Gladys May Phillips

Gladys May Phillips

Female 1898 - 1978  (80 years)

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  • Name Gladys May Phillips 
    Born 15 Apr 1898  Woodlands, Southland, Southland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Reference Number WB01.3 
    Died 12 Jul 1978  Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 18 Jul 1978  Eastern Cemetery, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Photo of Headstone from Invercargill City Council Website
      HeadStone ImageHead Stone Photo 1
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    Notes 
    • When she left school Glad helped her mother run their boarding house. A boarder in the house was Reginald Horace Allen Woodham who Glad married at the Knox Church in Invercargill.
    Person ID I131  Frost Family
    Last Modified 19 Apr 2015 

    Father James Porter Phillips,   b. Abt 1865,   d. 1 Jan 1910, Woodlands, Southland, Southland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 45 years) 
    Mother Mary Jane (Polly) Wyeth,   b. 30 Jun 1874, Southland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 May 1958, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Married 23 Mar 1892  Woodlands Pres. Church, Woodlands, Southland, Southland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    • WYETH Mary Jane 18
      PHILLIPS James 27
    Mary J and Jimmy Phillips
    Mary J and Jimmy Phillips
    Business 1910  Woodlands, Southland, Southland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location 
    After James died Polly aged 33 started a boarding house in Woodlands a number of Railway cadets stationed in Woodlands stayed with her. between 1919 and 1928 Polly moved to Tay St Invercargill next door to Lange's Bakery, where she continued to run a boarding house with Glads help. Reg Woodham was a boarder during this time and Reg and Gladys married in 1928. 
    Electoral Roll 1919  Woodlands, Southland, Southland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Phillips, Elizabeth Mary, spinster
    Phillips, Gladys May, spinster
    Phillips, Mary Jane, married
    Phillips, Thomas, Carpenter
    Mataura General Roll 1919 
    Electoral Roll 1928  166 Tay St, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Phillips, Charles Thomas, clerk
    Phillips, Mary Jane, widow
    Woodham, Gladys May, married
    Woodham, Reginald Horace Allen, electrical engineer
    Invercagill General Roll 1928 
    Electoral Roll 1949  166 Tay St, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Phillips, Mary Jane, widow
    Woodham, Gladys May, married
    Woodham, Reginald Horace Allen, engineer, 1957 director
    Invercagill General Roll 1949, 1954 and 1957 
    Family ID F31  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Reginald Horace Allen Woodham,   b. 22 Dec 1899, Tinakori Rd, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Jan 1989, Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years) 
    Married 13 Apr 1927  Knox Church, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Children 
     1. Dorothy May Woodham,   b. 12 Jul 1930, Southland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jul 1930, Southland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     2. Brian Reginald Woodham,   b. 19 Sep 1931, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Dec 1936, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 5 years)
    +3. O.C. Woodham
    +4. Ruth Ann Woodham,   b. 26 Jun 1938, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Apr 2016, Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
    Last Modified 12 Sep 2015 
    Family ID F317  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 15 Apr 1898 - Woodlands, Southland, Southland, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 12 Jul 1978 - Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 18 Jul 1978 - Eastern Cemetery, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Polly and Family
    Polly and family
    Photo L to R James, Lizzie, Polly, Glad Charlie.
    Glad Phillips
    Glad Phillips

  • Sources 
    1. [S10] Marriage Register Index , 1892/852 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S323] Presbyterian Church Archives, Woodland Parish Marriages 1864 to 1920 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S293] BDM NZ Historical Records, (http://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.identityservices.govt.nz/home/), 1927/10603 (Reliability: 3), 13 Apr 1927.
      Gladys May Phillips
      Reginald Horace Allen Woodham