Lewis Griffith McPhillips was a lawyer. He lived at 2045 Barclay Street from 1905 to 1941.
Family Background and Life in Ontario and Manitoba
Lewis Griffith McPhillips was born in Richmond Hill, Ontario, on March 12, 1859. His parents were George McPhillips (1798 or 1802-1878), who was a surveyor. Lewis’s mother was Margaret Lavin (1823 or 1826-1905).
The McPhillips family moved to Manitoba about 1873. Lewis attended St. Boniface College and Manitoba College. After a period as an articling student at the law firm of Bain and Blanchard in Winnipeg, he became a member of the Manitoba bar in 1883.
Lewis started a law firm with his brother, Albert Edward McPhillips. (Albert later became a lawyer, politician and judge in British Columbia. Albert’s and Lewis’s brother, Francis Xavier McPhillips, was a physician in Vancouver for many years.)
To Vancouver
Lewis moved to Vancouver in August 1888. He first appeared in the Vancouver directories in 1889.
He lived at the following addresses in Vancouver.
| 1889 | no address under names |
| 1890 | Douglas House (Homer Street and Pender Street) |
| 1891 | 817 Georgia Street |
| 1892 | Douglas House (possibly Homer Street and Pender Street) |
| 1894 | 815 Georgia Street (Douglas House, later “The Georgia” and “Georgia House”) |
| 1895 | Robson Street (no number listed under names; McPhillips not listed under streets) |
| 1896 | 919 Pender Street |
| 1897 | 608½ Granville Street |
| 1898 | Vancouver Club (Hastings Street and Burrard Street) |
| 1899 | Georgia Street (no number listed under names) |
| 1899-1900 | 555 Hornby Street |
| 1900-1901 | 544 Hornby Street |
| 1902 and 1903 | 622 Burrard Street |
| 1904 | Nelson Street and Gilford Street (under names; not listed under streets) |
| 1905 to 1941 | 2045 Barclay Street |
| 1942 to 1945 | 4095 Crown Crescent |
Establishing a Legal Career in British Columbia
In 1890 Lewis became a member of the British Columbia bar.
In 1891 the members of the Law Society of British Columbia elected him to be a bencher (similar to the function of a director on a corporation’s board of directors).
In 1892 he became a federal Queen’s Counsel.
His first law student in the 1890s was Walter William Walsh (who lived at 1844 Barclay Street in 1910 and 1911).
In 1900 Lewis became a British Columbia Queen’s Counsel.
Marriage to Emma Louise Rogers
On September 22, 1903, in Vancouver, Lewis married Emma Louise Rogers, who was from a prominent Vancouver family.
Emma was born at Oakley Plantation, Louisiana, on September 26, 1875. Her parents were Samuel Blythe Rogers (1835-1883) and Clara Augusta Dupuy (1832-1910). Clara Rogers lived at 1017 Denman Street from 1904 to 1906.
Emma’s brother was Benjamin Tingley Rogers (1865-1918), the well-known president of the British Columbia Sugar Refining Company.
Emma’s sister, Clara Augusta Dupuy Rogers (1867-1944) was the wife of Leslie Havelock Wright (1868-1948), who lived at 1865 Barclay Street from 1902 to 1910.
Lewis’s Later Career
Lewis continued to practice law until he retired in 1942.
He established the Burrard Inlet Rowing Club, and was the captain of the club.
He acted for the British Columbia Telephone Company and the British Columbia Electric Railway Company. He was a director of British Columbia Sugar Refining Company.
He was the first president of the Vancouver Bar Association, and the vice-president for British Columbia of the Canadian Bar Association. He was a governor of the University of British Columbia, and a life governor of Vancouver General Hospital. For a time he was a director of St. Paul’s Hospital.
He belonged to the Vancouver Club and the Union Club in Victoria.
Lewis’s and Emma’s Life in Vancouver
Lewis and Emma appeared in the Vancouver society directories in 1908 and 1914.
