When Philip Oscar Aelick was born on 11 August 1885, in Sandfield, Central Manitoulin, Manitoulin, Ontario, Canada, his father, Ira Aelick, was 42 and his mother, Nancy Brown, was 43. He married Caroline Matilda Johnston on 21 September 1914, in Little Current, Northeastern Manitoulin and the Islands, Manitoulin, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Algoma, Ontario, Canada for about 10 years. He died on 9 March 1968, in Little Current, Northeastern Manitoulin and the Islands, Manitoulin, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 82.