| Title | Phillips / Bolton Family Tree |
| Abstract | This Phillips family was originally from Hertfordshire but by the late 19th Century were mostly settled in the Mill Hill area of London.
The 1939 Electoral Roll shows that both Sidney Harold Phillips and his sister-in-law Ethel Maud Phillips had holiday cottages in East Mersea - the White Cottage, Shop Land and "The Beach". After WW2, this connection with Mersea resulted in both families settling in West Mersea - at Chisamba in Lower Kingsland Road and The Roseries in Yorick Road. Beryl Phillips married George Milgate in 1960 - they had no children and when Beryl died, there were no longer any members of the family living in Mersea.
When Peter Phillips house in Lower Kingsland Road was cleared, a journal was found in the loft. It was written by George Peter Phillips and records a journey to America on CITY OF PARIS in 1873. See Journal of Mr Phillips
Ethel Maud Bolton married Vivian Ulysses Phillips, and this links us to the Bolton family, who came mainly from the Lambeth and Camberwell area of South London. Peter Bolton born c1851 settled in Mill Hill, Middlesex, and kept Bolton's Stores there. Several of the family worked in the shop and Post Office Business. Others spread round the world. Rose and Alice married brothers Charles and Frederick North and settled in Canada. Louisa married Howard Suckling and settled in South Africa - they thought Canada too cold. Others eventually moved to the Southend on Sea area. But the Mersea link - Maud Phillips and her brother Sydney came to Mersea, as described above.
Phillips Tree
1. Charles PHILLIPS (1811-1884) born Barnet, died Ware, Hertfordshire.
. . m Susannah PHILLIPS (abt 1815 -) born Barnet.
. . a. Susannah Phillips b 1837
. . b. Philip Phillips b 1839
. . c. Charles Phillips b 1841
. . d. Emma Phillips b 1843
. . e. Samuel Phillips b 1845 Totteridge
. . f. Agnes Phillips b 1847 TLY_AB2_113
. . g. Ernest Phillips b 1852
. . h. Mary Phillips b 1853
. . i. Rosa Phillips b 1859 Totteridge
. . j. George Peter PHILLIPS (abt 1850 - 1902) born Totteridge, Herts. died Hendon, Middlesex. TLY_AB2_103
. . . . m Hannah PHILLIPS (abt 1852 - ) born Cambridgeshire d Sep 1923 buried Mill Hill
. . . . 1. Florence M. Phillips b 1879
. . . . 2. George Charles Vasco Phillips b 1882 d 3 May 1917 TLY_AB2_029
. . . . 3. Vivian Ulysses Phillips b 7 May 1885 died 14 Nov 1944 buried Mill Hill TLY_AB2_003
. . . . . . m 28 July 1913 Ethel Maud Bolton at Hendon born 10 Dec 1889 Brixton MMC_2017_11_002B_001
. . . . . . . (Known as Maud. See Bolton tree below)
. . . . . . a. Stella Maud Phillips b 31 May 1914 d Dec 2005
. . . . . . b. Beryl V. Phillips b c1920 lived Mersea from c1951
. . . . . . . . m 2 Jul 1960 Ernest George Milgate b c1921 MMC_2017_11_002B_001
. . . . 4. Sydney Harold Phillips b 23 Nov 1887 d Aug 1948 East Mersea
. . . . . . m 1915 Grace Bennett b 13 February 1888 d c1969 buried East Mersea 10 Jan 1969
. . . . . . . a. Peter G. Phillips b 17 Dec 1919 (living Goings Lane Mersea 1955 - 1978)
Bolton Tree
1. Peter Jones Bolton d Apr 1932
. . a. Peter Bolton b c1851 Lambeth
. . . . m 17 Apr 1871 Alice Colling b c1851 Marylebone
. . . . 1. Rose Annie Bolton b c1872 d 1967 Saskatchewan Canada
. . . . . . m 28 Jun 1890 Brixton Charles George North b c1871 Stratford Essex d 1941 Saskatchewan
