John
Philp
Born in Padstow, Cornwall, England
Ancestors 
Son of William Henry Philp
and Eliza (Young) Philp
Brother of
Richard Thomas Philp, William Henry Philp, Stephen Philp, James Albert Philp, Mary Ann (Philp) Richards, Eliza Ellen Philp, Emily (Philp) Lyndon and Sarah Jane Philp
Husband of
Margaret Rose (Talbot) Philp
— married
17 May 1883 in Milparinka, New South Wales, Australia
Descendants 
Father of
Mary Eliza (Philp) Bentley, Emily (Philp) Brown, John Philp Jr, Susan (Philp) Williams, Margaret Hilda (Philp) Foy and Alexander James Philp
Died
at age 40
in Sylvester St, Coolgardie, Western Australia, Australia
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| Created 29 Jun 2017
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Biography
John Philp was born in Cornwall, England.
John Philp migrated from Cornwall, England to Australia in 1880s.
Born on 7 May 1857 at Padstow, Cornwall, England to parents William Henry Philp (seaman) & Eliza Young [1]
On 7 April 1861, aged 4, he lived at 31 The Strand, Padstow, Cornwall, England with mother Eliza Philp (31) and siblings: Richard Thomas Philp (8), William Thomas Philp (6) & Stephen Philp (2) [2]
On 2 April 1871, aged 13, he lived in Portreath, Cornwall, England with parents William H Philp (41) & Eliza Philp (40) and siblings: Richard J Philp (18), William H Philp (16), Stephen Philp (11), Thomas A Philp (9), Mary A Philp (5), Eliza E Philp (3) & Emily Philp (1) [3]
He emigrated to Australia sometime in the 1870s to early 1880s. He is the only one in his family that emigrated at that time. His married eldest brother Richard Thomas Philp moved to Cumberland, England in the mid 1870s then to Australia in 1887.
John Philp married Margaret Rose Talbot on 17 May 1883 in Milparinka, New South Wales, Australia [4]
Children
- Mary Eliza Philp (1884–1963)
- Emily Philp (1886–1971)
- John Philp Jnr (1888–1929)
- Susan Edna Philp (1891–1972)
- Margaret Hilda Philp (1892–1978)
- Alexander James Philp (1898–1973 )
In 1884 they lived in Tibooburra, New South Wales, Australia then moved to Broken Hill, Darling, New South Wales [5] In the early 1890s they moved to Coolgardie, Western Australia, Australia. Coolgardie is one of the major towns in the goldfields of Western Australia, and is located 510 kilometres east of Perth. Gold was discovered here by Bailey and Ford in 1892, and the townsite of Coolgardie was gazetted in 1893.
On 17 July 1895 the Presbyterian Church at Coolgardie, Western Australia opened, built by builders Philp & Royle.
On 13 January 1898 he committed suicide in Sylvester St, Coolgardie, Western Australia [6][7]
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He was buried at the Coolgardie Cemetery. [8]
- Ancestry,com DNA Matches - through his son John Philp Jnr and his great grand daughter Norma Capel who shares 166 cM across 10 segments with Francis James Bentley Taylor, great grandson of his daughter Mary Eliza Philp.
- Ancestry,com DNA Matches - through his brother William Henry Philp and William's descendants, Rebecca Zanetti who shares 94 cM across 4 segments and JR Philp who shares 46 cM across 3 segments, with John's great grand daughter Norma Capel.
Sources
- ↑ Copy of Birth Certificate
- ↑ 1861 England Census
- ↑ 1871 England Census
- ↑ Australia, Marriage Index, Registration Number 7260/1883
- ↑ 1891 New South Wales, Australia Census
- ↑ Newspaper article
- ↑ Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985
- ↑ Find A Grave
- Copy of Birth Certificate uploaded by nicjones25 at Ancestry.com
- 1891 New South Wales, Australia Census
- Source: S217624750 Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.Ancestry Family Tree Ancestry Family Tree 118888416
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
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~12.50%
Norma (Capel) Woods
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A893135 [compare]
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~6.25%
Tony Woods :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A072606 [compare], yourDNAportal ANT0cb7fbcd, Ancestry member TonyWoods
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MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch A072606 [compare]
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