Esther Church Phillips (1895 - 1993)

Born 24 Nov 1895 in Hanover, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

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Died 24 May 1993 at age 97 in Rockland, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Esther Church Phillips was born in November, 1895 ^[1] at Hanover, Massachusetts. ^[2][3][4] She was the daughter of Waldo Phillips and Letta Stetson. ^[3]

Esther never married. ^[3]

Born in Hanover, Massachusetts, she lived there most of her life:

• 1900 - age 5, living with her parents and a brother in Hanover, Massachusetts ^[4]
• 1920 - age 24, single, living with her parents and a brother and a sister on Hanover Street, Hanover Town, Massachusetts ^[5]
• 1930 - age 33, single, living with her father and a housekeeper, Julia Nash, in a house on Hanover Street owned by her father (worth $4,000) in Hanover, Massachusetts. ^[6]
• 1940 - age 44, single, living with her father, and his 2nd wife, Marion, on Spring Street in South Hanover, (Hanover Center), Massachusetts ^[7]
• 1950 - age 54, single, living with her father and step-mother on Hanover Street, Hanover, Massachusetts ^[8]

She was the Special Assistant for the dining Car Service of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Rail Road, and a member of the American Council of Railroad Women. ^[3]

• 1920 - Stenographer, Brick Store ^[5]
• 1930 - Editor of a Railroad Magazine ^[5]
• 1940 - Stenographer, Railroad Office ^[7]
• 1950 - No Occupation ^[8]

In 1950 she took a cruise to Bermuda ^[9]

She passed away in May 1993, unmarried, age 98 at Rockland, Massachusetts. ^[10][1] She is buried with her parents at the Hanover Center Cemetery, Hanover, Massachusetts ^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JB4F-9JX : 11 January 2021), Esther C Phillips, 24 May 1993; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
2. ↑ (Given name Ester) "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-68N7-323?cc=1928860 : 30 November 2022), > image 1 of 1; State Archives, Boston.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} Stetson; Vol 1, No. 3, Pge 213
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6QX3-63T?cc=1325221&wc=9B7S-S59%3A1030549901%2C1034441201%2C1035346601 : 5 August 2014), Massachusetts > Plymouth > ED 1124 Hanover Town > image 23 of 44; citing NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GR6L-VLQ?cc=1488411&wc=QZJP-TWP%3A1036470801%2C1038322901%2C1036513301%2C1589332294 : 11 September 2019), Massachusetts > Plymouth > Hanover > ED 109 > image 19 of 52; citing NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRHW-3YN?cc=1810731&wc=QZF3-J6M%3A648804401%2C651035601%2C648825001%2C1589282520 : 8 December 2015), Massachusetts > Plymouth > Hanover > ED 61 > image 16 of 34; citing NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002).
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9M1-7NG7?cc=2000219&wc=QZXY-5LM%3A790102901%2C797740001%2C790849101%2C953182801 : accessed 2 February 2023), Massachusetts > Plymouth > Hanover Town > 12-91 Hanover Town bounded by (N) Hanover, Church, Broadway; (E) Town Line; (S) Indian Head River; (W) Cross, Center; also Hanover (part), Hanover Center (part), South Hanover (part) > image 8 of 17; citing Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} 1950 Census of Population and Housing; U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census; Form P1, Sheet 8
9. ↑ "New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-994K-C452?cc=1923888&wc=MFKC-NZS%3A1030214101 : 21 May 2014), 7920 - vol 17254-17256, Nov 29, 1950 > image 610 of 1350; citing NARA microfilm publication T715 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
10. ↑ "Massachusetts Death Index, 1970-2003", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZBS-681 : 13 June 2019), Esther C Phillips, 1993.
11. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/203835679/esther-church-phillips: accessed 02 February 2023), memorial page for Esther Church Phillips (24 Nov 1895–24 May 1993), Find a Grave Memorial ID 203835679, citing Hanover Center Cemetery, Hanover, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Cheshire (contributor 47921031).

See Also:

• Find A Grave: Memorial #203835679
• Stetson, O.F., Ed.; Descendants of Cornet Robert Stetson of Scituate, Massachusetts (Stetson Kindred of America, Inc., 1933)
• Various Contributors; Family Tree entry forEsther Church Phillips; FamilySearch Person: 9J8Q-XVW; accessed January, 2023; © 2023 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. A service provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints