See also

Family of Arthur J Wheeler and Elsie Florence Phillips

  • Husband:

  • Arthur J Wheeler ( - )

  • Wife:

  • Elsie Florence Phillips (1914- )

  • Marriage:

  • Q4 1940

  • Watford "Registration District", Hertfordshire, England1

Husband: Arthur J Wheeler

  • Name:

  • Arthur J Wheeler1

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

Wife: Elsie Florence Phillips

  • Name:

  • Elsie Florence Phillips2

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • Henry John Phillips (1891-1918)

  • Mother:

  • Florence Jessie Griggs (1893-1979)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • packer3

  • Birth:

  • 24 Jun 1914

  • 631 Greenwood Avenue, Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada2 4 3

  •  

  • daughter of Henry John Phillips (painter) and Florence J Griggs who were married on 12th July 1913 in Toronto

  • Immigration:

  • 16 Jun 1919 (age 5)

  • to Liverpool, Lancashire, England from Montreal, Quebec, Canada5

  •  

  • travelling to 26 Meeting A Watford on the White Star Dominion Line's Megantic with her mother Florence, and brother Arthur

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 7)

  • 26 Meeting Alley, Watford, Hertfordshire, England4

  •  

  • granddaughter attending school and living in four rooms with her grandparents Walter and Sarah Griggs, her mother Florence, her step-father James Taylor, and brother Arthur Phillips. Born in Toronto Canada

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 25)

  • 47 Princes Avenue, Watford, Hertfordshire, England3

  •  

  • an unmarried packer for a photographic manufacturer living with her step-father James Taylor, her mother Florence, half-brothers Edward and Frederick, half-sister Doris, and brother Arthur. Born on 24th June 1914 and married a Wheeler at a later date

Note on Husband: Arthur J Wheeler

Unsure of Arthur's birth details as there are several possibilities, did Arthur and Elsie emigrate? as they seemed to disappear after 1940

Note on Wife: Elsie Florence Phillips

Did Arthur and Elsie emigrate? as they seemed to disappear after 1940

Sources

1.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Watford 1940 quarter:4 volume:3a page:4359. Cit. Date: 9 March 2025.

2.

Ancestry Canada Ontario, Births, 1832-1917, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). York 1914-1915 no:7724. Cit. Date: 26 February 2025.

3.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:1642A page:12 line:5 letter code:DEWU. Cit. Date: 26 February 2025.

4.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:7194 registration district:140 sub-district:2 enumeration district:12 schedule:310. Cit. Date: 26 February 2025.

5.

Ancestry UK and Ireland Incoming Passenger Lists 1878-1960, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Liverpool 1919 June Megantic. Cit. Date: 26 February 2025.