The Phillips Family Bible

Transcript from the Phillips Family Bible

William Evans PHILLIPS born at Monkton in the Town and County of Pembroke on the 16th day of May 1843.

Jane PHILLIPS born at Rose Valley in the Town and County aforesaid on the 24th day of June 1845. Married in Bristol on the 28th day of May 1868.

George Sydney Owen PHILLIPS, second son of above married December 26th 1896 to Catherine Middleton BURGESS at Whitfield Memorial Church, Ashley Road, Bristol.

William Norman St Clare PHILIIPS married 11th October 1928 to Edith Winifred TIDCOMBE at St Peters, Leicester.

Thomas Henry PHILLIPS born 4th July 1869.

George Sydney Owen PHILLIPS born 5th May 1872.

William Evans PHILLIPS born 4th December 1874.

William George WHITE born at 6.47 on Thursday morning December 20th 1888.

William Norman St Clare PHILLIPS, son of G.S. O. & C. M. PHILLIPS born April 29th 1898.

David St Clare PHILLIPS born "La Casita" Paignton, 12th Feb. 1930.

William Evans PHILLIPS died 6th December 1874 aged 2 days.

Jane PHILLIPS died 28th February 1875 aged 29 years.

Thomas Henry PHILLIPS died the 4th May 1875 aged 5 years and 10 months.

William Evans PHILLIPS died 14th October 1877 aged 34 years.

Elizabeth Jane HAWKE died 7th May 1886 aged 34 years.

Additional Notes:-

Family tree shows William Evans PHILLIPS married to Elizabeth Jane HAWKE.
They had three sons - Thomas Henry, William Evan and George Sydney Owen who married Catherine Middleton BURGESS.

George Sydney Owen Phillips and Catherine Middleton Burgess had one son, William Norman St Clare PHILLIPS (aka Norman) who married Edith Winifred TIDCOMBE. In the Second World War Norman was involved in observation activities. The family have recollections that his records were passed to a military museum in the Paignton/Devon area. They had one son, David St Clare PHILLIPS who it is believe did National Service; regretuabley in 1950 he died at the young age of just 20 from polio.