Jun 1830	New South Wales, Australia	5
Son	William BRIDLE	18 Jan 1827	Macquarie Fields, New South Wales, Australia	08 May 1922	Bombowlee, New South Wales, Australia	95
Son	John Edward BRIDLE	17 Jul 1829	Minto, New South Wales, Australia	22 Dec 1908	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	79
Daughter	Sarah BRIDLE	21 Nov 1831	Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia	11 Jun 1912	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	80
Daughter	Susannah Helena BRIDLE	12 Nov 1833	Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia	16 Dec 1912	Bombowlee, New South Wales, Australia	79
Daughter	Mary BRIDLE	13 May 1836	Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia	02 Oct 1919	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	83
Son	Thomas BRIDLE	06 Jun 1840	Windsor, New South Wales, Australia	30 Nov 1913	Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia	73
Daughter	Martha BRIDLE	14 Dec 1843	Monaro, New South Wales, Australia	27 Feb 1916	Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia	72
Son	George BRIDLE	31 Mar 1846	Monaro, New South Wales, Australia	16 Apr 1933	Adelaide, SA, Australia	87
Daughter	Emma BRIDLE	13 Jul 1848	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	1933		85
Sister	Susannah MILES	abt 22 Jun 1804	Prospect, New South Wales, Australia	abt 10 Aug 1883	Adaminaby, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia	79
Daughter in Law	Elizabeth Margaret WILKINSON	1826	Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia	25 May 1889	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	63
Daughter in Law	Susan HOAD	22 Jan 1836	Brighton, Sussex, England	08 May 1903	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	67
Son in Law	Oltmann LAMPE	abt 1821	Bremen, Germany	22 Sep 1875	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	54
Son in Law	Thomas William WILKINSON	16 Jan 1824	Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia	11 Jul 1904	Yellowin, New South Wales, Australia	80
Son in Law	James Gabriel NEALL		USA		USA
Daughter in Law	Mary Ann NUTTALL
Son in Law	Frederick Moncrieff VERNON	abt 1833		07 Jan 1898	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	65
Daughter in Law	Annie Bithia WILLIAMS	abt 1858	Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia	03 Dec 1948	Petersham, New South Wales, Australia	90
Son in Law	Frederick William KINRED	04 Apr 1851	Isle of Man, UK	18 Dec 1931	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	80
Grandson	William Henry BRIDLE	03 Oct 1851	Yellowin, New South Wales, Australia	22 Sep 1919	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	67
Grandson	Thomas John BRIDLE	abt May 1855	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	17 Oct 1865	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	10
Grandson	Edwin George BRIDLE	20 Jan 1857	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	09 Jun 1929	Randwick, New South Wales, Australia	72
Grandson	Henry Ernest BRIDLE	1859	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	22 Dec 1945	Arncliffe, New South Wales, Australia	86
Granddaughter	Margaret Elizabeth BRIDLE	19 Jan 1864	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	04 Oct 1926	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	62
Grandson	Edward BRIDLE	05 Aug 1864	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	08 Aug 1864	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	0
Grandson	Arthur BRIDLE	1866	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	03 Feb 1945	Manila, Philippines	79
Grandson	John Robert BRIDLE	25 Apr 1868	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	23 Jul 1955	Nanango, Queensland, Australia	87
Grandson	Edward Edwin John BRIDLE	18 Dec 1856	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	04 Oct 1943	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	86
Grandson	John Edward BRIDLE	18 Dec 1856	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	14 Jan 1861	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	4
Granddaughter	Susan BRIDLE	11 Apr 1858	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	15 Dec 1862	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	4
Grandson	William George BRIDLE	16 May 1859	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	22 Dec 1862	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	3
Granddaughter	Martha Miles BRIDLE	18 Aug 1862	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	05 Jan 1929	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	66
Granddaughter	Elizabeth Mary BRIDLE	01 May 1864	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	29 Jan 1880	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	15
Grandson	Thomas George BRIDLE	16 Feb 1866	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	12 Apr 1953	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	87
Grandson	George Albert BRIDLE	08 Dec 1868	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	1948		80
Granddaughter	Mary Emma BRIDLE	20 Oct 1869	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	02 Oct 1960	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	90
Grandson	Walter Ernest BRIDLE	20 Oct 1869	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	03 Sep 1948	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia	78
Grandson	Henry William BRIDLE	1871	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	24 Jul 1956	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	85
Grandson	James Frederick BRIDLE	1875		15 Sep 1948	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	73
Grandson	Charles Theodore BRIDLE	1877	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	1961	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	84
Granddaughter	Suzannah Margaret Eleanor LAMPE	25 Nov 1850	Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia	15 Jul 1938	Carlton, New South Wales, Australia	87
Granddaughter	Emma Elizabeth LAMPE	25 Oct 1852	Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia	05 Dec 1874	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	22
Granddaughter	Mary Martha Bertha LAMPE	16 Dec 1855	Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia	20 Sep 1896	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	40
Grandson	John Theodore LAMPE	23 Dec 1857	Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia	1931	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	74
Granddaughter	Sarah Metta LAMPE	31 Mar 1860	Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia	1925	Hurstville, New South Wales, Australia	65
Grandson	William Augustus LAMPE	03 Sep 1862	Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia	1959		97
Grandson	Henry Fredrick LAMPE	1865	Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia	1945	Coonamble, New South Wales, Australia	80
Granddaughter	Alice Helena LAMPE	09 Jan 1868	Talbingo, New South Wales, Australia	1964		96
Grandson	John J WILKINSON	04 Jun 1852	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	04 Jun 1937	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	85
Grandson	Thomas Henry WILKINSON	17 Aug 1854	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	19 Oct 1928	Temora, New South Wales, Australia	74
Grandson	William Edward WILKINSON	12 Aug 1857	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	1939	Tenterfield, New South Wales, Australia	82
Granddaughter	Margaret Elizabeth WILKINSON	19 Jul 1859	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	19 Nov 1944	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	85
Granddaughter	Martha WILKINSON	1861	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	1944		83
Grandson	Henry George William WILKINSON	1863	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	28 Nov 1945	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	82
Grandson	Philip Archibald WILKINSON	1867	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	abt 1868	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	1
Grandson	Alfred Ernest WILKINSON	1868	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	14 Jan 1951	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	83
Grandson	Philip Edmund Norman WILKINSON	1870	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	12 Jul 1960	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	90
Grandson	Herbert Oswald Lewis WILKINSON	06 May 1874	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	29 May 1941	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	67
Grandson	Sydney Fitzroy WILKINSON	1876	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	abt Feb 1942	Tenterfield, New South Wales, Australia	66
Granddaughter	Lavinia Emma VERNON	1866	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Frederick Joseph Ernest VERNON	1868	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Constance Mary VERNON	1872	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Edgar Vincent VERNON	1874	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Lewis Herbert VERNON	1876	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Edith Eleanor VERNON	1878	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Clement William VERNON	1879	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Florence Adelaide VERNON	01 Apr 1881	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	28 Feb 1966	Dee Why, New South Wales, Australia	84
Granddaughter	Ivy Beatrice VERNON	1883	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Sidney Phenos BRIDLE	25 Nov 1884
Grandson	Allan Myles BRIDLE	28 Sep 1887	Albury, New South Wales, Australia	04 Dec 1953	Croydon, New South Wales, Australia	66
Grandson	George Stanley (Larry) BRIDLE	13 Jul 1890		1960		70
Granddaughter	Lily Martha KINRED	1877	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia	1952		75
Grandson	Frederick William KINRED	1879	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia	1961		82
Grandson	Arthur Stanley KINRED	1881	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	1961		80
Grandson	Herbert Cowley "Derby" KINRED	1882	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	1930	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	48
Grandson	Clarence Bennett KINRED	1883	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	1960		77
Granddaughter	Ellen Ella Maud KINRED	1885	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	1885	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	0
Granddaughter	Gertrude Josephine KINRED	1886	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	1967		81
Grandson	Claude Douglas KINRED	1888	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	1988		100
Granddaughter	Etta Mary KINRED	1889	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	1889	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	0
Granddaughter	Myra E KINRED	1891	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	1891	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	0
Niece	Elizabeth FREEBODY	21 Nov 1825	Richmond, New South Wales, Australia	10 May 1910	Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia	84
Nephew	Robert FREEBODY	11 Jan 1827	Richmond, New South Wales, Australia	16 Jan 1877	Gegedzerick, Berridale, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia	50
Nephew	Edward FREEBODY	28 Oct 1830	Richmond, New South Wales, Australia	09 Jan 1921	Adaminaby, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia	90
Niece	Mary Ann FREEBODY	1833	Richmond, New South Wales, Australia	19 Jul 1924	Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia	91
Nephew	John Miles Myles FREEBODY	14 Aug 1835	Richmond, New South Wales, Australia	07 Sep 1915	Dalgety, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia	80
Niece	Martha FREEBODY	20 Sep 1840	Richmond, New South Wales, Australia	30 Oct 1876	Arable, Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia	36
Nephew	Joseph FREEBODY	17 Aug 1842	Richmond, New South Wales, Australia	07 Oct 1913	Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia	71
Niece	Emma FREEBODY	17 Dec 1845	Kurrajong, New South Wales, Australia	17 Oct 1901	Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia	55
Brother in Law	Simon J FREEBODY	1798	Richmond, New South Wales, Australia	22 Oct 1878	Adaminaby, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia	80

