There are parents - Edna B. (Ellis) Phillips wife of John Phillips on this Boston birth record. Don't know if it helps?
Massachusetts, Births, 1841-1915
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Edna Jessie Margaret Phillips Female
Birth 05 Nov 1912 Boston, Massachusetts
Residence 336 Hyde Park Ave.
registration Year: 1912
registration place: Boston, MA (287 no. 12872)
recorded date: Nov 14
father: John B. Phillips birthplace New Brunswick
mother: Edna B. Ellis birthplace Nova Scotia