Gazlay Family History
Ethel May Phillips
DIRECT DESCENDANT OF JOHN GAZLAY (from England c.1715)
Ethel May Phillips7 (Abbie Ryan,6 Abigail Gazlay,5 Joshua Gazlay,4 Jonathan Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
Ethel May Phillips7 (Abbie Ryan,6 Abigail Gazlay,5 Joshua Gazlay,4 Jonathan Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
Parents
| Father | Jeremiah Wheaton Phillips (July 1863 - 17 December 1902) |
| Mother | Abbie May Ryan (31 May 1865 - 7 January 1945) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 7 October 2014; Last Edited: 15 November 2023 |
| Person ID | 7257 |
| Name | Ethel May Phillips |
| Gender | Female |
| Born | May 1888 in Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
| Married | 27 September 1909 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois to Roy Allen Morrish, Sr.8 |
| Died | 17 January 1987 in Cranston, Providence County, Rhode Island1 |
| Buried | in Highland Memorial Park, Johnston, Providence County, Rhode Island1 |
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Roy Allen Morrish, Sr. (son of John Morrish and Sarah A. McGuire) |
| Born | 25 April 1886 in New Brunswick, Canada |
| Married | 27 September 1909 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois to Ethel May Phillips |
| Died | 15 December 1957 in Rhode Island |
| Children | of Ethel May Phillips and Roy Allen Morrish, Sr.: |
| +1. | Dorothy June Morrish |
| Born | 1 February 1912 in Cranston, Providence County, Rhode Island |
| Married | to Charles Chase Harrall |
| Married | to Arthur A. Proulx |
| Died | 4 July 1992 in Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island |
| +2. | Roy Allen Morrish |
| Born | 6 May 1915 in Cranston, Providence County, Rhode Island |
| Married | to Pauline K. Tillinghast |
| Married | to Mamie Droitcour |
| Died | 15 February 1986 in Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island |
| +3. | Marjorie Phillips Morrish |
| Born | 24 March 1919 in Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island |
| Married | to Harold Francis Arthur, Jr. |
| Died | 9 October 1992 |
| +4. | Elizabeth Ann Morrish |
| Born | 25 January 1930 in Rhode Island |
| Married | ca. 1949 to Robert Mason ‘Bob’ Drew |
Sources
- Find a Grave (website). Highland Memorial Park, Johnston, Providence County, Rhode Island, Ethel P. Phillips Morrish, born: 1889 in Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island; died: 17 January 1987 in Cranston, Providence County, Rhode Island (from record, which includes her partial obituary; and provides the names and links for her parents, husband, three siblings, and two children).
- U.S. Federal Census, 1900, Rhode Island, Providence County, Cranston Town, Enumeration District 118, Sheet No. 11B, family of Jeremiah W. Phillips (36, Rhode Island, July 1863, treas. inter.col.min.co.); wife of 16 years Abby M. Phillips (35, Wisconsin, May 1865, 5 children, 4 living); daughter Ethel M. Phillips (12, Rhode Island, May 1888); daughter Helen M. Phillips (9, Rhode Island, Jan 1891); daughter Rachel L. Phillips (7, Wisconsin, Dec 1892); daughter Dorothy A. Phillips (3, Rhode Island, Nov 1896).
- U.S. Federal Census, 1910, Rhode Island, Providence County, Providence City, E.D. 237, Sheet No. 5B, John Morrish, 50, Canada, moulder, iron foundry; wife of 27 years Sarah A. Morrish, 47, Canada, 3 children, 3 living; daughter Helen M. Morrish, 25, Canada; son Roy A. Morrish, 23, Canada, tool maker, jewellery shop [sic]; daughter-in-law and wife of 6/12 years Ethel M. Morrish, 21, Rhode Island.
- U.S. Federal Census, 1920, Rhode Island, Providence County, Providence City, E.D. 261, Sheet No. 12A, Roy A. Morrish, 33, Canada, supt., tool factory; wife Ethel M. Morrish, 31, Rhode Island; daughter Dorothy J. Morrish, 7, Rhode Island; son Roy A. Morrish (Jr.), 4, Rhode Island; daughter Marjorie P. Morrish, 8/12, Rhode Island.
- U.S. Federal Census, 1930, Rhode Island, Providence County, Providence, E.D. 4-75, Sheet Nos. 25A-B, Roy A. Morrish, 43, New Brunswick, Canada, first married age 23, toolmaker, jewelry; wife Ethel Morrish, 42, Rhode Island, first married age 21; daughter Dorothy Morrish, 18, Rhode Island; son Roy A. Morrish, Jr., 14, Rhode Island; daughter Marjorie Morrish, 11, Rhode Island; daughter Elizabeth Morrish, 2/12, Rhode Island.
- U.S. Federal Census, 1940, Rhode Island, Providence County, Providence, E.D. 152, Sheet No. 10A, Roy Morrish [indexed as Monast], 53, Canada, toolmaker, tool shop; wife Ethel Morrish, 51, Rhode Island; son Roy Morrish, Jr., 24, Rhode Island, laborer, jewelry; daughter Marjorie Morrish, 21, Rhode Island, cashier, department store; daughter Elizabeth Morrish, 10, Rhode Island.
- U.S. Federal Census, 1950, Rhode Island, Providence County, Providence, E.D. 4-108, Sheet No. 16, Roy A. Morrish, 63, Canada, toolmaker, curtain rods; wife Ethel M. Morrish, 61, Rhode Island.
- Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1968, Roy A. Morrish, 23; Ethel M. Phillips, 21; married on 27 September 1909 in Chicago, Cook [County], Illinois.