See also

Arthur Henry Phillips (1915-1997)

Individual Events and Attributes

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • motor fitter and turner3

  • Birth:

  • 10 Dec 1915

  • Scarborough Junction, Toronto Municipality, Ontario, Canada4 1 3 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, Canada4

  •  

  • 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, England5

  •  

  • 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, England3

  •  

  • 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

  • Death:

  • 1 Dec 1997 (age 81)

  • Watford "Registration District", Hertfordshire, England2 6

  • Probate:

  • 23 Jan 1998

  • Probate Registry, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England6

  •  

  • grant and will, died 1st December 1997

Individual Note

Did Arthur marry Evelyn M Messenger in Watford registration district in the first quarter of 1940? need more inormation

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.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Watford 1997 quarter:4 district:5361C register:C44D entry:118 date:1297. Cit. Date: 9 March 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.

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.

5.

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.

6.

UK Government Probate Service, UK Government Find a Will, (on-line at www.probatesearch.service.gov.uk, www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Oxford 1998 no:9852205798. Cit. Date: 9 March 2025.