Hilda Irene Phillips

Female5 February 1918–15 November 1988

Brief Life History of Hilda Irene

When Hilda Irene Phillips was born on 5 February 1918, in Polard, Tyler, West Virginia, United States, her father, Walter Smith Phillips, was 40 and her mother, Grace Arminta Fiest, was 31. She married Eugene William Harker in 1938, in Lewis, West Virginia, United States. She lived in Tyler, West Virginia, United States in 1935 and Clark District, Harrison, West Virginia, United States in 1940. She died on 15 November 1988, in Tucson, Pima, Arizona, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Tucson, Pima, Arizona, United States.

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Eugene William Harker
1912–1990
Hilda Irene Phillips
1918–1988
Marriage: 1938

Sources (7)

  • Hilda J Harker in household of Eugene W Harker, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Hilda Irene Phillips, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970"
  • Hilda Irene Phillips Harker, "Find A Grave Index"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    1938Lewis, West Virginia, United States
  • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (6)

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    World Events (8)

    1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment

    Age 1

    The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.

    1920

    Age 2

    The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.

    1937 · The Neutrality Act

    Age 19

    The Neutrality Acts were passed in response to the growing conflicts in Europe and Asia during the time leading up to World War II. The primary purpose was so the US wouldn't engage in any more foreign conflicts. Most of the Acts were repealed in 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.

    Name Meaning

    English, Dutch, North German, and Jewish (western Ashkenazic): patronymic from the personal name Philip . In North America, this surname has also absorbed cognates from other languages (see Philips ).

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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