Nellie I. Phillips The following census records match with what is surely known about Nellie by her daughter, Betty:
1910 US Census, full record:
Monson, Hampden, MA, in District No. 12, abode 51, family 69:
Previous house/farm:
Stacy, Herbert, head, m, w, 34, M1-6,
Stacy, Alice, wife, f, w, 33, M1-6, 1/1,
Stacy, Adeline, dau, f, w, 4, S,
Costello, Teresa, boarder, f, w, 23, S
next house:
Stacy, James L., head, m, w, 67, M1-35, MA, VT, MA, Farmer, House Farm
Stacy, Bessie A., wife, f, w, 62, M2-38, 2/2, MA, MA, MA, housekeeper, Farm
Boarding House
Stacy, Ernest E., son, m, w, 23, S, MA, MA, MA, laborer, Home Farm
Mann, Mildred M., state boarder, f, w, 10, S, MA, MA, MA, none
Phillips, Nellie, state boarder, f, w, 8, S, MA, MA, MA, none
Phillips, Mildred, state boarder, f, w, 4, S, MA, MA, MA, none
This looks like the Nellie and Mildred in questions were sisters, and possibly orphans.
1920 US Census for Brimfiled, Hampden, Mass, residing on a 'farm' with
Charles W. Waldron (70) and wife, Mary S. Waldron (73), and a daughter of
theirs, possibly Bertie Barnes? age 46, widow (in 1910, she was Bertie A,
divorced, w/ dau., Bertie M. Barnes, age 13 b. NY (same for all Waldrons)
and possible ex-husband was living with family as a hired man, Dwight M.
Barnes):
Nellie I or G Phillips, state ward, f, w, 18, S, MA, MA, MA, bookeeper,
(some sort of store)
Mildred I or G Phillips, boarder, f, w, 14, S, home
Continuing with Nellie 'G' Phillips.... she appears in 1920 US Census at Brimfield, Hampden, MA, age 18, and 'State Ward'. She's not longer in the 'Stacy' house, but living with Charles ?Waldron? and wife Mary. Interestingly enough, at 18, she's a 'State Ward, but at 14, Mildred is listed simply as 'boarder.' In 1920, Nellie is working as a bookkeeper in some kind of
store.
Unless the first or last name are incorrect, this is the ONLY Nellie Phillips appearing in 1920 and 1910 US Census, that even CLOSELY matches, in age, Nellie (Phillips) Eldridge.
Surely the correct record follow from the CT Death Index records:
ELDRIDGE, NELLIE P
Death Date: May 19 1990 Race: White
Death Place: Old Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut Sex: Female
Spouse: PAUL Age: 88 Years
Birth Place: , Massachusetts Residence: Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut
Birth Date: 01 October, 1901 Address: 40 BOSTON TERR, 064372836
Father: PHILLIPS Industry:
Occupation: HSEWF State File #: 11319
Matching SSDI entry:
NELLIE I ELDRIDGE SSN 026-18-2449 Residence: 06475 Old Saybrook, Middlesex, CT
Born 1 Oct 1901Died 19 May 1990 Issued: MA. She was born on 1 October 1901 at
Massachusetts, USA. She was the daughter of
Charles W. Phillips and
Hattie (I. or J.) Adams. Nellie I. Phillips died on 19 May 1990 at
Old Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA, at age 88.