. . . . . . a. Charles G. North b c1890 Brixton
. . . . . . b. Peter Robert North chr 30 Sep 1894 Brixton
. . . . 1. Alice Matilda Bolton b 30 Feb 1870 d 19 Apr 1953 British Columbia
. . . . . . m. 29 Apr 1896 Lambeth Frederick Walter North b 24 Mar 1875 Stratford Essex d 21 Dec 1969 British Columbia
. . . . . . a. Constance A. North b 1901 East Ham
. . . . . . b. Leonel E. North b 1901 East Ham
. . . . . . c. Kenneth Arthur North
. . . . . . a. Nora Mae North
. . . . . . b. Robert John North
. . . . 2. Louisa Jane Bolton b c1874 Camberwell d 1964
. . . . . . m cApr 1893 Howard James Suckling b c1873 Kings Norton d 30 Jun 1964
. . . . . . a. Cecil H. Suckling b c1895 Beddington Surrey
. . . . . . . . m. TLY_AB2_163
. . . . . . . . 1. Eileen Suckling
. . . . . . . . 2. Dolly
. . . . . . b. Dorothy L. Suckling b c1900
. . . . . . c. Leonard
. . . . . . . . m. TLY_AB2_169
. . . . . . e. Marjorie b c1911 TLY_AB2_121
. . . . . . . . m Cyril
. . . . . . f. Edna b c1913 TLY_AB2_187
. . . . 3. Nellie Kate b 11 Aug 1876 Camberwell d 6 Jun 1958 Devon
. . . . . . m. c Apr 1901 Hendon William Thomas Wilson b 15 Jun 1876 Upminster TLY_AB2_303
. . . . . . a. Leslie William Wilson b c1901 Southend
. . . . . . b. Doris Maud b c1904 Southend TLY_AB2_305
. . . . . . c. Frederick Arthur Charles Wilson b c1907 Southend
. . . . . . d. Nellie Kathleen Wilson b c1910 Southend TLY_AB2_305
. . . . . . e. Ronald J Wilson b 20 Mar 1915
. . . . 4, Florence Edith Bolton b 20 May 1879 Camberwell d cJul 1943 Croydon
. . . . . . m. c1898 Robert John Baker b 13 May 1879 Lamberth
. . . . . . a. Doris Constance Baker b 2 Jun 1899 Stratford Essex (Attwood in 1939)
. . . . . . b. Edna Mabel Baker b c1901 Lambeth
. . . . . . c. Robert Langford Baker b c1910 Lambeth
. . . . 5. Charles Peter Thomas Bolton b 1 July 1881 Camberwell
. . . . . . m. Mary b 28 Nov 1883 Islington
. . . . . . a. Reginald Bolton b 1909 Mill Hill
. . . . 6. Arthur Robert Bolton b 18 Oct 1883 Camberwell d 25 Dec 1964 Westcliff
. . . . . . m. Elsie b 8 Aug 1883
. . . . . . a. Hilda E. Bolton b 21 Oct 1908
. . . . 7. Frederick William Herbert Bolton b c1887 Brixton
. . . . . . m c Oct1933 Irene V. Wilding b 24 July 1914
. . . . . . a. Jennifer W. Bolton b 12 Mar 1937
. . . . 8. Ethel Maud Bolton b 10 Dec 1889 Brixton - see Phillips tree above
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| Source | Mersea Museum
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| ID | AFM_PLP_TREE
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| ImageID: | KGF_607 | | Title: | Wedding of George Milgate and Beryl Phillips at West Mersea Parish Church.
Ken Greenleaf backrow left. | | Date: | 2 July 1960 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / Ken Greenleaf |
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| ImageID: | MMC_2017_11_002B_001 | | Title: | Wedding of George Milgate and Beryl Phillips at West Mersea Parish Church.
L-R 1. John Milgate - groom's father, 2. Hilda Milgate - groom's mother, 3. May Milgate - groom's sister-in-law - married to Syd, 4. Hilda Milgate (Tilly) bridesmaid - daughter of May and Syd, 5. George Milgate - groom, 6. Syd Milgate - groom's brother and Best Man, 7. Beryl Milgate - bride, 8. Morrie Jay - friend (gave bride away), 9. Maud Phillips - bride's mother.
