Edward Percy PHILLIPS 1896-1942 (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Saturday, October 06, 2012, 01:42 (4434 days ago) @ Judy Phillips

Hi Judy,
first may I offer my sympathies with your plight, I do hope we can help you. I see you've been using this site for some years so no doubt you've searched this sites PRs for your grandfather, altho it seems he's not here judging by my first look.

For completeness in case it helps the search, here's Edward's history as best as I can find using FreeBMD to find these Register Entries:

Surname Given Name District Volume Page Transcriber
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Births Dec 1895
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Phillips Edward Percy Westbury S. 6a 234 mjc

So his birth was Registered sometime within the Quarter of Oct/Nov/Dec 1895 within Westbury on Severn District, much as you know of course.

Surname First name(s) Mother/Spouse/Age District Vol Page
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Marriages Sep 1914 (>99%)
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Phillips Edward P Robbins Westbury S. 6a 647
Robbins Florence A M Phillips Westbury S. 6a 647

Also on GlosBMD:
Groom Surname Groom Forename Bride Surname Bride Forename District Parish Building Year Register Entry
PHILLIPS Edward Percy ROBBINS Florence Alice May Forest of Dean Westbury-on-Severn (FoD) Register Office 1914 16 72

(Registry Office hence no Church PR on this site)

Surname Given Name Age District Volume Page Transcribers
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Deaths Jun 1942
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Phillips Edward P. 46 Gloucester C 6a 610 mauchline

I also find this Marriage Registration, is this your Edward, please ?. I ask as if we cannot find Edward, maybe finding Ada will lead us to him ?:

Surname First name(s) Mother/Spouse/Age District Vol Page
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Marriages Dec 1930 (>99%)
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Newman Adalena M B Phillips Westbury S. 6a 594
Phillips Edward P Newman Westbury S. 6a 594

Confirmed by GlosBMD:
Groom Surname Groom Forename Bride Surname Bride Forename District Parish Building Year Register Entry
PHILLIPS Edward Percy NEWMAN Adalena Marjorie Beryl Forest of Dean Westbury-on-Severn (FoD) Register Office 1930 21 72

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Have you considered searching where his parents are buried ?
Did he have any siblings, all clues may help ?

Searching the (Free, Ancestry) 1911 Census gives his family as:
Household at Belle Vue Rd, Cinderford (suggesting a probable St Stephens Church link ?)

Hubert Phillips Head abt 1872 39 Male Married 16yrs Coal Mine Examiner Ruardean, Gloucestershire
Florence M M Phillips Wife abt 1876 35 Female Married 16yrs Cinderford, Gloucestershire
Edward Percy Phillips Son abt 1896 15 Male Single, Post Office Messenger, Cinderford, Gloucestershire
Alexander B Phillips Son abt 1902 9 Male Cinderford, Gloucestershire
Doris May Phillips Daughter abt 1907 4 Female add Cinderford, Gloucestershire

C/o Ancestry, Hubert & Flo's marriage:
Hubert Phillips, Oct-Nov-Dec 1894, Westbury on Severn, Gloucestershire
Florence Maud M Smith, Oct-Nov-Dec 1894, Westbury on Severn, Gloucestershire.

So from FoD PRs:
Record_ID: 8036
Entry_Number: 353
Year: 1894
Month: Dec
Day: 17
Grooms_Surname: PHILLIPS
Grooms_Forenames: Hubert
Grooms_Age: 22
Groom_Condition: Bachelor
Grooms_Occupation: Collier
Grooms_Residence: Flaxley Mesne
Grooms_Fathers_Surname: Phillips
Grooms_Fathers_Forenames: Henry
Grooms_Fathers_Occupation: Collier
Brides_Surname: SMITH
Brides_Forenames: Florence Maud May
Brides_Age: 18
Brides_Condition: Spinster
Brides_Occupation:
Brides_Residence: Flaxley Mesne
Brides_Fathers_Surname: Smith
Brides_Fathers_Forenames: Edwin
Brides_Fathers_Occupation: Builder
Licence_or_Banns: Banns
Date_of_Banns:
Signature_or_Mark: Both sign
Witness_1: Edwin Smith
Witness_2: Jane Mayo
Other_Witnesses:
Officiating_Minister: F J Fulford
Event: Marriage
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P145 IN 1/11
Page_Number: 177
Parish_Chapel: Flaxley
Soundex_Groom: P412
Soundex_Bride: S530

I do not know if there is a Cemetery at Flaxley ??

Ancestry's "suggested records" include Adalena Newman, so I guess my suggested marriage is perhaps correct so may be a usefull lead ??

I see Edward is on an Ancestry Members Tree, is this yours ?. If not then contacting the Phillips Tree's owner may help (Sadly I cannot as don't have Ancestry membership)
I've searched the FoD Council site and he is not buried at either of their cemeteries at Cinderford or Coleford, as is expected given the date.

Searching FoD PRs for the family only gives:
Record_ID: 108633
Entry_Number: 67
Year: 1929
Month: Dec
Day: 26
Grooms_Surname: PHILLIPS
Grooms_Forenames: Alexander Bernard
Grooms_Age: 28
Groom_Condition: Batchelor
Grooms_Occupation: Foreman in Rubber Works
Grooms_Residence: Newnham
Grooms_Fathers_Surname: PHILLIPS
Grooms_Fathers_Forenames: Hubert
Grooms_Fathers_Occupation: Commercial Traveller
Brides_Surname: HARRIS
Brides_Forenames: Ethel May
Brides_Age: 24
Brides_Condition: Spinster
Brides_Occupation:
Brides_Residence: Newnham
Brides_Fathers_Surname: [HARRIS]
Brides_Fathers_Forenames: [William]
Brides_Fathers_Occupation: [Signalman G W R]
Licence_or_Banns: Banns
Date_of_Banns:
Signature_or_Mark: Both sign
Witness_1: A E Harris
Witness_2: W[illia]m J Harris
Other_Witnesses: P Phillips
Officiating_Minister: John Clayton Vicar
Event: Marriage
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P228 IN 1/15
Page_Number: 34
Parish_Chapel: Newnham
Soundex_Groom: P412
Soundex_Bride: H620

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