1881 F B Miles (age 48, publisher) and Ella (age 43) lived in St-John's Ward, Toronto (City), Ontario, Canada with A C (age 20), Reginald (age 2 months), E Maud (age 18), Fred S (age 17), Herbert D (age 14), Annie M (age 12), Edith M Miles (age 4) and servant Margaret Little (age 21). [1]
1887 "Miles Ella M. Miss, stenog. 200 Adams, h 3336 Prairie av." was listed in the Chicago Lakeside Directory. [2]
Ella Miles worked in Marshall Fields wholesale as a secretary. [3]
1905 Ella Maude Miles wrote her will on May 18. [4]
1906 "Miles, Maude E Miss stenog 200 Adams h 3231 Forest av" was listed in the Chicago Lakeside Directory. [5]
1908 Ella Maude Miles died on August 6 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois at age 45. She was born in Wisconsin; her father was born in England and her mother in Canada. She had lived in Chicago for 30 years and was buried at Oakwood Cemetery. [6] [7]
1908 The will of Ella Maude Miles was proved on November 30. [8]
[1] Canada Census, 1881, [FamilySearchRecord].
[2] Reuben H. Donnelley, compliler, The Lakeside Annual Directory of the City of Chicago (Chicago: The Chicago Directory Company, 1887), 1081, [HathiTrust].
[3] Personal Communication, Letter from Ella Miles Schafer to Judith Schafer Chevalley, 1955.
[4] Illinois, Wills and Probate Records, 1772-1999, Record of Wills, Book 61, Cook County Probate Court, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[5] Reuben H. Donnelley, compliler, The Lakeside Annual Directory of the City of Chicago. 1906 (Chicago: The Chicago Directory Company, 1906), 1595, [HathiTrust].
[6] FamilySearch.org, [FamilySearchRecord].
[7] Illinois State Archives, Illinois Statewide Death Index, Name of decedent: Ella M Miles, [Illinois_Archives].
[8] Illinois, Wills and Probate Records, 1772-1999, Record of Wills, Book 61, Cook County Probate Court, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].