Photograph by J.F. Botham
Accession No. 2017.11.002B.
In 2017 the bride's dress was donated to Mersea Museum by Tilly Janes. Beryl was Tilly's aunt. Beryl was originally from London and moved to the island in the 1940s.
Tilly says of Johnny Milgate:
Grandad, was a huge part of my life. I never had sitters if mum and dad were going out I always went and stayed the night with Grannie & Grandad and never wanted to go home again.
He was a wonderful man and his garden produce was legendary in Mersea. As the eldest grandchild (there is only myself and my brother) and a true Mersea girl having been born on the Island, the telegram he got from the Queen on his 100th birthday was passed to me and is one of my treasured possessions. | | Date: | 2 July 1960 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / Tilly Janes |
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| ImageID: | TLY_AB2_003 | | Title: | 72638 Cpl. V.U. Phillips, 123rd Labour Coy. B.E.F., France
Vivian Ulysses Phillips born 7 May 1885 died 14 November 1944 and buried Mill Hill.
He married Ethel Maud Bolton 28 July 1913. Their daughter Beryl settled on Mersea after WW2 and married George Milgate in 1960. | | Source: | Mersea Museum / Tilly Janes |
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| ImageID: | TLY_AB2_011 | | Title: | Charabanc Trip. Posted Westbourne, Bournement, 29 Jy 1919 to Mrs & M Phillips, Ilkley, Victoria Rd., Mill Hill, from MB. | | Date: | 29 July 1919 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / Tilly Janes |
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| ImageID: | TLY_AB2_051 | | Title: | Totteridge Ponds. This copy posted to Vivian Phillips Esq., High Road, Mill Hill, 15 Sep 1908.
Another copy posted 18 Jan 1907 to Mr V.U. Phillips Esq., The Bungalow, Mill Hill from M. Adgir | | Date: | 18 January 1907 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / Tilly Janes |
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![Mill Hill, The Broadway. Postcard 86663. Posted The Hyde, NW9, to Miss B. Phillips, The Roseries, Yorick Road, West Mersea, from Grace [ wife of Sydney Phillip who was brother of Beryl's father Vivian ] TLY_AB2_073](MMThumbnails35/TLY_AB2_073.jpg) |
| ImageID: | TLY_AB2_073 | | Title: | Mill Hill, The Broadway. Postcard 86663. Posted The Hyde, NW9, to Miss B. Phillips, The Roseries, Yorick Road, West Mersea, from Grace [ wife of Sydney Phillip who was brother of Beryl's father Vivian ] | | Date: | 29 June 1955 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / Tilly Janes |
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| ImageID: | TLY_AB2_089 | | Title: | Shops at Daws Lane, Mill Hill. Bolton's Stores, Daws Lane Post Office, Newman Family Butcher.
For many years in the early 20th Century, Bolton's Stores was run by Peter Bolton and some of his family. His daughter Ethel Maud married Vivian Phillips, and after WW2, settled in West Mersea, | | Source: | Mersea Museum / Tilly Janes |
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| ImageID: | TLY_AB2_121 | | Title: | Wedding of Marjorie and Cyril.
Marjorie née Suckling born c1911. Perhaps married in South Africa. | | Source: | Mersea Museum / Tilly Janes |
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![Wedding of Marjorie and Cyril.
L-R 1. Dolly [Dorothy Suckling b c1900], 2., 3., 4., 5. Marjorie née Suckling, 6., 7. Myself [Louisa Suckling née Bolton], 8. Edna our youngest [b 1913], 9. Iris, 10.
Eileen Cecil little girl. TLY_AB2_123](MMThumbnails35/TLY_AB2_123.jpg) |
| ImageID: | TLY_AB2_123 | | Title: | Wedding of Marjorie and Cyril.
L-R 1. Dolly [Dorothy Suckling b c1900], 2., 3., 4., 5. Marjorie née Suckling, 6., 7. Myself [Louisa Suckling née Bolton], 8. Edna our youngest [b 1913], 9. Iris, 10.