Events in Martha MILES (1807 - 1886)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
04 Feb 1807		Martha MILES was born	Prospect, New South Wales, Australia		73
30 Jul 1823	16	Married William BRIDLE (aged 26)	Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia
22 Aug 1824	17	Birth of daughter Elizabeth BRIDLE	Macquarie Fields, New South Wales, Australia		73
18 Jan 1827	19	Birth of son William BRIDLE	Macquarie Fields, New South Wales, Australia
17 Jul 1829	22	Birth of son John Edward BRIDLE	Minto, New South Wales, Australia		73
11 Jun 1830	23	Death of daughter Elizabeth BRIDLE (aged 5)	New South Wales, Australia	house fire	73
21 Nov 1831	24	Birth of daughter Sarah BRIDLE	Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia		73
12 Nov 1833	26	Birth of daughter Susannah Helena BRIDLE	Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia		73
13 May 1836	29	Birth of daughter Mary BRIDLE	Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia		73
19 Aug 1838	31	Death of father Edward MILES (aged 81)	Windsor, New South Wales, Australia		30
14 Dec 1838	31	Death of mother Susannah SMITH (aged 62)	Windsor, New South Wales, Australia		30
06 Jun 1840	33	Birth of son Thomas BRIDLE	Windsor, New South Wales, Australia		73
14 Dec 1843	36	Birth of daughter Martha BRIDLE	Monaro, New South Wales, Australia		73
31 Mar 1846	39	Birth of son George BRIDLE	Monaro, New South Wales, Australia		71
13 Jul 1848	41	Birth of daughter Emma BRIDLE	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia		73
26 Jul 1873	66	Death of husband William BRIDLE (aged 76)	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
30 Nov 1886	79	Martha MILES died	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia		73

