Person:John Phillips (111)

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John Sandall Phillips
bur.26 Feb 1955 Hartley Kent, England
m. 15 Apr 1895
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Name John Sandall Phillips
Gender Male
Birth[1][8] 13 Oct 1869 Islington, Middlesex, England
Census[3] 2 Apr 1871 Islington, Middlesex, England2 Archway Road
Census[4] 3 Apr 1881 Islington, Middlesex, England5 Eaton Grove
Census[5] 5 Apr 1891 Islington, London, England33 Wedmore Street
Marriage 15 Apr 1895 Islington, London, EnglandAll Saints, Tufnell Park
to Lily Louisa Savage
Census[6] 31 Mar 1901 Islington, London, England18 Landseer Road
Census[7] 2 Apr 1911 Dartford, Kent, England183 Fulwich Road
Census[8] 29 Sep 1939 Hartley, Kent, EnglandTrevone
Burial[10] 26 Feb 1955 Hartley Kent, England

John Sandall Phillips was born on 13th October 1869 at Islington in the northern suburbs of London, son of Catherine Phillips, formerly Sandall, and her husband John Phillips, a butcher and packer. The 1871 census finds John living with his parents and siblings living at 2 Archway Road in Islington. By 1881 they had moved within Islington to 5 Eaton Grove. John's mother died between the 1881 and 1891 censuses, and the 1891 census finds John living with his father and siblings at 33 Wedmore Street in Islington. By this time, John was working as a porter for a confectioner.

On 15th April 1895, aged 25, John married Lily Louisa Savage at All Saints' Church in the Tufnell Park area of Islington. They went on to have a daughter in 1897 and a son in 1903. The 1901 census finds John, Lily and their daughter living at 18 Landseer Road in Islington. Lily's mother and two brothers lived in the same house. John was described as a packer for a druggist at this time.

Sometime between 1903 and 1911 the family left London and moved to Dartford in Kent. The move may have been connected to John's work as a packer in the pharmaceuticals industry, as one of Dartford's main employers at the time was drug company Burroughs Wellcome. Lily's brother Walter Edmund also worked as a chemical export packer and also moved from London to Dartford around the same time with his family.

The 1911 census finds John and Lily living at 183 Fulwich Road in Dartford, along with their children and Lily's mother. John described himself as an export packer for a manufacturing chemist. Lily's brother Walter and his family lived a few doors down the same street.

By the outbreak of the Second World War, John and Lily had left Dartford and moved to the nearby village of Hartley, where they lived with their son Cyril and his family in a house called Trevone on Ash Road. John described himself as a retired foreman packer.

Lily died in February 1945, aged 72. John survived her by ten years. In that time he left Trevone and moved to a bungalow directly opposite it called "Joh-San" - the name would suggest that he named the house after himself. John died at the age of 85, and was buried at Hartley on 26th February 1955.

References
  1. Births index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

    b. John Sandall PHILLIPS, December Quarter 1869, Islington Registration District, Volume 1b, page 343, mother's maiden name Sandall

  2.   Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

    d. John S. PHILLIPS, March Quarter 1955, Dartford Regsitration District, Vol. 5b, page 588, aged 85 [1869/70]

  3. England. England and Wales. 1871 Census Schedules. (
    Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
    The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
    Class RG10; Piece 300; Folio 36; Page 9, 2 Apr 1871.

    Address: 2 Archway Road, Islington, Middlesex
    John Phillips, head, married, male, 31 [1839/40], Master Butcher, b. Grosmont, Monmouthshire
    Catherine Phillips, wife, married, female, 27 [1843/4], b. Islington, Middlesex
    Thomas R. Phillips, son, male, 5 [1865/6], b. Dowlais, Glamorgan
    Hannah Phillips, daughter, female, 3 [1867/8], b. Islington, Middlesex
    John Sandall Phillips, son, male, 1 [1869/70], b. Islington, Middlesex

  4. England. 1881 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands: . (
    Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
    The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
    Class RG11; Piece 248; Folio 34A; Page 9, 3 Apr 1881.

    Address: 5 Eaton Grove, Islington, Middlesex
    John Phillips, head, married, male, 41 [1839/40], Packer, b. Islington, Middlesex
    Catherine Phillips, wife, married, female, 35 [1845/6], b. Islington, Middlesex
    Thomas Phillips, son, unmarried, male, 15 [1865/6], b. Islington, Middlesex
    Hannah Phillips, daughter, unmarried, female, 13 [1867/8], b. Islington, Middlesex
    John Phillips, son, unmarried, male, 11 [1869/70], b. Islington, Middlesex
    Catherine Phillips, daughter, female, 6 [1874/5], b. Islington, Middlesex
    Ann Phillips, daughter, female, 4 [1876/7], b. Islington, Middlesex
    Margaret Phillips, daughter, female, 2 [1878/9], b. Islington, Middlesex

  5. England. 1891 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
    Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
    The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
    Class RG12; Piece 143; Folio 85; Page 18, 5 Apr 1891.

