Phillips Family Dossiers, Paul Dwight Turner, genealogy, family
 PHILLIPS  DOSSIERS

Editors notes are in italic

The Phillips Family Tree, by Jennie (Anglin) McCuaig, 20 Jan., 1972                                        > Letter of 1852 >>

NOTES:  
    According to Grandpa Phillips' letter written in May, 1852 Wm Peyton Phillips arrived at New York in 1852 -- not in 1851, as in Lilian's "Tree".  He was just 17.  Had his birthday after leaving home.  
    Our Mother, Harriet Phillips (Rebecca Harriet Phillips), told us that the Phillips ancestors had moved from Wales to Ireland in Cromwell's times to escape what they considered to be persecution of The Church of England by leaders of the Puritan Reformation, who were making changes in the Anglican forms of worship. Thus the migration was made for religious reasons.
    Mother had a copy of George Bennett's "History of Bandon" which contained a list of names of the families who had settled in Ireland.  One time when Uncle Frank (Francis John) Phillips was visiting Kingston she showed him the book, which he borrowed.  After his sudden (1910) death mother asked his wife, Aunt Annie (Bacon) Frank, for the book and was disappointed to learn that she nor any of their family knew anything about it.  He had probably kept it in his office.
    I asked Rev. Mr. Good of St Paul's Church, Kingston here about prospects of purchasing another copy, and he said that ownership or further publication of this book had been banned in Ireland at the time of the "trouble" (as they call it) in the twenties.  Many records were destroyed.
    However, when our relative, Judge Arthur Anglin of St. John, New Brunswick, was over there in 1961, searching for Anglin records, an Anglican clergyman loaned him a copy of this book, he said.
    Wm. Hayes Phillips was loyal to England and opposed to "Home Rule" for Ireland probably because he foresaw the disunity it would cause.  Years after he had died his grand-daughter Kate's husband was shot in bed by members of The Sinn Fein (The political wing of the Irish Republican Army) for similar loyalty.

January 20, 1972                                                                        Signed;.....................................
                                                                                                               Jennie McCuaig

in generation order

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PHILLIPS:
    first of the known Phillips;  married WHELPY c.1775;  probably of county Cork, Ireland

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PHILLIPS, Charles [c.1775-     ]:
    probably of Derrigra or Enniskean, county Cork, Ireland;  married Eliza Hayes c. 1800

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PHILLIPS, Barter [c.1800-    ]:
   the first of the family to come to Kingston, Ont., Canada;  buried in the Phillips's plot in Cataraqui Cemetery.

PHILLIPS, William Hayes [1806-1885]:      >> Letter of 1852 >>
   born 1806;  may have lived at Derrigra;  schoolmaster at Enniskean Co., Cork, Ireland;  letter dated 1852 to his son, Wm Peyton Phillips, shows his deep religious feelings and devotion to England;  died 17 Jul., 1885;  buried at Ballymoney.

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PHILLIPS, William Peyton  [1835-1875]           >> Letter of 1852 >>
   born, 20 Apr., 1835 at Enniskean, Cork, Ireland and arrived in Kingston via New York, about 1852;  a bookkeeper with Kingston rolling Mills at Queen and Wellingtons Streets;  married Elizabeth Doherty;  lived on Queen Street near the Mills; accountant with Victoria Iron Works and A.C. Chewitt Co.;  a city Alderman and in 1867 an agent for the Scottish Imperial Insurance Co.;  an Ensign with the 1st Volunteer Militia Rifle Company in 1860 and a Captain with the 3rd Company in 1862, the 3rd became the 14th Battalion Volunteer Militia Rifles and later the Princes of Wales Regiment;  in 1866 he became District Quartermaster;  in 1869  Brigade Major of 7th Brigade and in 1872 Lt. Colonel;  died in 1875 and buried at Kingston.

DOHERTY, Elizabeth [1833-1875]:
   born at Bandon, Cork, Ireland;  daughter of James Doherty and Elizabeth Gay;  married William Peyton Phillips;  later, all of Kingston, Ont..

PHILLIPS, Eliza [c.1837-    ]:
     she is referenced in the letter or 1852 as working at a dressmaking shop.

PHILLIPS, Annie Arabella:
   born 1 Jun., 1838;  arrived Kingston 1864;  married Capt. Abraham Malone, Oct., 1868;  died 17 May, 1896.

MALONE, Abraham Captain [1845-1930]:
   born Ireland;  married Annie Arabella Phillips;  Captain of the "S.S. Toronto"

PHILLIPS, Katherine Jane:
   remained in Ireland;  married Joe Fuller; their daughter Kate married Bob Howe  

FULLER, Joe [    -abt 1923]
     of Prospect Cottage, Ireland;  married Katherine Jane Phillips;  died about 1923

PHILLIPS, Rebecca Harriet [1846-1921:
  born at Enniskean, Cork, Ireland, 22 Feb., 1846;  married, 1 Sep., 1870 to Samuel Anglin;  died   at Kingston, 4 Jan., 1921;  accounted for early Welsh-Irish history.

