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Sophia Phillips 1912 – 2001 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 11 FEB 1912

Birth Location: Brandon, Co. Durham

Death Date: 16 MAY 2001

Death Location: Wrexham, Denbighshire, Wales

Father: John Phillips

Mother: Elizabeth Wilson

Spouse(s): Arthur Walton, Wilfred Evans

Children(s): Hazel Walton, Irene Walton, John Walton*

Sophia Phillips was born in 1912 in Brandon, Co. Durham, the child of John James (Jack) Phillips and Elizabeth (Eliza) Jane Wilson. Sophia Phillips married Arthur Walton, Wilfred Watkin Evans, and had children including Hazel Walton, Irene A. Walton, John A. Walton*. Sophia Phillips passed away in 2001 in Wrexham, Denbighshire, Wales.

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Biography

  • Sophia Phillips was born in 1912 in Brandon, Co. Durham, the child of John James (Jack) Phillips and Elizabeth (Eliza) Jane Wilson.
  • Sophia Phillips married Arthur Walton, Wilfred Watkin Evans, and had children including Hazel Walton, Irene A. Walton, John A. Walton*.
  • Sophia Phillips passed away in 2001 in Wrexham, Denbighshire, Wales.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Phillips
1886 – 1966
Birth Location: Sedgefield, Co. Durham
JP
Elizabeth Wilson
1887 – 1979
Birth Location: Houghton-le-Spring, Co. Durham
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Spouses(s)

Arthur Walton
1910 – 1992
Birth Location: Wombwell, Barnsley, Yorkshire
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Wilfred Evans
1920 – 1987
Birth Location: 33A High Street, Cefn Mawr, Wrexham, Denbighshire, Wales
WE

Children(s)

Hazel Walton
1933 –
Birth Location: Thorne Registration District, Yorkshire (West Riding)
HW
Irene Walton
1935 –
Birth Location: Thorne Registration District, Yorkshire (West Riding)
IW
John Walton*
1938 –
Birth Location: Thorne Registration District, Yorkshire (West Riding)
JW

Sophia Phillips's Ancestors

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Sophia Phillips
1912 – 2001
Birth Place: Brandon, Co. Durham
Parents
John James (Jack) Phillips
1886 – 1966
Sedgefield, Co. Durham
Elizabeth ((Eliza) Jane) Wilson
1887 – 1979
Houghton-le-Spring, Co. Durham
Grandparents
William (Edwin Goodwin) Phillips
1865 – 1940
Hanley, Staffordshire
Sophia Raine
1865 – 1942
Mount Pleasant, Spennymoor, Co. Durham
Great-Grandparents
Robert Raine
1828 – 1899
Mary Stolbert
1837 – 1911
2nd-Great-Grandparents
James Stobart
1809 – 1872
Mary White
1815 – 1878

Sophia Phillips's Descendants

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Sophia Phillips (11 FEB 1912 – 16 MAY 2001) m. Arthur Walton (11 APR 1910 – 20 JUN 1992) m. Wilfred (Watkin) Evans (22 AUG 1920 – 13 OCT 1987)
  1. 1. Hazel Walton (ABT AUG 1933 – )
  2. 2. Irene (A.) Walton (ABT JUL 1935 – )
  3. 3. John (A.) Walton* (ABT MAY 1938 – )

Sophia Phillips's Timeline

2 Records

1912
11 FEB 1912
Birth of Sophia Phillips in Brandon, Co. Durham
Brandon, Co. Durham
2001
16 MAY 2001
Age 89
Death of Sophia Phillips in Wrexham, Denbighshire, Wales
Wrexham, Denbighshire, Wales

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 11 FEB 1912
    Event Place: Brandon, Co. Durham

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 MAY 2001
    Event Place: Wrexham, Denbighshire, Wales
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