Lieutenant, J.G. Woodward Phelps, USMC (USN)

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Lieutenant, J.G. Woodward Phelps, USMC (USN)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Manhattan, New York, New York County, New York, United States
Death: September 14, 1930 (28)
Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, United States (Suicide)
Place of Burial: Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Rear Admiral William Woodward Phelps, USN and Susie Kent Phelps
Husband of Eleanor Phelps Janet Grow
Brother of Constance Phelps and Southwick Phelps

Occupation: Career US Naval Officer, Naval Aviator
Managed by: Jessica Marie German
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About Lieutenant, J.G. Woodward Phelps, USMC (USN)


William Woodward Phelps, Rear Admiral, U. S. Navy (born Baltimore, Md., Nov. 26, 1869, in Baltimore, Md.; died May 11, 1938; graduate, United States Naval Academy, 1889, retired after a distinguished Naval career, including service as commanding officer of the New York Naval District and of the Navy Yard in Brooklyn) (for further service details, see Who's Who in America); married April 25, 1899, Susie Kent Southwick, of Brooklyn, New York (daughter of John C. and Ella M. Southwick).

Issue(Phelps):

Constance Phelps, born 1900, died 1928

Lt. Woodward Phelps, U.S.Marines, born Nov. 5,1901 in New York, N.Y., died September, 1930, at the Brooklyn Navy Yard (Admiral Phelps and his wife and one of their two sons, Lt. Woodward Phelps, Sr., and their grandson, Woodward Phelps, Jr., are interred at the United States Naval Academy Cemetery, Annapolis, Maryland.)

Southwick Phelps, born Aug. 18, 1910, in New Rochelle, New York

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Woodward Phelps, United States Census, 1930

Name: Woodward Phelps Titles and Terms: Event Type: Census Event Date: 1930 Event Place: Precinct 24, Escambia, Florida, United States District: ED 44 Gender: Male Age: 28 Marital Status: Married Race: White Race (Original): White Relationship to Head of Household: Head Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head Birth Year (Estimated): 1902 Birthplace: New York Immigration Year: Father's Birthplace: Maryland Mother's Birthplace: New York Sheet Letter: B Sheet Number: 10 Sheet Number and Letter: 10B Household ID: 252 Line Number: 93 Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Affiliate Publication Number: T626 Affiliate Film Number: 316 GS Film Number: 2340051 Digital Folder Number: 004950228 Image Number: 00298

  • Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
  • Woodward Phelps Head M 28 New York
  • Janet B Phelps Wife F 20 Ohio
  • Woodward Phelps Jr. Son M 0 Florida

Citing this Record:

"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SRVD-RPZ : accessed 14 May 2017), Woodward Phelps, Precinct 24, Escambia, Florida, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 44, sheet 10B, line 93, family 252, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 316; FHL microfilm 2,340,051.

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Lieutenant, J.G. Woodward Phelps, USMC (USN)'s Timeline

1901
November 5, 1901
Manhattan, New York, New York County, New York, United States
1930
September 14, 1930
Age 28
Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, United States
September 16, 1930
Age 28
United States Naval Acadamy Cemetery, Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States