Personal Notes:

MARTHA BRIDLE nee Miles By Sheila Garner Martha was born at Prospect on 4 February 1807, the second daughter of Edward and Susannah Miles. She and her two sisters, Susannah and Elizabeth, were fortunate to be educated by their mother. At the age of sixteen she married William Bridle at St Peter's Anglican Church, Campbelltown on 30 June 1823. They made their home at Macquarie Fields where William had land. lt was while living there that six children were born. ln 1830, the eldest, Elizabeth, aged five, was tragically burnt to death in a house fire. William was becoming dissatisfied with living in comparative civilisation and having heard of the southern lands being opened up, decided to set off to Maneroo to see for himself. During this time, in 1840, a seventh child was born at Windsor where Martha's parents lived. On William's return, after selling up, he and his family set off for Maneroo. It was such a long, tedious journey. Possessions were loaded onto bullock wagons with Martha and the children, probably in a dray; not knowing what lay ahead. There were probably often frightening thoughts, day and night, of being confronted by aborigines (some friendly, some not), bushrangers and escaped convicts. No doubt she often had to reassure the children. Finally they arrived al lsland Lake, Maneroo, where they built a home of slabs and bark. Three more children were born there. When they were living at Macquarie Fields, the children were able to attend school, but now it fell to Martha to educate them. Life was hard for women in those days. Distance was great and the travel long and arduous. Fresh supplies of stores were often late in coming and Martha would have had to improvise in many ways. As well as mother, she was medical adviser, nurse, seamstress, Sunday school teacher, cook, governess and had a dozen other jobs. ln 1848, William and Martha sold the Maneroo property, lsland Lake, to their son-in-law, Oltmann Lampe. The family then travelled to Talbingo by bullock dray (the first vehicles to come over the mountain) and with Martha on horseback carrying the youngest baby, Emma, on the saddle in front of her. William and his family were the first to pioneer this route from Maneroo to Talbingo, a feat that caused much comment at the time. ln 1865, with the older members of the family married, Martha and William sold the property at Talbingo to the same son-in-law and moved to Fitzroy Cottage in Tumut, which meant the younger children could attend a private school, conducted by Mrs Large, the local doctor's wife. William acquired extensive town and farming land so the children would have a heritage. Martha remained at Fitzroy Cottage after William died on 26 July 1873, until her death on 30 November 1886. She is buried in the Pioneer Cemetery beside William. What an amazing lady she was, passing on to her children the soundest heritage of all, the upbringing they were given. As a pioneer mother, Martha's life was one of hard work, sacrifice, and devotion to her husband and children.

Source References:

69. Type: Book, Abbr: Relict of, Title: Relict of … Lives of Pioneering Women of Tumut and District, Auth: Tumut Family History Group, Publ: Tumut Family History Group, Date: 2001

- Reference = 106 (Name, Notes)

71. Type: Book, Abbr: Wagga Pioneers, Title: Pioneers of Wagga Wagga and District, Auth: Wagga Wagga & District Family History Society Inc, Publ: Wagga Wagga & District Family History Society Inc, Date: 2004, Locn: http://www.waggafamilyhistory.org.au/

- Reference = 35 (Name, Notes)

73. Type: Book, Abbr: Pioneers of Tumut Valley, Title: Pioneers of the Tumult Valley , The History of Early Settlement, Auth: H.E. Snowden, Publ: Tumut & District Historical Society Incorporated, Date: 2004

- Reference = 58 (Death)

- Reference = 58 (Birth)

76. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Find a Grave, Title: Find A Grave, Locn: https://www.findagrave.com/

- Reference = https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/155154048/martha-bridle (Name, Notes)

77. Type: Book, Abbr: Tumut Pioneer Cemetery, Title: Tumut Pioneer Cemetery, Auth: Gay Stuckey and Pam Archer, Publ: Tumut Family History Group, Date: 1989

- Reference = page 53 # 337. (Name, Notes)

- Notes: BRIDLE Martha, native of Prospect, NSW, died 30 Nov 1886 aged 79 years. BRIDLE William, native of Somersetshire, England, died 26 July 1873 aged 76 years. Footstone “W B”.

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