Emma was involved in many typical Vancouver society events, including social visits, bowling tournaments, bridge games, and travels to eastern North America.
In 1912, Lewis and Emma travelled by ship to England. They returned to New York City in April 1912.
In 1925 Lewis and Emma travelled from Vancouver to Philadelphia.
Lewis and Emma later travelled to Italy. Emma died in Rome, Italy on March 1926. She was buried in the Verano Monumental Cemetery in Rome; https://veranomonumentalcemetery.wordpress.com/2016/04/25/ex-evangelici/: “Emma Louise McPhillips, wife of Lewis Griffith McPhillips…of Vancouver (1876-1926).”
In April 1926 Lewis sailed on the Ausonia from Southampton, England to Montreal, Quebec.
Lewis continued to live in Vancouver.
About 1942 Lewis moved to live with his nephew, Albert deBurgo McPhillips (1904-1971), at 4095 Crown Crescent, which is just south of the Jericho Lands in Vancouver.
Lewis died in Vancouver on September 2, 1945. He was buried in Ocean View Burial Park in Burnaby, British Columbia.
Lewis and Emma did not have any children.
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George McPhillips (father of Lewis Griffith McPhillips)
George McPhillips (1802–1877); Birth: 1802, Ireland; Death: 13 JUL 1877, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (ancestry.ca).
George McPhillips (1798–1877); Birth: 1798, Monaghan, Ireland; Death: 13 JUL 1877, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (ancestry.ca).
Margaret (Mary) Lavin (mother of Lewis Griffith McPhillips)
Margaret Ann Lavin (1826–1905); Birth: 1826, Ireland; Death: 29 JUN 1905, • Winipeg, Manitoba, Canada (ancestry.ca).
Margaret Ann Lavin (1823–1906); Birth: 1823, Ireland; Death: 29 JUN 1906 [sic], Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (ancestry.ca).
“Ontario Census, 1861,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQ7Y-M36 : 8 November 2014), Margret Mcphillips, Vaughan, York, Ontario, Canada; citing p. 4, line 42; Library and Archives Canada film number C-1089-1090, Public Archives, Toronto; FHL microfilm 2,435,949; http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/1861/pdf/4391575_00304.pdf.
“Canada Census, 1871,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4QK-JXK : 13 November 2014), Margaret Mc Phillips in household of Henry Mc Phillips, East Sandwich, Essex, Ontario, Canada; citing p. 84, line 19; Library and Archives Canada film number C-9889, Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 4,396,600; http://data2.collectionscanada.ca/1871/pdf/4396600_00591.pdf.
“Canada Census, 1881,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVDB-5Y8 : 18 November 2014), Margaret McPhillips, Winnipeg, Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada; citing p. 11; Library and Archives Canada film number C-13282, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 1,375,918; http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/e/e329/e008209671.pdf.
“Canada Census, 1891,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWKC-PV8 : 13 November 2014), Margret Mcphilips, Ward 2, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario; Library and Archives Canada film number 30953_148098; http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1891&op=pdf&id=30953_148098-00465.
“Canada Census, 1901,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHK9-XCD : 13 November 2014), Margaret Mcphillips, B, Winnipeg (city/cité), Manitoba, Canada; citing p. 13, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa; http://automatedgenealogy.com/census/View.jsp?id=66428&highlight=42&desc=1901+Census+of+Canada+page+containing+Margaret+McPhillips.
Manitoba Death Registrations; Registration Number: 1905-004753; Margaret Ann McPhillips; date of death: June 29, 1905; place of death: Winnipeg; age: 83 years.
“Died at Winnipeg,” Vancouver Province, June 29, 1905, page 6, column 3: “Dr. F.X. McPhillips and Mr. L.G. McPhillips, K.C., this morning received the sad intelligence of the death of their mother, Mrs. George McPhillips, at Winnipeg last night. Her death came suddenly and unexpectedly. The late Mrs. McPhillips was the widow of the late George McPhillips, D.L.S., C.E., of Winnipeg. She was in the eighty-fourth year of her age. Besides Dr. McPhillips and Mr. L.G. McPhillips, another son, Mr. A.E. McPhillips, K.C., is on this coast, a resident of Victoria. Three other sons and three daughters reside in Winnipeg.”
