William Harold Phillips

1895 - 1959  (63 years)

• Name	William Harold Phillips  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	18 Aug 1895	Brookline, Norfolk, MA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	1959
  Person ID	I18364	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	16 May 2026

  
  

  Father	John J Phillips,   b. Abt 1852   d. Aft 1930 (Age > 79 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Octavia Richards,   b. 1858, Nova Scotia, Canada
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1877  [4]
  Family ID	F6492	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family
  Children	1. Living
  Family ID	F7486	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 May 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Information provided by Michael Phillips on 4 August 2015" My Dad and his Dad are William Harold Phillips. However, in the 1900, 1910, and 1920 census records my grandfather is listed as Harold. In 1930 and 1940 he is listed as William, after he married. He worked at Plant Shoe factory in Roxbury Crossing, Boston. The owner of the shoe factory built "Castle in the Clouds" in NH; but the depression took its toll on the factory and the workers. The Castle was sold, the shoe factory closed, and my grandfather lost his job and his house at 6 Parker Place. Parker Place was the name of two streets near Roxbury crossing, and hopefully with a trip with my Dad we can figure out which place they lived. The names of the streets have changed since the 1930s and there is no Parker Place in Boston now. Grandfather moved to Hingham, Ma. Supposedly they bought, over time 3 houses at Chestnut Place, kind of a cul de sac above the Weir river and an estuary. However, in reviewing the Plymouth county Register of Deeds records, online, a cousin may have owned, or also owned, the properties, or one of the properties. My grandfather died in 1959.

  
  

• Sources

  [S94] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1920; Census Place: Boston Ward 14, Suffolk, Massachusetts; Roll: T625_736; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 366; Image: 116. Record for John J Phillips http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1920usfedcen&h=39518726&indiv=try [S109] Ancestry.com, U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Registration State: Massachusetts; Registration County: Suffolk; Roll: 1685006; Draft Board: 14. Record for William Harold Phillips http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=WW1draft&h=15089655&indiv=try [S108] Ancestry.com, U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), The National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; World War II Draft Cards (Fourth Registration) for the State of Massachusetts; State Headquarters: Massachusetts; Microfilm Series: M2090; Microfilm Roll: 122. Record for William Harold Phillips http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=WWIIdraft&h=7258499&indiv=try [S134] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Boston Ward 22, Suffolk, Massachusetts; Roll: 687; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 1491; FHL microfilm: 1240687. Record for Ethel O Phillips http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1900usfedcen&h=24142358&indiv=try