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George James Phillips was born at 7 Hargreave Square, Bermondsey, Surrey on 19 March 1871, the son of William Henry PHILLIPS and Jane nee DICKINSON. George was 8 years old when his father died in 1879, and in 1881 George was a boarder at a small school at 35 London Rd, Twickenham, Middlesex. By 1891 he was working as a letter sorter, living with his mother Jane and teenage sisters Kate and Esther, at Vine Street Buildings in the parish of St John Horselydown.

George married Amelia DAVIS at Holborn, Middlesex on 12 Sept 1896. In 1901 the family lived at 55 Duncan Buildings, and in 1905 at 17 Denys Buildings, (part of the Bourne Estate), close to Portpool Lane and Leather Lane. They lived close to the Church of St. Alban the Martyr in Holborn, and would almost certainly have been among the congregation of Father Arthur Henry Stanton, (1839-1913), a prominant and sometimes controversial character who preached at St Alban's for many years.

Amelia and George James Phillips

Children of George James and Amelia Phillips:
(born at Holborn)

Amelia Alice PHILLIPS, b. 9 Jul 1897; m. in 1930 to Arthur Ernest COOK; d. 16 Jan 1987 aged 89.
Alice Beatrice PHILLIPS, b. 9 Nov 1899; m. in 1948 to Victor Ellis WOOLGAR; d. 21 Jan 1985 aged 85.
Dorothy May PHILLIPS, b. 3 May 1902; m. surname EVANS; d. 15 Sep 1977 aged 75
Florence Margaret PHILLIPS, b. 11 May 1905;
• married firstly in 1931 to Aleck SCOTT; Florence Scott was widowed in 1934. She worked as a book binder for printers James Burn, moving from London to Esher, then later to Bognor Regis. Flo married secondly in 1971 to
  
• Herbert Arthur HENSMAN (known as Bert Hensman); Florence Hensman died 23 Dec 1999 aged 94.
  
George James PHILLIPS, b. 22 Mar 1908; m. in 1934 to Frieda Ernestine VAN DER POL; d. Mar 1982 aged 74.
Gladys Matilda PHILLIPS, b.1909; m. to Henry Ralph DAVIES; d. abt. 1960
Arthur Henry PHILLIPS, b. 26 Jan 1911; died unmarried 21 Oct 1943 aged 32.

George James Phillips was a post office sorter (General Post Office) until he retired in 1931 (Imperial Service Medal). His wife Amelia was a fore-lady at James Burn, printers of Kirby Street, Holborn. In the 1930s, the family lived at Sirdar Road, Wood Green, North London. George James Phillips died in 1939 aged 68, Amelia died in 1952 aged 82.

earlier PHILLIPS families
earlier DAVIS families

e-mail: Mark Scott

Updated: 11 Dec 2006