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Myrtle Belle Riggs 1901–1965 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Sep 10, 1901

Birth Location: Bonham, Fannin, Texas, United States

Death Date: Sep 28 1965

Death Location: Red Bluff, Tehama, California, USA

Father: Thomas Riggs

Mother: Sarah Fennel

Spouse(s): Henry Phillipy

Children(s): Ona Phillipy, Mary Phillipy, Dorothy Phillipy

Myrtle Belle Riggs was born in 1901 in Bonham, Fannin, Texas, United States, the child of Thomas Jackson Riggs And Sarah Elizabeth Lizzie Fennel. Myrtle Belle Riggs married Henry Clinton Phillipy, and had children including Dorothy Elizabeth Phillipy, Mary Louise Phillipy, Ona B Phillipy. Myrtle Belle Riggs passed away in 1965 in Red Bluff, Tehama, California, USA.

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Biography

  • Myrtle Belle Riggs was born in 1901 in Bonham, Fannin, Texas, United States, the child of Thomas Jackson Riggs And Sarah Elizabeth Lizzie Fennel.
  • Myrtle Belle Riggs married Henry Clinton Phillipy, and had children including Dorothy Elizabeth Phillipy, Mary Louise Phillipy, Ona B Phillipy.
  • Myrtle Belle Riggs passed away in 1965 in Red Bluff, Tehama, California, USA.

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Myrtle Riggs's Ancestors

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Myrtle Riggs
1901–1965
Birth Place: Bonham, Fannin, Texas, United States
Parents
Thomas Jackson Riggs
1872–1959
Etowah, McMinn, Tennessee, USA
Sarah (Elizabeth (Lizzie)) Fennel
1877–1913
Missouri, USA
Grandparents
Jessie (J) Riggs
1852–1930
McMinn County, Tennessee, United States of America
Martha (J.) Baker
1854–1928
Monroe, Tennessee
Monroe (Channel) Fennel
–1896
Harrison, Hamilton Co, Tennessee
Mary (Elizabeth) Miles
1850–1916
Tennessee, USA
Great-Grandparents
Charles Riggs
1800–1881
Lucinda Philpott
1809–1881
David Baker
1817–1899
Mary Barnett
1825–1894
Thomas Fennell
1815–1860
Emaline Bryant
1820–1882
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Myrtle Riggs's Descendants

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Myrtle (Belle) Riggs (Sep 10, 1901–Sep 28 1965) m. Henry (Clinton) Phillipy (2 Oct 1898–8 Jul 1970)
  1. 1. Ona (B) Phillipy 1923–2019 m. Lionel (C) Radford 1922–1976
  2. 2. Mary (Louise) Phillipy 1919–1991
  3. 3. Dorothy (Elizabeth) Phillipy 1926–2012

Myrtle Riggs's Timeline

2 Records

1901
Sep 10, 1901
Birth of Myrtle Belle Riggs in Bonham, Fannin, Texas, United States
Bonham, Fannin, Texas, United States
1965
Sep 28 1965
Age 64
Death of Myrtle Belle Riggs in Red Bluff, Tehama, California, USA
Red Bluff, Tehama, California, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Sep 10, 1901
    Event Place: Bonham, Fannin, Texas, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Sep 28 1965
    Event Place: Red Bluff, Tehama, California, USA

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