James Stiles

1888 - 1944  (56 years)

Walter Lester Stiles

1858 - 1891  (33 years)

Birth	1858
Died	5 Apr 1891
Buried	7 Apr 1891	Melbourne General Cemetery, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
Family	Arabella Louise Steeth           b. 8 Feb 1858, Woodend, Victoria, Australia
Married	13 Sep 1880	Collingwood, Victoria, Australia
Children	+ 1. Walter Lister Stiles           b. 1881, Collingwood, Victoria, Australia   2. Beredge Harold Stiles           b. 1882, Collingwood, Victoria, Australia + 3. Amelia Louise Stiles           b. 1883, St Kilda, Victoria, Australia + 4. Arthur George Stiles           b. 1886 + 5. James Stiles           b. 1888

Sophia Kisbee

Family	Thomas Wilson Mills
Children	+ 1. Sophia Hester MIlls

Walter Lister Stiles

1881 - 1949  (68 years)

Nickname	Wally
Birth	1881	Collingwood, Victoria, Australia
Died	2 Sep 1949	South Perth, Western Australia - 19 Swan Street
Buried	5 Sep 1949	Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia, Australia
Father	Walter Lester Stiles           b. 1858
Mother	Arabella Louise Steeth           b. 8 Feb 1858, Woodend, Victoria, Australia
Married	13 Sep 1880	Collingwood, Victoria, Australia
Family 1	Nellie Elizabeth Georgeina Catherine Pennington           b. 1883, Port Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Married	1905	Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Divorced	3 Jun 1941	Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Children	+ 1. Erena Alice Stiles           b. 8 Nov 1906, South Perth, Western Australia, Australia   2. Edward James Lister Stiles           b. 26 Feb 1909, South Perth, Western Australia, Australia   3. Nellie Elena Stiles           b. 15 Oct 1911, South Perth, Western Australia, Australia + 4. Arabella Louise Stiles           b. 1913, South Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Family 2	Daisy Violet Lillian Purcell
Married	1942	Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Nellie Elizabeth Georgeina Catherine Pennington

1883 - 1979  (96 years)

Birth	1883	Port Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Died	1979
Family	Walter Lister Stiles           b. 1881, Collingwood, Victoria, Australia
Married	1905	Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Divorced	3 Jun 1941	Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Children	+ 1. Erena Alice Stiles           b. 8 Nov 1906, South Perth, Western Australia, Australia   2. Edward James Lister Stiles           b. 26 Feb 1909, South Perth, Western Australia, Australia   3. Nellie Elena Stiles           b. 15 Oct 1911, South Perth, Western Australia, Australia + 4. Arabella Louise Stiles           b. 1913, South Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Daisy Violet Lillian Purcell

Family	Walter Lister Stiles           b. 1881, Collingwood, Victoria, Australia
Married	1942	Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Beredge Harold Stiles

1882 - 1882  (0 years)

Birth	1882	Collingwood, Victoria, Australia
Died	1882	Collingwood, Victoria, Australia
Father	Walter Lester Stiles           b. 1858
Mother	Arabella Louise Steeth           b. 8 Feb 1858, Woodend, Victoria, Australia
Married	13 Sep 1880	Collingwood, Victoria, Australia

Amelia Louise Stiles

1883 - 1913  (30 years)

Birth	1883	St Kilda, Victoria, Australia
Died	17 Mar 1913	Royal Hospital for Women, Paddington, New South Wales, Australia
Buried	18 Mar 1913	Church of England Cemetery, Waverley, New South Wales, Australia
Father	Walter Lester Stiles           b. 1858
Mother	Arabella Louise Steeth           b. 8 Feb 1858, Woodend, Victoria, Australia
Married	13 Sep 1880	Collingwood, Victoria, Australia
Family 1	Alfred James George           b. 1878, Drouin, Victoria, Australia
Married	14 Jun 1904	Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Children	1. Alice Winifred George           b. 1905, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Family 2	Percy Albert Gardiner           b. 20 Sep 1885, Cargo, New South Wales, Australia
Married	Never Married
Children	+ 1. Thelma Louise Gardiner           b. 14 Sep 1909, Boulder, Western Australia, Australia   2. Vernon Thomas Gardiner           b. 30 Oct 1910, Boulder, Western Australia, Australia   3. John Samuel Gardiner           b. 22 Dec 1911, Boulder, Western Australia, Australia - 19 Brookman Street
Family 3	Percy Albert Gardiner           b. 20 Sep 1885, Cargo, New South Wales, Australia
Married	Never Married
Children	+ 1. Roy Joseph Flery           b. 30 Oct 1910, Boulder, Western Australia, Australia

