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Sarah Margaret BILES (1861 - 1939)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Thomas Hornsby HARRISON (1879 - 1964) Sarah HARRISON (1880 - 1972) Archibald William Hornsby HARRISON (1883 - 1936) Eleanor (Ellen) Isobel HARRISON (1883 - 1963)	Sarah Margaret BILES (1861 - 1939) + Thomas Hornsby HARRISON (1843 - 1887) George Henry REED (1866 - 1920)	Thomas BILES (1810 - 1889)	John BILES
			Julia TURLEY
		Eleanor MORGAN (1830 - 1908)	Samuel MORGAN
			Eleanor JAMES

b. 1861 at Victoria, Australia

m. (1) 1878 Thomas Hornsby HARRISON (1843 - 1887) at Victoria, Australia

m. (2) 1889 George Henry REED (1866 - 1920) at Victoria, Australia

d. 1939 at Ballarat, Victoria, Australia aged 78

Near Relatives of Sarah Margaret BILES (1861 - 1939)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	John BILES
Grandmother	Julia TURLEY
Grandfather	Samuel MORGAN
Grandmother	Eleanor JAMES
Father in Law	William HARRISON
Mother in Law	Isabella (HARRISON)
Father in Law	Robert Bryce REED
Mother in Law	Alice Jane RELYNACK
Father	Thomas BILES	1810		1889	Maude, Victoria, Australia	79
Mother	Eleanor MORGAN	1830	Ebbw Vale, Wales	1908	Maude, Victoria, Australia	78
Self	Sarah Margaret BILES	1861	Victoria, Australia	1939	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia	78
Husband	Thomas Hornsby HARRISON	1843	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	1887	Geelong, Victoria, Australia	44
Husband	George Henry REED	1866	Steiglitz, Victoria, Australia	1920	Geelong, Victoria, Australia	54
Son	Thomas Hornsby HARRISON	1879		1964		85
Daughter	Sarah HARRISON	1880	Victoria, Australia	1972		92
Son	Archibald William Hornsby HARRISON	1883	Lethbridge, Victoria, Australia	1936	Dandenong, Victoria, Australia	53
Daughter	Eleanor (Ellen) Isobel HARRISON	1883	Maude, Lethbridge, Victoria, Australia	1963	Collingwood, Victoria, Australia	80
Sister	Julia BILES	1849	Glamorgan, Wales	1927	Lethbridge, Victoria, Australia	78
Brother	Joseph BILES	1855	Glamorgan, Wales	1918	Glen Huntley, Victoria, Australia	63
Brother	Thomas BILES	1857	Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales	1934	Springvale, Victoria, Australia	77
Brother	William BILES	1860	Sutherland, Victoria, Australia	1924	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	64
Sister	Ann BILES	1864	Victoria, Australia	1942	Malvern, Victoria, Australia	78
Sister	Caroline BILES	1867	Lethbridge, Victoria, Australia	1900	Victoria, Australia	33
Brother	James BILES	1870	Lethbridge, Victoria, Australia	1949	Victoria, Australia	79
Sister	Jane BILES	1872	Lethbridge, Victoria, Australia	1941	Victoria, Australia	69
Daughter in Law	Jessie MORCOM
Son in Law	Walter George COX
Son in Law	Harry BEARD	1877		1935	Bendigo, Victoria, Australia	58
Granddaughter	Dorothy Margaret BEARD	1900	Steiglitz, Victoria, Australia	1974	Preston, Victoria, Australia	74
Granddaughter	Valerie BEARD	1903	Ballarat East, Victoria, Australia
Uncle	William MORGAN	1833		1896	Geelong, Victoria, Australia	63
Aunt	Elizabeth RAYNER	1842		1931	Geelong, Victoria, Australia	89
Nephew	John Thomas MATTHEY	1868		1931		63
Nephew	Phillip MATTHEY	1869		1945		76
Nephew	Richard Henry MATTHEY	1877	Maude, Victoria, Australia	1915	Geelong, Victoria, Australia	38
Niece	Valerie Anne MATTHEY	1885		1948	Maude, Victoria, Australia	63
Niece	Annie BILES
Nephew	Jack BILES
Niece	Pearl BILES
Niece	Winifred (Winnie) BILES
Nephew	George Eric Roy (Roy) BILES	1891	St. KIlda, Melbourne, Australia	1964	Korumburra, Malverna, Victoria, Australia	73
Nephew	Alphonse (Alf) Thomas BILES
Nephew	Frederick (Fred) James BILES
Niece	Helen Mary BILES
Niece	Laura Jane BILES
Niece	Louisa Violet BILES
Nephew	Sidney William (Bill) BILES	1898	Morwell, Victoria, Australia	1949	Caulfield, Victoria, Australia	51
Niece	Edith BILES			bef 1949
Nephew	Leslie Ernest BILES			bef 1949
Brother in Law	Alfred MATTHEY	1836		1890	Maude, Victoria, Australia	54
Sister in Law	Eliza NEWMAN	1856		1937	Victoria, Australia	81
Sister in Law	Marie Bertha WUTTRICH	1858	Geelong, Victoria, Australia	1927	Springvale, Victoria, Australia	69
Sister in Law	Amy CATTS	abt 1873	London, England	1959	Victoria, Australia	86
Sister in Law	Anna (Mary) PERDRISAT	1860		1936	Geelong Hospital	76
Brother in Law	Thomas Edwin ROWBOTTOM
Brother in Law	George Henry REED
Sister in Law	Florence BRADY			1951	Coburg, Victoria, Australia
Brother in Law	Robert James LYNCH	1871		1941	Lethbridge, Victoria, Australia	70