                                                                        
                                                        Rebecca H. Phillips                      Samuel Anglin

PHILLIPS, Francis John [1848-1910]
    arrived in Toronto in 1864;  employed by John McGee, Iron Founder, later E&C Gurney;   in 1872 married Annie Bacon;  partnership with John Bacon, Annie's father, purchased Hurd Leigh   Co., a crockery and china business;  changed the name to Bacon & Phillips and operated at 72 Yonge St., Toronto;  John Bacon retired in 1876 and a new partnership formed with C.E. Thorne under the name of Phillips Thorne & Co., importers of fine china;  this company operated from 23 Front St., Toronto;  in 1878 the partnership dissolved and Francis became manager of C.G. Cobban  Co. and in 1880 the name was changed t Cobban Manufacturing Company, glass manufacture, located at 102 Front. St.;  in 1885 Cobban and operated from 47-61 Hayter St.;  in 1893 became president;  the company, now manufacturer of picture frames & plate glass, moved in 1901 to Lake St.;  during the 1904 fire in Toronto it was reported that Francis and a worker ran from wood pile to wood pile with a garden hose to keep the timber free of  the fire;  in 1905 the name was changed to Phillips Manufacturing Co. Ltd. and moved to 258 Carlaw Ave. in 1908;  Francis and Annie raised 6 girls and 1 boy;  homes were at 21 Grosvenor and in 1889 63 Queens Park (seen left);  vacation property was a 10 acre island known as Wistowe Island on Lake Rosseau of the Muskoka Lakes, Ontario;  the cottage has been maintained in original condition and there is a lot of original furniture.  [note:  after Annie's death in 1917, their daughter Beatrice and her husband Lawren Harris moved in and about 1924 sold the home.  Later the University of Toronto took over the grounds and the home torn down.]
                                                                                
                   Francis J. Phillips                                  Annie Bacon                                      63 Queens Park
                            c.1895                                              c. 1895                                           Toronto, Ont. 

PHILLIPS, Frances Susan [1851-1908]:
    remained in Ireland.

PHILLIPS, Charles Richard [1855-1894]:
    arrived Toronto from Enniskean in 1878;  employed by Rolph Smith & Co.;  married at Kingston;  moved to Montreal.

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PHILLIPS, William Charles [1858-1925]
    born at Kingston;  joined Cobban Mfg. Co,, 1879;  vice-president, 1893;  remained with Phillips Mfg. Co. Ltd. until 1919;  returned to Kingston.

FULLER, Kate [1870-    ]
    daughter of Joe and Kate Fuller;  married Bob Howe who was shot in bed by the Sinn Fein in 1822.

BAJUS: owners of the Kingston Brewery established, 1794;  purchased by Bajus, 1861

SPANGENBERG:  established the Kingston jeweler store

IRVING, George [1869-1929:
    operated the Irving Umbrella Company, Toronto;  married Harriet Eleanor Phillips, 1907

PHIILIPS, Florence Mitchell [1881-1951]    
   born Toronto 12 Apr., 1881;  attended The Model School and Bishop Strachan;  married Dwight J. Turner 23 Jan., 1907 at the Church of the Redeemer (see Turner);  lived at 106 Madison Ave., 179 Balmoral Ave., 126 Heath St., 46 Oriole Rd., 60 Oriole Gardens;  died 18 Jun., 1951;  buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto.
                                                                       
                                                    Florence Phillips                                   Dwight J. Turner
                                                                               1907                                                             1907   
HARRIS, Lawren Stewart [1885-1970]
    born Brantford;  married Beatrice Helen Phillips;  painter and member of the Group of Seven;  died at Vancouver.

RANCE, Charles [c.1887-    ]
    of Clinton, Ont., Canada

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PHILLIPS, William Eric  [1893-1964]:
    born at Toronto on 3 Jan., 1873 and received his Ba.Sc. from the University of Toronto in 1914;  served with the British Army during WWI and achieved the rank of Lt. Col. at the age of 23;  received the DSO and the Military Cross;  in 1920 he and his father operated a glass business in Kingston, Ont. which later became W.E. Phillips Ltd.;  the company moved to Oshawa, Ont. and supplied automobile glass to that industry;  headed the Research Enterprises Ltd., under C.D. Howe during WWII;  a partner of the Argus Corp., Chairman of Massey Harris and Chairman of the Board of Governors of the University of Toronto;  first married Eileen McLaughlin, a daughter of R.S. McLaughlin,;  married second Doris Gibson;  died at Palm Beach, Florida on 26 Dec., 1964.

MOWAT, Lillian Mitchell [1885-1972]
    married G.C. Godard;  prepared Phillips Family Tree-Kingston, 1953;  buried in Phillips Plot, Cataraqui, Kingston, Ont..

HARRIS, Lawren Phillips [1910-1994]
    born at Toronto;  attended Trinity College;  assigned to the 3rd Canadian Armoured Regiment as a sketch artist and later turned these drawings into oil paintings;  painter and instructor;  retired to Ottawa;  died at Ottawa, Ont..

RANCE, Charles Phillips MD [1917-    ]    
    born Toronto 1918;  a graduate of U.T.S. and the U. of T. Medical School;  during WWII, a medical officer for the S.D. & G. Highlanders;  after the war, continued medical career as a pediatrician to many North Toronto families;  in 1965, set up the Nephrology Division of the Hospital for Sick Children which he directed until his retirement;  also teaching as a full professor of Pediatrics at the U. of T.;   camped at Camp Ahmek, where he spent every summer, first as a camper, then as a counsellor;  he loved Algonquin Park which he visited throughout his life;  an enthusiastic curler, golfer and skier (member of Thornhill Country Club and Caledon Ski Club);   a  lifelong active member of St. Clement's Anglican Parish. 

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PHILLIPS, Michael McLaughlin B.A., M.Ed.[c.1920-1998]    
    son of William Eric PHILLIPS and Eileen (McLAUGHLIN) PHILLIPS;  married, c. 1952, Theresa Anne McDonough;  died 29 Mar., 1998