See also

Arthur Henry Phillips (1915- )

Individual Events and Attributes

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • motor fitter and turner2

  • Birth:

  • 10 Dec 1915

  • Scarborough Junction, Toronto Municipality, Ontario, Canada3 1 2

  •  

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

  • Immigration:

  • 16 Jun 1919 (age 3)

  • to Liverpool, Lancashire, England from Montreal, Quebec, Canada3

  •  

  • travelling to 26 Meeting A Watford on the White Star Dominion Line's Megantic with his mother Florence, and sister Elsie

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 5 yrs 6 mns)

  • 26 Meeting Alley, Watford, Hertfordshire, England4

  •  

  • grandson attending school and living in four rooms with his grandparents Walter and Sarah Griggs, his mother Florence, his step-father James Taylor, and sister Elsie Phillips. Born in Toronto Canada

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 23)

  • 47 Princes Avenue, Watford, Hertfordshire, England2

  •  

  • an unmarried motor turner and fitter living with his step-father James Taylor, his mother Florence, half-brothers Edward and Frederick, half-sister Doris, and sister Elsie. Born on 10th December 1915

Sources

1.

Ancestry Canada Ontario, Births, 1832-1917, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). York 1915 no:69426. Cit. Date: 26 February 2025.

2.

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.

3.

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.

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.