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Miriam Elizabeth Garrett

Miriam Elizabeth Garrett



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  1. 1.  Miriam Elizabeth GarrettMiriam Elizabeth Garrett was born on 13 Mar 1917 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 16 Jul 1947 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in Steelton, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Elizabeth Garrett Phields
    • Name: Marrian Elizabeth Phields
    • Name: Miriam E Garrett
    • Residence: 1920, Ward 9, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Daughter
    • Residence: 1930, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Daughter
    • Newspaper Clipping: 16 Jul 1947, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; Murder-Suicide
    • Newspaper Clipping: 16 Jul 1947, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; Murder-Suicide

    Notes:

    Husband committed murder-suicide one year after she moved back to Harrisburg with her children to live with her parents.

    Buried:
    William Howard Day

    Miriam married Ernest Gilbert Phields, II on 11 May 1940 in Warrenton, Fauquier, Virginia, USA. Ernest (son of Ernest Garfield Phields, I and Corrie Bell Harris) was born on 10 May 1911 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 16 Jul 1947 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Elizabeth Lee Phields  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 22 Sep 1940 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 23 Mar 2018 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in Steelton, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.
    2. 3. Ernest Garrett Phields, III  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1945 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; died in in Buffalo, Erie, New York, USA.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Elizabeth Lee PhieldsElizabeth Lee Phields Descendancy chart to this point (1.Miriam1) was born on 22 Sep 1940 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 23 Mar 2018 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in Steelton, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Elizabeth Overton
    • Name: Elizabeth P Overton
    • Residence: 1985, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Residence: 2008, Lewisberry, York, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Residence: 2010, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA

    Notes:

    Elizabeth "Betsy" Overton, 77 of Harrisburg passed March 23, 2018. She was the daughter of the late Ernest and Miriam "Betty" Phields. Betsy was the Chief, Division of Field Operations for the Deptartment of Public Welfare and retired with over 30 years of dedicated service from the Commonwealth. She was a member of Wesley Union AME Zion Church, a Master Gardener and enjoyed reading, cooking, traveling and spending time with family and friends.

    Betsy leaves her family
    Miriam (Kelley) Phields,
    Phil (Cathy) Overton,
    Delores Fisher,
    grandson, Philip R. Overton
    and a host of family and friends.

    Services will be held at Hooper Memorial Home, Inc. on Thursday, March 29, 2018 at 11 a.m., visitation 10 a.m., burial William Howard Day Cemetery.

    Published on Pennlive.com and in The Patriot-News on Mar. 27, 2018

    Family/Spouse: William M. Overton. William was born on 17 Apr 1921 in Elizabeth City, Camden, North Carolina, USA; died on 26 Nov 1996 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Ernest Garrett Phields, IIIErnest Garrett Phields, III Descendancy chart to this point (1.Miriam1) was born in 1945 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; died in in Buffalo, Erie, New York, USA.



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