    Address: 33 Wedmore Street, Islington, London
    3 rooms occupied
    John Phillips, head, widower, male, 57 [1833/4], b. Islington, London
    John P. Phillips, son, single, male, 21 [1869/70], Porter (confectioner), employed, b. Islington, London
    Hannah Phillips, daughter, single, female, 22 [1868/9], Laundry Assistant, employed, b. Islington, London
    Catherine Phillips, daughter, single, female, 16 [1874/5], Laundry Assistant, employed, b. Islington, London
    Ann Phillips, daughter, female, 14 [1876/7], b. Islington, London
    Phoebe Sandall, boarder, single, female, 44 [1846/7], Upholsteress, employed, b. Islington, London

  6. England. England. 1901 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
    The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
    Class RG13; Piece 168; Folio 76; Page 36, 31 Mar 1901.

    Address: 18 Landseer Road, Islington, London
    [all three households at this address transcribed]
    [first household:] 3 rooms occupied
    John S. Phillips, head, married, male, 31 [1869/70], Packer - Druggist, worker, b. Highgate, Middlesex
    Lily L. Phillips, wife, married, female, 29 [1871/2], b. Norwich, Norfolk
    Lily C. Phillips, daughter, female, 3 [1897/8], b. Upper Holloway, London
    [second household:] 2 rooms occupied
    William H. Good, head, married, male, 26 [1874/5], Bus driver, worker, b. Walworth, Surrey
    Esther Good, wife, married, female, 25 [1875/6], b. Holborn, London
    Lilian B. Good, daughter, female, 3 [1897/8], b. Upper Holloway, London
    Esther M. Good, daughter, female, 1 [1899/1900], b. Upper Hollway, London
    [third household:] 2 rooms occupied
    Mary A. Savage, head, widow, female, 61 [1839/40], Laundress, own account, working at home, b. Crawley, Sussex
    Charles R. Savage, son, single, male, 23 [1877/8], Packer at Grocers, worker, b. Westminster, London
    George W. Savage, son, single, male, 17 [1883/4], Engine Labourer, worker, b. Westminster, London

  7. England. 1911 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom: The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
    Class RG14; Piece 3771; Schedule 259, 2 Apr 1911.

    Address: 183 Fulwich Road, Dartford, Kent
    5 rooms occupied
    John S. Phillips, head, male, 41 [1869/70], married, Export Packer - Manufacturing chemist, worker, b. Islington, Middlesex
    Lily L. Phillips, wife, female, 39 [1871/2], married 16 years, 2 children born, 2 children still living, b. Norwich, Norfolk
    Lily C. Phillips, daughter, female, 13 [1897/8], School, b. Islington, Middlesex
    Cyril J. Phillips, son, male, 7 [1903/4], b. Islington, Middlesex
    Mary A. Savage, mother, female, 71 [1839/40], widow, b. Crawley, Sussex
    Harold R. Johnson, boarder, male, 22 [1888/9], single, Telegraph Lineman - S.E. & C. Rly, worker, b. Tonbridge, Kent

  8. 8.0 8.1 General Register Office. 1939 Register
    Dartford Rural District, 29 Sep 1939.

    Address: Trevone, Ash Road, Hartley, Kent
    Phillips, Cyril J. / male / 25 Apr 1903 / married / Technical Refrigerating Engineer
    Phillips, Ethel R. / female / 2 Jul 1899 / married / Unpaid Domestic Duties
    Phillips, John S. (J[unio]r) / male / 25 Jul 1931 / single / At School
    Phillips John S. (Senior) / male / 13 Oct 1869 / married / Foreman Packer (Retired)
    Phillips, Lily L. / female / 25 Feb 1873 / married / Unpaid Domestic Duties
    [three records closed]

  9.   Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

    d. John Sandall PHILLIPS, March Quarter 1955, Dartford Registration District, Volume 5b, page 588, aged 85 [1869/70]

  10. Burials register, in Hartley (near Dartford), Kent: Parish Registers (Medway Council).
    BURIALS in the Parish of Hartley in the County of Kent in the Year 1955
    NoNameAbodeWhen buriedAgeBy whom the Ceremony was performed
    581John Sandall PhillipsJon San, Ash Road, HartleyFebruary 26th 195585 yearsJ.W. Henderson, Rector