A One-Name Study for the BARNUM/BARNHAM Surname
In the 1901 Canada Census for Yale East, Yale and Cariboo, British Columbia, Canada Richard L. Miles was enumerated together with his first wife and a lodger, as follows:
Cairn Village, Dwelling #72; Family #72
Miles, Richard L.; Male; Black; Head; Married; b. Dec 6, 1870; 30; b. in US; Immigrated to Canada in 1896; African origin; American nationality; Baptist; Barber; Works for own account; Can read, write and speak English; Mother tongue English
Miles, Elmira; Female; Black; Wife; Married; b. June 4, 1868; 32; b. in US; Immigrated to Canada in 1897; African origin; American nationality; Baptist; Can read, write and speak English; Mother tongue English
Roberts, St Clair; Male; Black; Lodger; Single; b. June 15, 1864; 36; b. in US; Immigrated to Canada in 1894; Naturalized in 1900; African origin; Canadian nationality; Baptist; Miner; Works for own account; Can read, write and speak English; Mother tongue English
The following is one of his adverstisements from the Grand Forks Gazette - No. 17, Grand Forks, B.C., Thursday, June 3, 1909. "Miles' Second Hand Store has removed to the building opposite the City Hall".
Volume XII Grand forks Gazette, Saturday July 5, 1913 Number 50 Page 05 City & District. Mrs. R. L. Miles of Carmi, who has been visiting in Grand forks for the past month left on Monday for Nelson, B.C.
Volume XIII Grand Forks Gazette, Saturday August 09, 1913 Number 3 Page 05 City & District. Mrs. R.L. Miles returned last week from Nelson and is spending a few days in town with friends. (It seems strange she was away from her husband Richard for lengthy periods, while he visited Grand Forks quite often. Then, in 1916 he married Ida Barnum, a Grand Forks resident).
From the Greenwood Ledge newspaper, Wednesday August 17, 1916: Wanted. --- Four men for making Cedar fence posts. Apply To Richard L. Miles, Carmi.
In 1919 Richard Miles was sentenced to 10 years in the British Columbia Penitentiary for selling wood alcohol to two Indians who died as a result of drinking it. An article in the local newspapaer at the time stated: Carmi Resident Charged with Manslaughter. Tuesday, May 27, 1919. At the Vernon Assizes, Richard L. Miles, the Negro merchant of Carmi, was tried for causing the Death of two Indians through selling them “Wood Alcohol”. The jury in 15 minutes found him guilty of Manslaughter. He was sentenced to ten years in the B.C. Penitentiary.
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