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First Generation

1. Edward Thomas FRATER was born in 1804 (approx.) in Rochester, Kent. He married Rebecca JACOB on 5 May 1828 in Frindsbury, Kent. 1 They appeared in the census on 6 June 1841 in Rochester. In 1848 he was a Shoemaker in St Margarets, Rochester. In 1851 he was a Bootmaker in St Margarets. He and Rebecca JACOB appeared in the census on 30 March 1851 in St Margarets. In 1861 he was a Cordwainer in Rochester. He and Rebecca JACOB appeared in the census on 7 April 1861 in Rochester. In 1871 he was a Shoemaker in Rochester. He and Rebecca JACOB appeared in the census on 2 April 1871 in Rochester. In 1875 he was a Bootmaker. He died Q2 1881 in Rochester. 2

 

Rebecca JACOB , daughter of James JACOB ( - ) and Mercy [JACOB] ( - ), was born in 1802 (approx.) in Faversham, Kent. She was christened on 2 September 1804 in Faversham. 1 She died Q2 1873 in Rochester. 3 She and Edward Thomas FRATER had the following children:

 

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Thomas FRATER (1828- )

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Henry FRATER (1837- )

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Louisa Jane FRATER (1837- )

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John FRATER (1839- )

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Eliza FRATER (1841- )

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Charlotte FRATER (1848-1911)

Second Generation

2. Thomas FRATER , son of Edward Thomas FRATER and Rebecca JACOB, was born in 1828.

 

3. Henry FRATER , son of Edward Thomas FRATER and Rebecca JACOB, was born in 1837.

 

4. Louisa Jane FRATER , daughter of Edward Thomas FRATER and Rebecca JACOB, was born on 4 June 1837 in Rochester, Kent. She was christened on 13 August 1837 in Rochester.

 

5. John FRATER , son of Edward Thomas FRATER and Rebecca JACOB, was born in 1839.

 

6. Eliza FRATER , daughter of Edward Thomas FRATER and Rebecca JACOB, was born in 1841.

 

7. Charlotte FRATER , 4 daughter of Edward Thomas FRATER and Rebecca JACOB, was born on 4 September 1848 in Rochester. 5,6 She appeared in the census on 30 March 1851 in St Margarets, Rochester. She appeared in the census on 7 April 1861 in Rochester. She appeared in the census on 2 April 1871 in Rochester. She married Richard Edward PHILLIPS on 18 October 1875 in Rochester. 7 They appeared in the census on 3 April 1881 in Strood, Kent. She appeared in the census on 5 April 1891 in Strood. She and Richard Edward PHILLIPS appeared in the census on 31 March 1901 in Rochester. She died Q1 1911 in Medway, Kent. 8

 

Richard Edward PHILLIPS , son of Henry PHILLIPS (1812-1881) and Eliza Susannah PAGE (1816?-1889), was born on 3 December 1852 in Strood. 9 He appeared in the census on 7 April 1861 in Strood. He appeared in the census on 2 April 1871 in Essex. In 1871 he was a Ships Mate. In 1875 he was a Mariner in Rochester. In 1881 he was a Master of Vessel in Rochester. In 1901 he was a Mariner in Rochester. He appeared in the census on 3 April 1911 in Rochester. He died Q4 1912 in Medway. 10 He and Charlotte FRATER had the following children:

 

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Henry Edward PHILLIPS (1876-1952)

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Richard PHILLIPS (1877-1941)

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James William PHILLIPS (1879-1945)

Third Generation

8. Henry Edward PHILLIPS , son of Richard Edward PHILLIPS and Charlotte FRATER, was born Q3 1876 in Strood, Kent. 11 He appeared in the census on 3 April 1881 in Strood. He appeared in the census on 31 March 1901 in Tring, Hertfordshire. He married Florence Mary WILLIAMS Q3 1902 in Kent. 12 He died Q2 1952 in Chatham, Kent. 13

 

Florence Mary WILLIAMS was born in 1878. She died Q4 1961 in Kent. 14 She and Henry Edward PHILLIPS had the following children:

 

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Edward PHILLIPS ( - )

 

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      Richard PHILLIPS, 1933, age 55
 
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      Spouse: Daisy Sarah WOOLLETT, 1933, age 51
 

9. Richard PHILLIPS , son of Richard Edward PHILLIPS and Charlotte FRATER, was born on 18 November 1877 in Strood. 15 He appeared in the census on 3 April 1881 in Strood. He married Daisy Sarah WOOLLETT on 26 December 1900 in Rochester, Kent. 16 He appeared in the census on 31 March 1901 in Halling, Kent. He was a Merchant Service. He appeared in the census on 2 April 1911 in Rochester. He died on 17 June 1941 in Strood.

 

Daisy Sarah WOOLLETT was born on 11 September 1881 in Chatham. 17 She appeared in the census on 2 April 1911 in Rochester. She died on 30 December 1969 in Strood. She and Richard PHILLIPS had the following children:

 

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Richard Walter PHILLIPS (1901-1914)

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Ivy Charlotte PHILLIPS (1904-1940)

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Harry William PHILLIPS (1908-1984)

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Daisy Jessie PHILLIPS (1910-2000)

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Edward James PHILLIPS (1913-1982)

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Eric Victor PHILLIPS (1918-1995)

 

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      James William PHILLIPS
 
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      Spouse: Florence Ada MILNER
 

10. James William PHILLIPS , son of Richard Edward PHILLIPS and Charlotte FRATER, was born Q2 1879 in Strood. 18 He was christened on 4 January 1880 in Strood. He appeared in the census on 3 April 1881 in Strood. He appeared in the census on 5 April 1891 in Strood. He appeared in the census on 31 March 1901 in Sheerness, Kent. In 1901 he was a Drapers Assistant in Sheerness. In 1904 he was a Boot Salesman. In 1904 he was resident in Fulham. He married Florence Ada MILNER on 23 August 1904 in Sheerness. 19 They appeared in the census on 3 April 1911 in Woolwich, London. He died Q1 1945 in Oxford. 20

 

Florence Ada MILNER , daughter of Mark Samuel MILNER (1840-1879) and Sarah RICKWOOD (1839-1922), was born on 11 June 1879 in Sheerness. 21 She appeared in the census on 3 April 1881 in Sheerness. She appeared in the census on 5 April 1891 in Sheerness. In 1901 she was a Drapers Assistant in Sheerness. She appeared in the census on 31 March 1901 in Sheerness. She died Q2 1949 in Oxford. 22 She and James William PHILLIPS had the following children:

 

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James Milner PHILLIPS (1905-1974)

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Victor Alfred PHILLIPS (1908-1969)

Fourth Generation

11. Edward PHILLIPS was the son of Henry Edward PHILLIPS and Florence Mary WILLIAMS.

 

12. Richard Walter PHILLIPS , son of Richard PHILLIPS and Daisy Sarah WOOLLETT, was born on 30 September 1901 in Rochester, Kent. He died on 23 March 1914 in Strood, Kent.

 

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      Ivy Charlotte PHILLIPS, 1933, age 29
 

13. Ivy Charlotte PHILLIPS , daughter of Richard PHILLIPS and Daisy Sarah WOOLLETT, was born on 31 July 1904 in Rochester. She appeared in the census on 2 April 1911 in Rochester. She married Stanley Joseph MACEY on 26 December 1927 in Strood. She died on 1 November 1940 in Hastings, Sussex.

 

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      Harry William PHILLIPS, 1933, age 25
 

14. Harry William PHILLIPS , son of Richard PHILLIPS and Daisy Sarah WOOLLETT, was born on 17 January 1908 in Rochester. He appeared in the census on 2 April 1911 in Rochester. He died on 29 January 1984 in Gillingham, Kent.

 

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      Daisy Jessie PHILLIPS, 1933, age 22
 

15. Daisy Jessie PHILLIPS , daughter of Richard PHILLIPS and Daisy Sarah WOOLLETT, was born on 7 December 1910 in Rochester. She appeared in the census on 2 April 1911 in Rochester. She married Frank Frederick KEELER on 15 May 1937 in Strood. She died on 19 August 2000 in Wingham, Kent.

