Edith Jolliffe

2x Great-Grandparents · JOL-001

Biographical Information

Edith Maud Kate Jolliffe was christened at St Peter's, Bristol, on 3 June 1891 Confirmed, a daughter of Samuel Joliffe and Emma Ann Woolley Confirmed — her father Samuel, a Bristol shoemaker, died that same year (1891), leaving her mother Emma a widow Confirmed. A cardboard boxmaker for the British American Tobacco Company Probable, she married Alfred Phillips in 1911 Confirmed and was mother to six children, including Vera. She died in 1960 Confirmed.

Confidence of each fact: Confirmed primary record · Probable strong but unproven · Inherited family knowledge · Conflict sources disagree · Hypothesis working theory

Full Name & Name Variations

Edith Jolliffe
Edith Maud Kate Joliffe (one L) - Bristol parish christening registerInherited
Edith Maud Kate Jolliffe (two L) - GRO civil index of her daughtersInherited
Jollef - phonetic rendering on the family chartInherited
_Provenance:_ FULL NAME CONFIRMED: EDITH MAUD KATE JOLIFFE / JOLLIFFE. Middle names Maud Kate confirmed both by family and by the christening record. Surname appears as JOLIFFE (one L) in the Bristol parish register and as JOLLIFFE (two L) in the GRO civil index of her daughters - the same family, spelling variant. The chart's 'Jollef' was a phonetic rendering of Jolliffe.

Birth & Death

Born: c.1891, Bristol (christened 3 June 1891; a newborn absent from the April 1891 census)
Place: England (town not recorded)
Died: 1960

Places of Residence

Bristol, England (chr. 1891; St Philip & St Jacob, 1911)

Occupation(s)

Cardboard boxmaker, British American Tobacco Co. (1911 census)

Education

Not yet researched.

Family

Spouse: Alfred Henry Phillips

Children:

Vera Clarice Phillips (b. July 18, 1922 – d. 10 May 2009)
Edith R. D. Phillips (b. 1911, Bristol (GRO 6a/305))
Elsie M. Phillips (b. 1914, Bristol (GRO 6a/50) · m. Christopher Mortimer)
Leslie A. Phillips (b. 1915, Bristol (GRO 6a/250) · m. Vera (4 children))
Raymond F. Phillips (b. 1920, Bristol (GRO 6a/455) · never married)
Maureen Audrey Phillips (b. 1928, Bristol (GRO 6a/73) · m. Gordon Wagner (m. Jun 1953, Bristol, GRO 7b/192))

Siblings:

Caroline Emma Jolliffe (b. 1873)
John Jolliffe (b. 1876)
Priscilla Maurice Jolliffe (b. 1883, d. 1888)
Fredrick William Jolliffe (b. 1885, d. 1916)
Mary Ann Jane Jolliffe (b. 1887)

Parents:

Father: Samuel Joliffe
Mother: Emma Ann Woolley

Information Gathered (8 entries)

IDENTITY CONFIRMED by four converging records: (1) daughters Vera and Maureen's GRO births give mother's maiden name JOLLIFFE; (2) FreeBMD marriage - Alfred Phillips m. Edith MK Jolliffe, June quarter 1911 (Basile); (3) christening - Edith Maud Kate Joliffe, 3 June 1891, Bristol St Peter; (4) burial - Edith Maud Kate Phillips, Canford Cemetery, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol. The middle names Maud Kate tie all four.Inherited
CHRISTENED 3 June 1891, Bristol St Peter, Gloucestershire (England, Bristol Parish Registers 1538-1900). So born c.1891 - the family's '1890' is one year out.Inherited
PARENTS CONFIRMED: Samuel Joliffe and Emma Ann Joliffe (see JOL-002, JOL-003). A NEW GENERATION not on the original chart.Inherited
MARRIED Alfred H. Phillips, Bristol registration district, Q2 (Apr-Jun) 1911 - CONFIRMED from the GRO marriage index image: JOLLIFFE, EDITH M.K., Bristol, Volume 6a, Page 143, cross-matching Alfred H. Phillips at the identical reference. Christened 1891 = age ~20 at marriage. Certificate orderable at Bristol 1911 6a/143.Confirmed
DIED 1960 - buried 22 October 1960, Canford Cemetery, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol (Find a Grave Index, as Edith Maud Kate Phillips). The family's '1959' is one year out. The Canford candidate flagged as 'unconfirmed' in earlier sessions is now CONFIRMED as her.Inherited
The earlier concern that FamilySearch's Jol* wildcard missed Jolliffe is fully resolved: the parish register spells her JOLIFFE, and civil records JOLLIFFE - a spelling gap, not an absence.Inherited
OCCUPATION Probable: the 1911 England census carries an Edith Jolliffe at Bristol, b.c.1892, single, CARDBOARD BOXMAKER - consistent with our Edith but recorded living alone (no parents in the household), so it fits without being proven. Her marriage to Alfred Phillips followed in June 1911.Probable
OCCUPATION CONFIRMED (not just probable): the 1911 census entry already on file (source FS-1911-EDITH) records Edith Jolliffe, age 19, Bristol (St Philip & St Jacob), CARDBOARD BOXMAKER for the BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO CO. So her boxmaking trade and employer are documented.Probable

Sources & Documents (7 sources)

Christening — Edith Maud Kate Joliffe, 1891 ↗England, Bristol, Parish Registers, 1538-1900, entry for Edith Maud Kate Joliffe and Samuel Joliffe, christened 3 June 1891, Bristol St Peter, Gloucestershire.FamilySearch

GRO marriage index — Alfred H. Phillips & Edith M.K. Jolliffe, 1911 ↗General Register Office, England & Wales marriage index, Apr-Jun quarter 1911: PHILLIPS, ALFRED H. — BRISTOL, Vol 6a, Page 143; and JOLLIFFE, EDITH M.K. — BRISTOL, Vol 6a, Page 143. Identical reference = married each other. (GRO (index reference; scans held locally))

GRO birth index — Vera Clarice Phillips, 1922 ↗General Register Office, England & Wales birth index: PHILLIPS, VERA CLARICE, Sept quarter 1922, BRISTOL district, Volume 06A, Page 305. Mother's maiden surname: JOLLIFFE. (GRO (index reference))

GRO birth index — Maureen Audrey Phillips, 1928 ↗General Register Office, England & Wales birth index: PHILLIPS, MAUREEN AUDREY, Dec quarter 1928, BRISTOL district, Volume 06A, Page 73. Mother's maiden surname: JOLLIFFE. (GRO (index reference))

Burial — Edith Maud Kate Phillips, 1960 ↗Find a Grave Index, entry for Edith Maud Kate Phillips, died 22 October 1960, buried Canford Cemetery and Crematorium, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol.FamilySearch / Find a Grave

1911 England Census — Edith Jolliffe, Bristol ↗England and Wales Census, 1911, entry for Edith Jolliffe, age 19, Bristol, Gloucestershire; St Philip and St Jacob; cardboard boxmaker, British American Tobacco Co.FamilySearch

Family knowledge — supplied by BasileOral/handed-down family information supplied by P.J.B., July 2026, and the original family chart (Family Tree.rtf / FamilyTree.html).Family