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Possible death of Ruth?

Deaths Dec 1918
Phillips Ruth aged 32 W.Derby 8b 795

Looks like the child that Contrary Mary mentioned on page 1 also died in this quarter

Deaths Dec 1918
Phillips Robert A S aged 5 W.Derby 8b 830

Thank you Barbara.

Births of other possible children to the marriage of Sydney & Ruth

Births Jun 1913
Phillips Robert A S Eldrett W.Derby 8b 641
Deaths Dec 1918
Phillips Robert A S aged 5 W.Derby 8b 830
Births Mar 1915
Phillips Lilian G Eldrett W.Derby 8b 655
Deaths Sep 1915
Phillips Lilian G aged 0 W. Derby 8b 450
Births Mar 1916
Phillips Olive M Eldrett W. Derby 8b 645
Deaths Dec 1918
Phillips Olive M aged 2 W.Derby 8b 815
Births Mar 1918
Phillips Thomas W G Eldrett W. Derby 8b 567

So it looks like Ruth and her son Robert and daughter Olive all died in Dec qtr 1918.....how sad is that?!

Yes it is sad isn't it :-((

I can't find a death for Thomas W G though, so perhaps he didn't die either?

Mary

No I can't find him either the only possibility is this but without the initials

Deaths Dec 1919
PHILLIPS Thomas aged 1 W.Derby 8b 390

I'm wondering if they were the victims of the Spanish Flu?

Yes, you could be right. Just googled 'Spanish Flu' and it says the pandemic lasted from March 1918 to June 1920
The virus caused three waves of disease. The second of these, between September and December 1918, resulting in the heaviest loss of life.

Really sad. Just makes you realise how lucky we are. I wonder what happened to Thomas then? When my grandad married my Nan in 1921 he only brought Ruth with him? The plot thickens!

That would make sense. How sad for Sydney, to go from a family of 7 to 2 in a matter of a couple of years.

Well ladies i'm off to dish out dinner. Thank you all so much for your time. x

Yes, very sad.....life was not easy in those days!