"Philips, Earl Gene " found 2 records

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of photographs of Earl Gene and Adell Philips and family along with realestate listing slips for homes on Barker Avenue and Spruce Street in Burnaby.

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Earl and Adell Philips family fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 22 photographs + 2 p. of textual records

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of photographs of Earl Gene and Adell Philips and family along with realestate listing slips for homes on Barker Avenue and Spruce Street in Burnaby.

History: Earl Gene Philips (1915-1968) was born, Eugene William Phillips in Kamloops, British Columbia and Adell Philips (1915-2022) was born, Lilian Odell Greenwood in Jaffray, British Columbia. The couple met at Mac & Mac Hardware in New Westminster where Earl was working as a salesman and Adell was working as a secretary and bookkeeper. Earl and Adell were married on May 15, 1942 in New Westminster. The couple lived briefly in Mission while Earl was working for the Mackie Brothers and returned to New Westminster where they lived on Queens Avenue while Earl worked for the Nelson Brothers Fisheries. In 1943, their first child, Cory (Linda Anne Phillips) was born followed by; Lorayne (Donna Elaine Phillips) in 1944 and Judith (Diane Elizabeth Phillips) in 1949. In 1949, the family moved to 5877 Barker Avenue, Burnaby and Adell worked for MacDonald Realty as a legal secretary. In 1952, Earl became involved in numerology and changed his name from Eugene William Phillips to Earl Gene Philips (with one “l”). The names of his wife and children were also changed from; Lilian Odell Phillips to Adell Philips, Linda Anne Phillips to Cory Philips, Donna Elaine Phillips to Lorayne Philips and Diane Elizabeth Phillips to Judith Philips. In 1955, their fourth child Lea Philips was born. All four children attended schools in Burnaby including; Nelson Elementary, Kingsway West School, Suncrest Elementary School, Maywood Elementary School, Burnaby South High School, Moscrop Junior High School, Burnaby Central Secondary School and BCIT. In 1969, following the death of Earl (in 1968), Adell and her son, Lea moved from their home on Barker Avenue to a house located at 4085 Spruce Street. Lea lived with his mother Adell until 1978 when he was married. Adell continued to live on Spruce Street until 2021 when she moved to a care home at the age of 106. Adell died in 2022, just 3 weeks shy of her 107th birthday.

Creator: Philips, Adell Greenwood; Philips, Earl Gene

Accession Code: BV022.11

Date: 1939-1969

Media Type: Photograph; Textual Record

Arrangement: Family records within fonds were compiled and arranged by Lea, Cora and Judith Philips and arranged and described at item level in the order in which they were donated to Burnaby Village Museum.

Notes: Title based on contents of fonds

Philips family in dining room at Christmas

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [Jan. 1962]

Collection/Fonds: Earl and Adell Philips family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Philips family seated around a table in their dining room of their house located at 5877 Barker Avenue, Burnaby. People are identified from left to right: Shannon McKeemen and Ann McKeemen, Bob Paterson, Earl Philips, Adell Philips, Lorayne Philips, Cory Philips, Lea Philips, Ju…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Earl and Adell Philips family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Philips family seated around a table in their dining room of their house located at 5877 Barker Avenue, Burnaby. People are identified from left to right: Shannon McKeemen and Ann McKeemen, Bob Paterson, Earl Philips, Adell Philips, Lorayne Philips, Cory Philips, Lea Philips, Judith Philips. Photograph was taken during Christmas, everyone is wearing a tissue paper hat and the table cloth has a pointsettia design.

Names: Philips, Adell Greenwood; Philips, Judith; Philips, Lea; Philips, Lorayne; Philips, Earl Gene; Philips, Cory; McKeeman, Ann; McKeeman, Shannon; Paterson, Bob

Geographic Access: Barker Avenue

Street Address: 5877 Barker Avenue

Accession Code: BV022.11.2

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [Jan. 1962]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Stamp along right edge of photo includes print date which reads: "JAN. 62"; Note in pencil on verso of photograph reads: "Barker Ave. / Christmas 1961"

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