Alfred James George

1878 - 1915  (37 years)

Birth	1878	Drouin, Victoria, Australia
Died	1915	Broome, Western Australia, Australia
Father	John Thomas George
Mother	Jane Hill Scaddon
Family	Amelia Louise Stiles           b. 1883, St Kilda, Victoria, Australia
Married	14 Jun 1904	Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Children	1. Alice Winifred George           b. 1905, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Percy Albert Gardiner

1885 - 1947  (62 years)

Birth	20 Sep 1885	Cargo, New South Wales, Australia
Died	29 Oct 1947	Dover Heights, New South Wales, Australia - 168 Military Road
Buried	31 Oct 1947	Rookwood Cemetery, Hawthorne Avenue, Rookwood, New South Wales, Australia
Father	John Samuel Gardiner           b. 28 Aug 1859, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Castlereigh Street
Mother	Sarah Sharp           b. 19 Feb 1864, Caves Creek, Orange, New South Wales, Australia
Married	13 Jan 1881	Orange, New South Wales, Australia - Trinity Church
Family 1	Amelia Louise Stiles           b. 1883, St Kilda, Victoria, Australia
Married	Never Married
Children	+ 1. Thelma Louise Gardiner           b. 14 Sep 1909, Boulder, Western Australia, Australia   2. Vernon Thomas Gardiner           b. 30 Oct 1910, Boulder, Western Australia, Australia   3. John Samuel Gardiner           b. 22 Dec 1911, Boulder, Western Australia, Australia - 19 Brookman Street
Family 2	Annie Alice Ashworth           b. 1887, Waverley, New South Wales, Australia
Married	Never Married
Children	+ 1. Norman Henry Gardiner           b. 14 Jan 1926
Family 3	Amelia Louise Stiles           b. 1883, St Kilda, Victoria, Australia
Married	Never Married
Children	+ 1. Roy Joseph Flery           b. 30 Oct 1910, Boulder, Western Australia, Australia

Percy Albert Gardiner

1885 - 1947  (62 years)

Birth	20 Sep 1885	Cargo, New South Wales, Australia
Died	29 Oct 1947	Dover Heights, New South Wales, Australia - 168 Military Road
Buried	31 Oct 1947	Rookwood Cemetery, Hawthorne Avenue, Rookwood, New South Wales, Australia
Father	John Samuel Gardiner           b. 28 Aug 1859, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Castlereigh Street
Mother	Sarah Sharp           b. 19 Feb 1864, Caves Creek, Orange, New South Wales, Australia
Married	13 Jan 1881	Orange, New South Wales, Australia - Trinity Church
Family 1	Amelia Louise Stiles           b. 1883, St Kilda, Victoria, Australia
Married	Never Married
Children	+ 1. Thelma Louise Gardiner           b. 14 Sep 1909, Boulder, Western Australia, Australia   2. Vernon Thomas Gardiner           b. 30 Oct 1910, Boulder, Western Australia, Australia   3. John Samuel Gardiner           b. 22 Dec 1911, Boulder, Western Australia, Australia - 19 Brookman Street
Family 2	Annie Alice Ashworth           b. 1887, Waverley, New South Wales, Australia
Married	Never Married
Children	+ 1. Norman Henry Gardiner           b. 14 Jan 1926
Family 3	Amelia Louise Stiles           b. 1883, St Kilda, Victoria, Australia
Married	Never Married
Children	+ 1. Roy Joseph Flery           b. 30 Oct 1910, Boulder, Western Australia, Australia