Samuel Blythe Rogers (father of Emma Louise Rogers)
Samuel Blythe Rogers (1835–1883); Birth: JAN 13, 1835, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Death: 6 FEB 1883, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States (ancestry.ca).
Clara Augusta Dupuy (mother of Emma Louise Rogers)
Clara Augusta Dupuy (1832–1910); Birth: 4 SEP 1832, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; DEATH: 22 MAY 1910, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (ancestry.ca).
Emma Louise Rogers (wife of Lewis Griffifh McPhillips)
Emma Louise Rogers (1875–); Birth: 26 SEP 1875, Oakley Plantation, Louisiana, USA; Death: Unknown (ancestry.ca).
Lewis Griffith McPhillips
Lewis Griffith McPhillips, Canadian Men and Women of the Time, edited by Henry James Morgan, Toronto, William Briggs, 1912, pages 790-791.
Lewis Griffith McPhillips, British Columbia From the Earliest Times to the Present, volume 3, edited by E. O. S. Scholefield, and Frederic William Howay; Vancouver, S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1914, pages 1094-1095; https://archive.org/stream/britishcolumbiaf00schouoft#page/1094/mode/1up; https://archive.org/stream/britishcolumbiaf00schouoft#page/1095/mode/1up.
Lewis Griffith McPhillips, Who’s Who and Why (Northern Who’s Who), Vancouver, Western Press Association, 1916, page 567, (includes photograph of Lewis Griffith McPhillips); https://archive.org/stream/northernwhoswhob01park#page/567/mode/1up; https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-90100/compilation-of-published-sources?itemId=117813540&action=showRecord.
Lewis Griffith McPhillips, Who’s Who and Why, Vancouver, Western Press Association, 1917-1918, page 678.
The Refiners: A Century of B.C. Sugar, by John Shreiner; Vancouver, Douglas & McIntyre, 1989, page 274: Lewis Griffith McPhillips was director of B.C. Sugar.
Vancouver Bar Association, About: History; https://www.vancouverbar.ca/about/history/; list of presidents: 1919-21: L.G. McPhillips.
Vancouver St Paul’s Hospital; History of Medical Staff, 1940; page 3; http://www.chac.ca/about/history/books/bc/Vancouver_St.%20Paul’s%20Hospital_History%20of%20Medical%20Staff_1940.PDF: “Mr. L.G. McPhillips, K.C., of Vancouver, was legal advisor to the Sisters of Providence of this Hospital for many years.”
“Ontario Census, 1861,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQ7Y-MQW : 8 November 2014), Louis Mcphillips, Vaughan, York, Ontario, Canada; citing p. 40, line 1; Library and Archives Canada film number C-1089-1090, Public Archives, Toronto; FHL microfilm 2,435,949; http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/1861/pdf/4391575_00304.pdf (other family members); http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/1861/pdf/4391575_00306.pdf.
“Canada Census, 1881,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVDB-5YF : 18 November 2014), Louis G. McPhillips in household of Margaret McPhillips, Winnipeg, Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada; citing p. 11; Library and Archives Canada film number C-13282, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 1,375,918; http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/e/e329/e008209671.pdf
Vancouver News-Advertiser, February 25, 1890, reproduced in The Vancouver Rowing Club: A History, 1886-1980, John Arthur Carver, Vancouver, Aubrey F. Roberts Ltd., 1980, unknown page: “A meeting of the Burrard Inlet Rowing Club was held last evening in the offices of McPhillips and Williams, at which there was a large attendance. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: Hon. President, Mayor Oppenheimer; President, Dr. Whetham; 1st Vice-Pres. George Turner; 2nd Vice-Pres. Dr. Darroll; Captain, W.E. Green; Vice-Captain, L.G. McPhillips; Secretary, F.W. Rounsefell; Treasurer, E.E. Evans. A Committee was appointed to report on a suitable location for a boat house, also to order two practice boats. There is every prospect of making the Club a success in its first year.”