 

Frank Frederick KEELER was born Q2 1913 in Reading, Berkshire. 23 He died Q2 1964 in Chatham, Kent. 24

 

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      Edward James PHILLIPS, 1933, age 20
 

16. Edward James PHILLIPS , son of Richard PHILLIPS and Daisy Sarah WOOLLETT, was born in March 1913 in Strood. He married Iris Stella GARDNER on 2 March 1940 in Strood. 25 He died on 6 July 1982 in Chatham.

 

Iris Stella GARDNER was born on 4 August 1913 in Strood. 26 She died in June 1990 in Chatham. 27

 

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      Eric Victor PHILLIPS, 1933, age 14
 

17. Eric Victor PHILLIPS , son of Richard PHILLIPS and Daisy Sarah WOOLLETT, was born in October 1918 in Strood. He married Elinor WATKINS in August 1940 in Chelsea, London. He died on 19 October 1995 in Rochester.

 

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      James Milner PHILLIPS
 
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      Spouse: Gladys Florence STEPHENS, 10 c1960
 

18. James Milner PHILLIPS , son of James William PHILLIPS and Florence Ada MILNER, was born on 1 July 1905 in Chelmsford. 28 He appeared in the census on 3 April 1911 in Woolwich, London. He married Gladys Florence STEPHENS Q4 1929 in Headington, Oxford. 29 They arrived in New York on 4 October 1950. They arrived in Plymouth, Devon on 17 November 1950. 30 He died in December 1974 in Stow on the Wold, Gloucestershire. 31

 

Gladys Florence STEPHENS , daughter of Henry STEPHENS (1875-1942) and Fanny ROLFE (1874-1946), was born on 12 May 1906 in Headington. 32 She appeared in the census on 2 April 1911 in Headington. She died in May 1991 in Leamington, Warwickshire. 33

 

19. Victor Alfred PHILLIPS , son of James William PHILLIPS and Florence Ada MILNER, was born on 28 May 1908 in Sevenoaks, Kent. 34 He appeared in the census on 3 April 1911 in Woolwich. He married Kathleen PRIESTLEY Q3 1935 in Oxford. 35 He died Q3 1969 in Chichester, Sussex. 36