Arthur George Stiles

1886 - 1946  (60 years)

Birth	1886
Died	15 Mar 1946	Belmont, Western Australia, Australia
Buried	Karrakatta Cemetery, Karrakatta, Western Australia, Australia
Father	Walter Lester Stiles           b. 1858
Mother	Arabella Louise Steeth           b. 8 Feb 1858, Woodend, Victoria, Australia
Married	13 Sep 1880	Collingwood, Victoria, Australia
Family	Ellen Mary Tondut           b. 1886
Married	1907	South Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Children	1. Vera Florance Stiles           b. 1908, South Perth, Western Australia, Australia   2. Norman Ferdinand Stiles           b. 3 Apr 1911, South Perth, Western Australia, Australia   3. Leslie James George Stiles           b. 17 Aug 1913, South Perth, Western Australia, Australia   4. Arthur Allen Stiles           b. 23 Jan 1920, Victoria Park, Western Australia, Australia

Ellen Mary Tondut

1886 - 1959  (73 years)

Nickname	Nellie
Birth	1886
Died	26 Nov 1959	Como, Western Australia, Australia
Buried	Karrakatta Cemetery, Karrakatta, Western Australia, Australia
Father	Ferdinand Tondut           b. 1 Jun 1844, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Mother	Ellen Mary Foster           b. 1870
Married	1886	Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Family	Arthur George Stiles           b. 1886
Married	1907	South Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Children	1. Vera Florance Stiles           b. 1908, South Perth, Western Australia, Australia   2. Norman Ferdinand Stiles           b. 3 Apr 1911, South Perth, Western Australia, Australia   3. Leslie James George Stiles           b. 17 Aug 1913, South Perth, Western Australia, Australia   4. Arthur Allen Stiles           b. 23 Jan 1920, Victoria Park, Western Australia, Australia

James Stiles

1888 - 1944  (56 years)

Nickname	Jimmy
Birth	1888
Died	1944	South Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Father	Walter Lester Stiles           b. 1858
Mother	Arabella Louise Steeth           b. 8 Feb 1858, Woodend, Victoria, Australia
Married	13 Sep 1880	Collingwood, Victoria, Australia
Family	Annie Marguerite Estelle Bridger
Married	21 Dec 1912	South Perth, Western Australia, Australia - Baptist Church
Divorced	11 Aug 1922	Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Children	1. Cecil James Stiles           b. 1913, South Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Annie Marguerite Estelle Bridger

Nickname	Stella
Family	James Stiles           b. 1888
Married	21 Dec 1912	South Perth, Western Australia, Australia - Baptist Church
Divorced	11 Aug 1922	Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Children	1. Cecil James Stiles           b. 1913, South Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Nellie Ruby Stiles

1893 - 1893  (0 years)

Birth	1893	Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
Died	1893	Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
Mother	Arabella Louise Steeth           b. 8 Feb 1858, Woodend, Victoria, Australia

Walter Lester Stiles

1858 - 1891  (33 years)

Birth	1858
Died	5 Apr 1891
Buried	7 Apr 1891	Melbourne General Cemetery, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
Family	Arabella Louise Steeth           b. 8 Feb 1858, Woodend, Victoria, Australia
Married	13 Sep 1880	Collingwood, Victoria, Australia
Children	+ 1. Walter Lister Stiles           b. 1881, Collingwood, Victoria, Australia   2. Beredge Harold Stiles           b. 1882, Collingwood, Victoria, Australia + 3. Amelia Louise Stiles           b. 1883, St Kilda, Victoria, Australia + 4. Arthur George Stiles           b. 1886 + 5. James Stiles           b. 1888

Arabella Louise Steeth

1858 - 1939  (81 years)