“Canada Census, 1891,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWK3-3JK : 13 November 2014), L G Mcphillips, Vancouver City, New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada; Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario; Library and Archives Canada film number 30953_148093; http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1891&op=pdf&id=30953_148093-00190.
B.C. Voters List 1898 – McL to McQ; http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~canbc/vote1898/votemcl.htm: “McPhillips, Lewis Griffiths, 624 Richards St, Barrister, Van.”
“Canada Census, 1901,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHVJ-47V : 13 November 2014), Griffith Mcphillips, D, Burrard, British Columbia, Canada; citing p. 14, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa; http://automatedgenealogy.com/census/View.jsp?id=59856&highlight=3&desc=1901+Census+of+Canada+page+containing+Griffith+McPhillips.
“British Columbia Marriage Registrations, 1859-1932; 1937-1938,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JD81-9Q7 : 21 January 2016), Lewis Griffith Mcphillips and Emma Louise Rogers, 22 Sep 1903; citing Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, British Columbia Archives film number B11373, Vital Statistics Agency, Victoria; FHL microfilm 1,983,530.
L.G. McPhillips and Emma Louise Rogers, wedding description, Vancouver Province, September 26, 1903, page 7: “Mr. L.G. McPhillips, K.C., and Miss Emma Louise Rogers, daughter of Mrs. S.B. Rogers, were united in the holy bonds of matrimony on Tuesday morning last by His Lordship Bishop Dontenwill, assisted by Rev. Father Madden. The ceremony took place at the Church of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary. Mr. and Mrs. McPhillips are now en route to Mexico, where they will spend their honeymoon.”
Society, B.C. Saturday Sunset, January 9, 1909, page 4: “A New Year’s reception given by Mr. and Mrs. L.G. McPhillips was a most happy thought, reviving an old and much admired custom, when a general visiting and exchanging of good wishes was quite one of the day’s practices. Mrs. McPhillips had spared no pains to make her house most attractive on this festive occasion. [Includes description of decorations and list of guests.]
“Recensement du Canada de 1911,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV95-MLTG : 2 March 2015), Lewis Griffith Mcphillips, 1911; citing Census, Vancouver Sub-Districts 1-18, British Columbia, Canada, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,417,661; http://automatedgenealogy.com/census11/View.jsp?id=63705&highlight=10&desc=1911+Census+of+Canada+page+containing+Lennie+Griffith+McPhillips.
“New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JVMQ-T2X : 6 December 2014), Lewis Griffith McPhillips, 26 Apr 1912; citing departure port Southampton, arrival port New York, ship name Kaiserin Augusta Victoria, NARA microfilm publication T715 and M237 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
Society, Vancouver Province, July 3, 1914, page 8: “Miss McPhillips has arrived from Winnipeg to stay for a time with her brothers, Mr. L.G. and Dr. F.X. McPhillips, and is a guest of the former at 2045 Barclay street.”
1921 Canada Census, Lewis Griffith McPhillips [transcribed and indexed as “George McPhillips”]; Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 18; Census Place: Ward 1, Vancouver Centre, British Columbia; Page Number: 6; Ancestry.com. 1921 Census of Canada [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2013.
Society, Vancouver Province, February 6, 1928, page 8: “Friends of Mr. L.G. McPhillips will be glad to learn that he is progressing favorably after his recent operation at St. Paul’s Hospital.”
“Hawaii, Honolulu Passenger Lists, 1900-1953,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV9Z-KD3F : 30 December 2014), Lewis G Mc Phillips, 1934; citing Ship , NARA microfilm publication A3422 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
“Bench and Bar: A Senior,” by Leonard T. Lockyer; (1943) The Advocate, volume 1, pages 156-158 (Description of the legal career of Lewis Griffith McPhillips.)