Events in Sarah Margaret BILES (1861 - 1939)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1861		Sarah Margaret BILES was born	Victoria, Australia	Note 1	52
1878	17	Married Thomas Hornsby HARRISON (aged 35)	Victoria, Australia	Note 2	52
1879	18	Birth of son Thomas Hornsby HARRISON		Ancestry tree
1880	19	Birth of daughter Sarah HARRISON	Victoria, Australia	Ancestry tree
1883	22	Birth of son Archibald William Hornsby HARRISON	Lethbridge, Victoria, Australia	Note 3	52
1883	22	Birth of daughter Eleanor (Ellen) Isobel HARRISON	Maude, Lethbridge, Victoria, Australia	Note 4	52
1887	26	Death of husband Thomas Hornsby HARRISON (aged 44)	Geelong, Victoria, Australia	Note 5	60
1889	28	Married George Henry REED (aged 23)	Victoria, Australia	Note 6	52
1889	28	Death of father Thomas BILES (aged 79)	Maude, Victoria, Australia	Note 7	22, 60
1908	47	Death of mother Eleanor MORGAN (aged 78)	Maude, Victoria, Australia	Note 8	22, 60
1920	59	Death of husband George Henry REED (aged 54)	Geelong, Victoria, Australia	Note 9	52
1936	75	Death of son Archibald William Hornsby HARRISON (aged 53)	Dandenong, Victoria, Australia	Burial info
1939	78	Sarah Margaret BILES died	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia	Note 10	52

Note 1: Sarah Biles in the Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 Name: Sarah Biles Birth Date: Abt 1861 Birth Place: Victoria, Victoria Registration Year: 1861 Registration Place: Victoria, Australia Father: Thomas Biles Mother: Eleanor Horgan Registration Number: 14593

Note 2: Sarah Margaret Biles in the Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950 Name: Sarah Margaret Biles Marriage Date: 1878 Marriage Place: Victoria Registration Date: 1878 Registration Place: Victoria, Australia Spouse: Thomas Hornsby Harrison Registration Number: 1468

Note 3: Archibald William Hornsby Harrison in the Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 Name: Archibald William Hornsby Harrison Birth Date: Abt 1883 Birth Place: Lethbridge, Victoria Registration Year: 1883 Registration Place: Victoria, Australia Father: Thomas Hornsby Harrison Mother: Sarah Biles Registration Number: 17806

Note 4: Death reg Eleanor Isabella Harrison in the Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 Name: Eleanor Isabella Harrison Birth Date: Abt 1882 Birth Place: Lethbridge, Victoria Registration Year: 1882 Registration Place: Victoria, Australia Father: Thomas Horsby Harrison Mother: Sarah Biles Registration Number: 3757

Note 5: Ancestry tree Geelong Advertiser 27 July 1887 DEATH. Harrison—On the 22nd July, at Geelong, Thomas Hornsby, youngest son of Isabella and the late William Harrison, after a short and painful illness, aged 44 years.

Note 6: Geo Hy Reed in the Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950 Name: Geo Hy Reed Marriage Date: 1889 Marriage Place: Victoria Registration Date: 1889 Registration Place: Victoria, Australia Spouse: Sarah Margt Harrison Registration Number: 4532

Note 7: Burial info Event: deaths Registration number 12713 / 1889 Family name: BILES Given name(s) Thomas Place of event: MAUDE POST OFFICE, Australia Personal detail Mother's name; Julia TURLEY Father's Name: BILES John Place of Birth: Monmouth, Wales Age: 79 Geelong Advertiser 30 Sept 1889 DEATHS. Biles.—On the 25th of September, at his resi- dence, Maude, Thomas Biles, postmaster, and dearly beloved husband of Eleanor Biles, aged 79 years. Interred in Leth- bridge Cemetery. Geelong Advertiser 25 July 1908 MAUDE -DEATH- OF AN OLD RESIDENT iIt is with deep regret that the death has to be chronicled of one of the oldest and most widely, known and esteemed residents of the district, in the person of Mrs. Biles, who died on the evening of the 17th inst. The deceased, who was in her 78th year, had resided in the one resilience for nearly half a century, and. her advice and services were freely avail ed of by many of the sick of the district, and she had until recently held the posi tion of postmistress of Maude for a num ber of years. It can safely be said that she made all friends and ,no enemies, The deceased, who was interred in the Church of England portion of the Leth ridge Cemetery, was borne to the grave on; the shoulders of four of her grand sons, and the pall-bearers' comprised some of the oldest residents of the dis trict.