Birth	8 Feb 1858	Woodend, Victoria, Australia
Died	9 Mar 1939	South Perth, Western Australia - Strickland Street
Buried	11 Mar 1939	Karrakatta Cemetery, Karrakatta, Western Australia, Australia
Father	James Steeth           b. 15 Jun 1826, Bath, Somerset, England
Mother	Amelia Field           b. 3 May 1837, Shoreditch, Middlesex, England
Married	25 Feb 1854	Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
Family 1	Walter Lester Stiles           b. 1858
Married	13 Sep 1880	Collingwood, Victoria, Australia
Children	+ 1. Walter Lister Stiles           b. 1881, Collingwood, Victoria, Australia   2. Beredge Harold Stiles           b. 1882, Collingwood, Victoria, Australia + 3. Amelia Louise Stiles           b. 1883, St Kilda, Victoria, Australia + 4. Arthur George Stiles           b. 1886 + 5. James Stiles           b. 1888
Children	1. Nellie Ruby Stiles           b. 1893, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia

Annie Marguerite Estelle Bridger

Nickname	Stella
Family	James Stiles           b. 1888
Married	21 Dec 1912	South Perth, Western Australia, Australia - Baptist Church
Divorced	11 Aug 1922	Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Children	1. Cecil James Stiles           b. 1913, South Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Cecil James Stiles

1913 -

Birth	1913	South Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Father	James Stiles           b. 1888
Mother	Annie Marguerite Estelle Bridger
Married	21 Dec 1912	South Perth, Western Australia, Australia - Baptist Church
Divorced	11 Aug 1922	Perth, Western Australia, Australia

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  Name	James Stiles
  Nickname	Jimmy
  Birth	1888
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	15 May 1916	Clerk
  _MILT	15 May 1916	Enlisted in Australian Imperial Force
  Service number: 31675
  _MILT	20 Nov 1917	Wounded in Action
  Gun shot wound to right leg
  _MILT	21 Jan 1919	Disembarked in Australia
  Returned on H.J. Somali
  _MILT	8 Mar 1919	Discharged from AIF
  Death	1944	South Perth, Western Australia, Australia   [1]
  Age	56 years
  Residence (2)	Click the arrow on the left to show/hide these 2 events.
  1897 - Moved from Melbourne to Perth  - Arabella Louise Stiles was in Bendigo in 1893 and gave birth to a girl who dies in Bendigo at 1 month old. It is assumed she arrived in Perth in 1897 with her 4 children. James Stiles had stated he arrived in 1897 in newspaper article.
  15 May 1916 - Angelo Street, South Perth, Western Australia, Australia
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Walter Lester Stiles           b. 1858             d. 5 Apr 1891  (Age 33 years)  (Father)  Sophia Kisbee  (2 x Great Grandmother)
  Siblings	3 brothers and 1 sister
  + 1. Walter Lister Stiles           b. 1881, Collingwood, Victoria, Australia           d. 2 Sep 1949, South Perth, Western Australia - 19 Swan Street  (Age 68 years)      ▻ Nellie Elizabeth Georgeina Catherine Pennington,  m. 1905 ;   Daisy Violet Lillian Purcell,  m. 1942   2. Beredge Harold Stiles           b. 1882, Collingwood, Victoria, Australia           d. 1882, Collingwood, Victoria, Australia  (Age 0 years) + 3. Amelia Louise Stiles           b. 1883, St Kilda, Victoria, Australia           d. 17 Mar 1913, Royal Hospital for Women, Paddington, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 30 years)      ▻ Alfred James George,  m. 14 Jun 1904 ;   Percy Albert Gardiner;   Percy Albert Gardiner + 4. Arthur George Stiles           b. 1886             d. 15 Mar 1946, Belmont, Western Australia, Australia  (Age 60 years)      ▻ Ellen Mary Tondut,  m. 1907 + 5. James Stiles           b. 1888             d. 1944, South Perth, Western Australia, Australia  (Age 56 years)      ▻ Annie Marguerite Estelle Bridger,  m. 21 Dec 1912
  Half-siblings	1 half sister (family of "Unknown" and Arabella Louise Steeth)
  1. Nellie Ruby Stiles           b. 1893, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia           d. 1893, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia  (Age 0 years)
  Person ID	I988	Gardiner
  Last Modified	7 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	Walter Lester Stiles           b. 1858             d. 5 Apr 1891 (Age 33 years)
  Mother	Arabella Louise Steeth           b. 8 Feb 1858, Woodend, Victoria, Australia           d. 9 Mar 1939, South Perth, Western Australia - Strickland Street (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	13 Sep 1880	Collingwood, Victoria, Australia   [2]
  Age at Marriage	Walter : ~ 22 years and 9 months - Arabella : 22 years and 7 months. (Were Married 10 years and 7 months).
  Family ID	F35	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Annie Marguerite Estelle Bridger
  Marriage	21 Dec 1912	South Perth, Western Australia, Australia - Baptist Church   [3]
  	Click on the arrow on the left to display this note.
  	MARRIAGE. STILES—BRIDGER.-On December 21, 1912, at the Baptist Church, South Perth, by the Rev. D. Shaw, James, youngest son of the late W. L. and Mrs. A. Stiles, to Estelle (Stella), eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. N. Bridger, of Gladstone-avenue, South Perth. Source: Family Notices (1913, January 29). The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), p. 1. Retrieved September 3, 2024, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article26865573
  Age at Marriage	James : ~ 25 years - Annie : ??. (Were Married 9 years and 8 months).
  Divorce	11 Aug 1922	Perth, Western Australia, Australia   [4]
  Children	01. Cecil James Stiles           b. 1913, South Perth, Western Australia, Australia
  Family ID	F366	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Sep 2024