“British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986; 1992-1993”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLPM-NZF : 30 September 2015), Lewis Griffith Mcphillips, 1945.
“Noted Lawyer Passes at 86,” Vancouver Province, September 4,1945, page 22 (includes photograph of L.G. McPhillips).
“L. McPhillips, Leading B.C. Lawyer, Dead,” Vancouver Sun, September 4, 1945, page 20.
Lewis Griffith McPhillips, death notice, Vancouver Province, September 4, 1945, page 13: “McPhillips—At St. Vincent’s Hospital Sun. evening, Sept. 2, 1945, Lewis Griffith McPhillips, K.C., aged 86 years, of 4095 Crown Cres. Survived by 5 nephews, A. DeB. And John R. McPhillips, Matthew and Alphonse Taschereau of Vancouver, Dr. A.G. McPhillips of Cornwall, England; 3 nieces, Miss Dorothy McPhillips, Mrs. Thornley Hall and Mrs. P. O’Hagan of Vancouver; several nephews and nieces in Winnipeg, Man. Prayers this evening at 8:15 o’clock at the Chapel Hill Co., Broadway at Alma. Funeral Wed., Sept. 5, at 9:30 a.m., from Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, Crown St. and 10th Ave. Requiem mas, with Rev. Father Francis Hill, C.S.S.R., celebrant. Interment Calvary section, Ocean View Burial Park.”
L.G. McPhillips, K.C. obituary, (1945), The Advocate, volume 3, page 121.
Samuel Blythe Rogers (father of Emma Louise Rogers)
Samuel Blythe Rogers (1835–1883); Birth: JAN 13, 1835, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Death: 6 FEB 1883, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States (ancestry.ca).
Clara Augusta Dupuy (mother of Emma Louise Rogers)
Clara Augusta Dupuy (1832–1910); Birth: 4 SEP 1832, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; DEATH: 22 MAY 1910, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (ancestry.ca).
Emma Louise Rogers (wife of Lewis Griffifh McPhillips)
Emma Louise Rogers (1875–); Birth: 26 SEP 1875, Oakley Plantation, Louisiana, USA; Death: Unknown (ancestry.ca).
Society, Vancouver Province, June 30, 1906, page 20: “Mrs. L.G. McPhillips has issued invitations for a bowling tournament, the first games of which will be played at the beginning of the week.”
Society, Vancouver Province, November 2, 1908, page 9: “Mrs. L.G. McPhillips entertained informally at bridge on Saturday evening.”
“Recensement du Canada de 1911,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV95-MLTP : 2 March 2015), Emma Louise Mcphillips in entry for Lewis Griffith Mcphillips, 1911; citing Census, Vancouver Sub-Districts 1-18, British Columbia, Canada, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,417,661.
“New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JVMQ-T2F : 6 December 2014), Emma Louise McPhillips, 26 Apr 1912; citing departure port Southampton, arrival port New York, ship name Kaiserin Augusta Victoria, NARA microfilm publication T715 and M237 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
Society, Vancouver Province, November 3, 1916, page 8: “Mrs. L.G. McPhillips has been visiting Mrs. Mayne Hamilton in Ottawa.”
1921 Canada Census, Emma McPhillips in household of Lewis Griffith McPhillips [transcribed and indexed as “George McPhillips”]; Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 18; Census Place: Ward 1, Vancouver Centre, British Columbia; Page Number: 6; Ancestry.com. 1921 Census of Canada [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2013.
Verano Monumental Cemetery in Rome; https://veranomonumentalcemetery.wordpress.com/2016/04/25/ex-evangelici/: “Emma Louise McPhillips, wife of Lewis Griffith McPhillips…of Vancouver (1876-1926).”
