Relocation

Ralph E. Phillips was born in New York, NY, the son of John M. Phillips and Eugenia Weiss. In 1900, Ralph lived with his parents at 608 Saint Nicholas Avenue in Manhattan. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1900; Census Place: Manhattan, New York, New York; Roll: 1108; Page: 15; Enumeration District: 0623, accessed 02/01/2024.)

Ten years later, in 1910, they resided across the East River in Brooklyn, NY, at 1443 41st Street. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1910; Census Place: Brooklyn Ward 29, Kings, New York; Roll: T624_983; Page: 13a; Enumeration District: 1064; FHL microfilm: 1374996, accessed 02/01/2024.)

The Phillips family lived in a duplex at 1431 45th Street in Brooklyn, a predominantly Russian Jewish neighborhood at the time. Ralph had by this time a younger brother John M. Phillips, Jr., (born c. 1911 in NY). (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1920; Census Place: Brooklyn Assembly District 16, Kings, New York; Roll: T625_1168; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 928, accessed 02/01/2024.)

The 1950 US Census located Phillips living at 5155 Angeles Vista Boulevard in Los Angeles. He lived here with his wife Dorothy, son John and mother-in-law Anna Spitz (born c. 1879 in Russia). At this time, Anna Spitz operated a retail antiques business in Los Angeles. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Culver City, Los Angeles, California; Roll: 5519; Page: 73; Enumeration District: 19-436, accessed 02/01/2024.)

Phillips passed away in Los Angeles County, CA, at the age of 80.

Parents

John Milligan Phillips (born 03/27/1870 in Saint Thomas,Haverfordwest,Pembrokeshire,Wales) and Eugenia Weiss (born c. 12/1869 in Austria) married on 08/23/1891 in Manhattan, NY. The 1900 US Census indicated John immigrated from Wales in 1874, while Eugenia moved from Austria in 1882. (The 1910 Census confirmed the 1874 immigration date for John, but listed a date of 1885 for Eugenia.) The 1920 Census reported that John had been naturalized in 1892.

The 1900 and 1910 censuses recorded that John worked as a "commercial traveller," likely a traveling salesman of ladies' garments.

Eugenia's father was Hungarian, her mother, Austrian, as per the 1910 US Census. This census also noted that Eugenia had had four children by that date, but only one, Ralph, was still alive. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1910; Census Place: Brooklyn Ward 29, Kings, New York; Roll: T624_983; Page: 13a; Enumeration District: 1064; FHL microfilm: 1374996, accessed 02/01/2024.)

Biographical Notes

SSN: 546-32-0360.