  
  

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• Newspapers

  Private Lives in The Mirror (1939) James Stiles Private Lives in the Mirror (1939) James Stiles

  
  

  Obituaries

  James Stiles (1888-1944) Mr James Stiles, managing-director of the Grand Theatres Co, Ltd, died at his home at South Perth yesterday after an illness of some months. The late Mr Stiles, who was in the estate agency business in South Perth where he also conducted the Gaiety Theatre, entered the city cinema industry about 1931 when he became managing-director of the Grand Theatre Co. Ltd. Over the years he successfully expanded the company's interests to three Perth cinemas and one at Fremantle. At the same time he in creased his own suburban holdings to three South Perth theatres. He was president of the WA Exhibitors' Association and past president of the Reelers' Fraternity. A cricket and football enthusiast in his youth, he had golf and fishing as his sports in recent years. He was a vice-president of the WA Cricket Association. A foundation member of the Perth YMCA for which he played cricket in 1909, he was a member of the YMCA War Service Appeal Committee. He was also a member of the State War Loan Campaign C0mmittee. The late Mr Stiles, whose funeral will take place tomorrow morning, left a widow and two children. Source: PERSONAL. (1944, January 25). The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), p. 2. Retrieved September 5, 2024, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article46782675

  
  

• Sources

  [S5] Online Source (URL), 2 Sep 2024, https://www.wa.gov.au/organisation/department-of-justice/online-index-search-tool (Reliability: 2). Death Registration: 100199/1944 [S1] Australian BDM, 1 Feb 2003 (Reliability: 3). Marriage: Registration number: 3651/1880 [S5] Online Source (URL), 2 Sep 2024, https://www.wa.gov.au/organisation/department-of-justice/online-index-search-tool (Reliability: 2). Marriage Registration: 101925/1913 [S5] Online Source (URL), 5 Sep 2024, https://trove.nla.gov.au/ (Reliability: 3). THE LAW COURTS. TO-DAY'S LIST. Nisi Prius.-At 10.30 in No. Court. before Mr. Justice Burnside.-Decree Absolute: William Lancaster (petitioner) Annie Edith Lancaster (respondent), and Patrick Carroll (co-respondent). Dissolution of Marriage: James Stiles petitioner) and Annie Marguerite Estelle Stiles (respondent). Source: THE LAW COURTS. (1922, August 11). The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), p. 8. Retrieved September 5, 2024, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28176350