George McPhillips (brother of Lewis Griffith McPhillips)
Memorable Manitobans; George McPhillips (1848-1913); http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/mcphillips_g.shtml
Remembering George McPhillips, http://westenddumplings.blogspot.ca/2013/11/remembering-george-mcphillips.html.
Albert Edward McPhillips (brother of Lewis Griffith McPhillips)
Albert Edward McPhillips, Wikipedia article, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Edward_McPhillips.
Government Officials for Victoria and Southern Vancouver Island, 1901; http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~canbc/1901vic_cen/govt.htm: “McPhillips, Capt. Albert Edward (Victoria City): B. at Richmond Hill, Co. of York, Ont., Mar. 21,1861. S. of the late George McPhillips, D.L.S.C.E. Parents both Irish. Ed. at Manitoba Coll., at Winnipeg, Man. M., Sophia Emily Davie, d. of the late Hon. A.E.B. Davie, Q.C. A Barrister-at-Law. Called to the Bar in Manitoba, in Trinity Term, 1882, and to the Bar of B.C., 1891. Presidt. of the Victoria Bar Assn., 1898-1899. Vice-Pres. of the Union Club, 1896, 1897, 1898 and 1899. Was a Lieut. in the 90th Batt. of Winnipeg in 1885, and served throughout the Northest Rebellion (medal and clasps). Retired in 1890 with rank of Captain, The author of a pamphlet on the school question. A. Roman Catholic. El. to Leg at g.e., 1898 and 1900. A Conservative.”
A.E. McPhillips, K.C., A history; British Columbia, R.E. Gosnell, [no place of publication]; Hill Binding Company, 1906, pages 322-323; https://archive.org/stream/historybritishco00gosnrich#page/322/mode/1up; https://archive.org/stream/historybritishco00gosnrich#page/323/mode/1up.
Albert Edward McPhillips, Canadian Men and Women of the Time, edited by Henry James Morgan, Toronto, William Briggs, 1912, page 790.
Hon. Mr. Justice Albert Edward McPhillips, president 1902-1903; Union Club of Victoria, B.C., Presidential Archive; http://www.unionclub.com/About-The-Club/Presidential-Archive-(1)/1900s-and-Prior.aspx.
“Mr. Justice McPhillips Veteran Both of Bench and Legislature; Sat for Quarter of Century on Appeal Court and 15 Years in Victoria House; Funeral of Jurist to be on Thursday,” Vancouver Province, January 25, 1938, page 3 (includes photograph of Mr. Justice McPhillips).
“Judge Dies in Victoria; Mr. Justice A.E. McPhillips Passes After Collapse,” Vancouver Sun, January 25, 1938, page 2.
Francis Xavier McPhillips (brother of Lewis Griffith McPhillips)
Francis Xavier McPhillips, Canadian Men and Women of the Time, edited by Henry James Morgan, Toronto, William Briggs, 1912, page 790.
Francis Xavier McPhillips, British Columbia From the Earliest Times to the Present, volume 4, edited by E. O. S. Scholefield, and Frederic William Howay; Vancouver, S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1914, pages 1136-1139 (includes photograph of Dr. Francis X. McPhillips); https://archive.org/stream/britishcolumbiaf04schouoft#page/1136/mode/1up; https://archive.org/stream/britishcolumbiaf04schouoft#page/1137/mode/1up; https://archive.org/stream/britishcolumbiaf04schouoft#page/1139/mode/1up.
“British Columbia Marriage Registrations, 1859-1932; 1937-1938,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDZ6-FQG : 21 January 2016), Francis Xavier Mc Phillips and Agatha Loretta Dolan, 02 Jun 1892; citing Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, British Columbia Archives film number B11372, Vital Statistics Agency, Victoria; FHL microfilm 1,983,529.
“British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986; 1992-1993”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL2V-S6F : 30 September 2015), Agatha Mcphillips, 1937.
“British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986; 1992-1993”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL22-5H3 : 30 September 2015), Francis Xavier Mcphillips, 1938.
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