When Philip Stephen Heilbut was born on 14 January 1893, in Auburn, New South Wales, Australia, his father, Charles John Heilbut, was 40 and his mother, Clara Phillips, was 33. He married Blanche Armstrong on 8 July 1918. They were the parents of at least 4 daughters. He lived in Salt Lake City Ward 5, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1920 and Salt Lake City Ward 1, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1940. He registered for military service in 1917. He died on 20 February 1982, in Fresno, California, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.