Eileen Cecil little girl. | | Source: | Mersea Museum / Tilly Janes |
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| ImageID: | TLY_AB2_151 | | Title: | Edna, Louie and Howard Suckling at Durban. | | Date: | 9 July 1926 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / Tilly Janes |
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| ImageID: | TLY_AB2_235 | | Title: | Thought to be Ethel Maud Bolton who married Vivian Phillips in 1913 and settled in West Mersea after WW2.
photo by W. Briggs, West Hendon Studio. | | Source: | Mersea Museum / Tilly Janes |
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| ImageID: | TLY_AB2_243 | | Title: | Vivian Phillips and Ethel Maud née Bolton who married in 1913.
Photo by R.W. Vieler, "Photo" Seaside Rd., Eastbourne | | Source: | Mersea Museum / Tilly Janes |
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| ImageID: | TLY_AB2_249 | | Title: | "Maud Frances May 7/1917 April 1917" is written on back.
Ethel Maud Bolton. Frances May is so far unknown.
Photo by Sketches, Oxford St W. | | Date: | April 1917 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / Tilly Janes |
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| ImageID: | TLY_AB2_281 | | Title: | Stella, Ethel 'Maud' and Beryl Phillips. From c1955 they lived at 'The Roseries' 54 Yorick Road. | | Source: | Mersea Museum / Tilly Janes |
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| ImageID: | TLY_AB2_283 | | Title: | Beryl Phillips. From c1955 she lived at 'The Roseries' 54 Yorick Road, and in 1960 married George Milgate. | | Source: | Mersea Museum / Tilly Janes |
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| ImageID: | TLY_AB2_303 | | Title: | Will and Nellie (written on back)
William Thomas Wilson and Nellie Kate Bolton, married Apr 1901. | | Source: | Mersea Museum / Tilly Janes |
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| ImageID: | TLY_AB2_305 | | Title: | Doris, Nellie and Cathie. Westcliff.
Doris Maud Wilson born c1904 and Nellie Kathleen Wilson, daughters of Nellie Kate Wilson née Bolton. | | Source: | Mersea Museum / Tilly Janes |
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| ImageID: | TLY_AB2_353 | | Title: | Bolton Family - children of Howard Suckling and Louise née Bolton, who went to South Africa
"'Louies' girls Marjorie, Edna, Dollie" | | Date: | 1920s | | Source: | Mersea Museum / Tilly Janes |
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| ImageID: | TLY_AB2_361 | | Title: | On the beach. Promenade Snaps, Barker's Studios, High Street, Lowestoft.
Unnamed but perhaps from Left. Vivian Phillips, Beryl Phillips, Maud Phillips, Stella Phillips, ? | | Source: | Mersea Museum / Tilly Janes |
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| ImageID: | TLY_AB2_365 | | Title: | Pevensey 1935. Unnamed, but perhaps:
L-R Stella Phillips, Nellie Kathleen Wilson, Doris Maud Wilson, Beryl Phillips, Nellie Kate Wilson | | Date: | 1935 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / Tilly Janes |
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| ImageID: | TLY_AB5_001_001 | | Title: | Mill Hill Parish Magazine. St Paul's Church | | Date: | September 1913 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / Tilly Janes |
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![Mill Hill Parish Magazine. Page 4.
Marriages 28 July [1913] Vivian Ulysses Phillips and Ethel Maud Bolton. TLY_AB5_001_004](MMThumbnails35/TLY_AB5_001_004.jpg) |
| ImageID: | TLY_AB5_001_004 | | Title: | Mill Hill Parish Magazine. Page 4.
Marriages 28 July [1913] Vivian Ulysses Phillips and Ethel Maud Bolton. | | Date: | September 1913 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / Tilly Janes |
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![Mill Hill Parish Magazine. Page 4.
Baptisms June 28th [1914] Stella Maud Phillips TLY_AB5_002_004](MMThumbnails35/TLY_AB5_002_004.jpg) |
| ImageID: | TLY_AB5_002_004 | | Title: | Mill Hill Parish Magazine. Page 4.
Baptisms June 28th [1914] Stella Maud Phillips | | Date: | August 1914 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / Tilly Janes |
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