Note 8: Burial info Event: deaths Registration number 10309 / 1908 Family name: BILES Given name(s) Eleanor Place of event: MAUDE, Australia Personal detail Mother's name. Eleanor JAMES Father's Name; MORGAN Samuel Place of Birth: Ebbw Vale, Wales Age:78 Geelong Advertiser 20 July 1908 BILES.-Eleanor, wife of the late Thomas Biles, died at her late residence, Maude, Victoria, July 17th, aged 78 years.

Note 9: Geo Hy Reid in the Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 Name: Geo Hy Reid Death Age: 55 Birth Date: abt 1865 Death Date: Abt 1920 Death Place: Geelong, Victoria Registration Date: 1920 Registration Place: Australia Father: Reid Robt Bryce Mother: Alice Jane Relynack Registration Number: 10300 Geelong Advertiser 5 July 1920 OBITUARY. LATE MR. GEO. H REED. The funeral of the late Mr. George Henry Reed, a well known and highly respected resident of Swanston-place, Geelong, who died suddenly at his residence early on Saturday morning, took place last Satur- day afternoon his remains being interred in the Methodist portion of the Eastern cemetery in the presence of the immedi- are relatives and a number of personal friends. The coffin was borne from the hearse to the graveside by Messrs. Fred and Walter Reed (brothers), and L. and B. Folherston and, the following supported the purpre pall— Messrs. T. Tulloch, Geo. Mitchell, W. Cotter J. Morrison W. Ros- ser. F. Kelynack, R Fewtnett, W. Kelly, W. Rogan, and B. Smith. Rev. E. Bond, of Slienton Methodist Church, was the of- ficiating clergyman at the home prior to leaving, and also at the graveside. The mortuary arrangements were carried out by Mr. Alex Monro, of Ryrie-street.

Note 10: Sarah Margt Reed in the Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 Name: Sarah Margt Reed Death Age: 77 Birth Date: abt 1862 Death Date: Abt 1939 Death Place: Ballarat, Victoria Registration Date: 1939 Registration Place: Australia Father: Thos Biles Mother: Sarah Morgan Registration Number: 1218

Personal Notes:

Geelong Advertiser 20 Aug 1887 A WIDOW'S BURDEN Poor pretty and neatly attired children, named respectively Thomas, Archibald, Sarah, and Ellen Harrison, whose ages ranged from four to eight years, were brought before the magistrates at the Police Court yesterday, upon a formal charge of being ne- glected children, their recently widowed mother, Mrs Mary Anderson, being unable, through poverty and ill-health, to support them. She informed the bench that she lived in William-street, and her husband had died about a month ago, leaving her comparatively destitute, and too ill to work. If the children were sent to the Industrial Schools her father would be willing to pay a certain sum in order to hare them boarded out to her. If the little ones were permitted to live with her again, she would see that they attended school and received ample educa tion. Thomas Biles, father of Mrs Harrison, stated, in reply to Mr Toohey, that he was a " small farmer" living at Maude, and though nearly eighty years of age, and not in very flou- rishing circumstances, he would pay £1 per month to the industrial school authorities, on. the condition that the children were boarded out to their mother. Mr Toohey informed the bench that the old man's word was "as good as gold," as he had known him for a number of years. The question was then raised as to what would be done with the chil- dren in the event of their grandfather dying before they became old enough to support them selves, it being explained that Mr Biles could not leave them any property or money, as he had a family of his own to make provi- sion for. The difficulty was speedily solved by a neighbor named Alfred Mattie, also a fanner, who stated that, if through the death of their grandfather, the children were deprived of support he would pay £1 per month to the schools. Mr Heron remarked that the offer was a very kind one. The children were then committed to the Industrial Schools until they each arrived at the age of 13 with a recommen dation that they be boarded out to the mother as de- sired.

Source References:

52. Type: Australia Birth Marriage Death Index 1787 - 1985 Record

- Reference = (Marriage)

- Notes: Geo Hy Reed in the Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950 Name: Geo Hy Reed Marriage Date: 1889 Marriage Place: Victoria Registration Date: 1889 Registration Place: Victoria, Australia Spouse: Sarah Margt Harrison Registration Number: 4532

- Reference = (Marriage)

- Notes: Sarah Margaret Biles in the Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950 Name: Sarah Margaret Biles Marriage Date: 1878 Marriage Place: Victoria Registration Date: 1878 Registration Place: Victoria, Australia Spouse: Thomas Hornsby Harrison Registration Number: 1468

- Reference = (Death)

- Notes: Sarah Margt Reed in the Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 Name: Sarah Margt Reed Death Age: 77 Birth Date: abt 1862 Death Date: Abt 1939 Death Place: Ballarat, Victoria Registration Date: 1939 Registration Place: Australia Father: Thos Biles Mother: Sarah Morgan Registration Number: 1218

- Reference = (Birth)

- Notes: Sarah Biles in the Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 Name: Sarah Biles Birth Date: Abt 1861 Birth Place: Victoria, Victoria Registration Year: 1861 Registration Place: Victoria, Australia Father: Thomas Biles Mother: Eleanor Horgan Registration Number: 14593

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