Sources

1"International Genealogy Index".
2"General Record Office Death Index". North Aylesford, Kent 2a 273. Cit. Date: Q2 1881. Assessment: Primary evidence.
Text From Source: Edward FRATER aged 77
3Ibid. Medway 2a 242. Cit. Date: Q2 1873. Assessment: Primary evidence.
Text From Source: Rebecca FRATER aged 71
4"Census Returns of England and Wales 1881".
5"General Record Office Birth Index". Medway Kent 5 397. Cit. Date: Q4 1848. Assessment: Primary evidence.
Text From Source: Charlotte FRATER
6"General Register Office Birth Certificate".
7"General Record Office Marriage Index". Medway, Kent 2a 834. Cit. Date: December 1875. Assessment: Primary evidence.
Text From Source: Charlotte Frater & Richard Edward Phillips
Appear on the same page.
8"General Record Office Death Index". Medway 2a 477. Cit. Date: Q1 1911. Assessment: Secondary evidence.
Text From Source: Charlotte Phillips aged 62
9"General Record Office Birth Index". North Aylesford, Kent 2a 257. Cit. Date: March 1853. Assessment: Primary evidence.
Text From Source: Richard Edward Phillips
North Aylesford is the registration district with covers Rochester/Strood
10"General Record Office Death Index". Medway 2a 749. Cit. Date: Q4 1912. Assessment: Secondary evidence.
Text From Source: Richard E Phillips aged 59
11"General Record Office Birth Index". Medway, Kent 2a 479. Cit. Date: Q3 1876. Assessment: Secondary evidence.
Text From Source: Henry Edward Phillips
12"General Record Office Marriage Index". Medway 2a 1432. Cit. Date: Q3 1902.
13"General Record Office Death Index". Chatham 5b 299. Cit. Date: Q2 1952. Assessment: Primary evidence.
Text From Source: Henry Phillips
14Ibid. Ashford 5b 32. Cit. Date: Q4 1961. Assessment: Primary evidence.
Text From Source: Florence M Phillips
15"General Record Office Birth Index". North Aylesford, Kent 2a 469. Cit. Date: December 1877. Assessment: Primary evidence.
Text From Source: Richard Phillips
16"General Record Office Marriage Index". Medway, Kent 2a 1256. Cit. Date: Q4 1900. Assessment: Primary evidence.
Text From Source: Daisy Sarah Woollett & Richard Phillips
Appear on the same page. Daisy's middle initial is S on the 1901 census.
17"General Record Office Birth Index". Medway 2a 551. Cit. Date: December 1881. Assessment: Primary evidence.
Text From Source: Daisy Sarah Woollett
18Ibid. Q2 1879 North Aylesford Kent 2a 478. Cit. Date: Q2 1879. Assessment: Primary evidence.
19"General Record Office Marriage Index". Q3 1904 Sheppey Vol 2a 2063. Cit. Date: Q3 1904. Assessment: Primary evidence.
20"General Record Office Death Index". Oxford 3a 2028. Cit. Date: Q1 1945. Assessment: Primary evidence.
Text From Source: James W Phillips
21"General Record Office Birth Index". Sheppey, Kent 2a 847. Cit. Date: Q3 1879. Assessment: Primary evidence.
Text From Source: Florence Ada MILLINER
22"General Record Office Death Index". Oxford 6b 801. Cit. Date: Q2 1949. Assessment: Primary evidence.
Text From Source: Florence A Phillips
23"General Record Office Birth Index". Reading 2c 713. Cit. Date: Q2 1913.
Text From Source: Frank F Keeler. Mother Feist.
24"General Record Office Death Index". Chatham 5b 275. Cit. Date: Q2 1964.
Text From Source: Frank F Keeler 50
25"General Record Office Marriage Index". Strood 2a 2029. Cit. Date: Q1 1940.
Text From Source: Iris S Gardner
26"General Record Office Birth Index". Strood 2a 1502. Cit. Date: Q3 1913.
27"General Record Office Death Index". Chatham 16 553. Cit. Date: June 1990.
Text From Source: Iris Stella Phillips 76
28"General Record Office Birth Index". Chelmsford vol 4a page 672. Cit. Date: September 1905. Assessment: Primary evidence.
Text From Source: James Milner Phillips
29"General Record Office Marriage Index". Headington 3a 2715. Cit. Date: Q4 1929.
30"UK Incoming Passenger Lists" (Board of Trade: Commercial and Statistical Department and successors: Inwards Passenger Lists. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA). Series BT26, 1,472 pieces.). Class: BT26; Piece: 1264; Item 250.
31"General Record Office Death Index". N Cotswold 22 2054. Cit. Date: December 1974. Assessment: Primary evidence.
Text From Source: James Milner Phillips
32"General Record Office Birth Index". Headington 3a 1073. Cit. Date: June 1906. Assessment: Primary evidence.
On same page as twin Dorothy Annie
33"General Record Office Death Index". Mid Warcks [sic] 31 439. Cit. Date: May 1991. Assessment: Primary evidence.
34"General Record Office Birth Index". Sevenoaks, Kent 2a 864. Cit. Date: Q2 1908. Assessment: Secondary evidence.
Text From Source: Victor Alfred Phillips
35"General Record Office Marriage Index". Oxford 3a 4489. Cit. Date: Q3 1935. Assessment: Primary evidence.
Text From Source: Victor A Phillips & Kathleen Priestley
36"General Record Office Death Index". Chichester 5h 1552. Cit. Date: Q3 1969. Assessment: Secondary evidence.
Text From Source: Victor Alfred Phillips
Entry in death index confirms DOB as 28/5/1908