| | His name was legally changed to Noiles.1 |
Birth* | circa 1849 | He was born circa 1849 at Nova ScotiaG.2 |
| 1871 | He appeared on the census of 1871 in the household of David Niles and Mary _____, age 21, b. NS.3 |
| 1881 | He appeared on the census of 1881 in the household of Jane Niles and Charles D Reid, age 32, b. NS; (neis. David and Mary Niles.)4 |
| 1891 | He appeared on the census of 1891 at River Hébert, Cumberland Co., Nova ScotiaG; (head of house prob. John, son of David and Mary; neis. Mary with his bro. George and Crawford with Peter and Lucy. this may imply that Mary Ann's husb. Amos was also a son of David and Mary.)5 |