Eleventh Generation
11479. Harry Libbey PHILBRICK was born on 6 June 1904 in Roxbury, Oxford, Maine.13 He appeared in the census on 12 April 1940 in Mexico, Oxford, Maine. Age 35, born Maine. He worked on cutters at the paper mill and his household included his wife Doris, 37, and children Julian, 8; Grace, 7; Clyde, 4; and Paul, 3. Name on census: Harry L. Philbrick. He died on 31 October 1983 at the age of 79 in Rumford, Oxford, Maine.13,3096 Harry was buried on 3 November 1983 in Roxbury, Oxford, Maine.13 Harry Libbey PHILBRICK and Doris E. GALLOP were married on 22 June 1930 in Mexico, Oxford, Maine.3096 Doris E. GALLOP, daughter of Julian GALLOP and Elvena RICHARDS, was born on 13 July 1902 in Mexico, Oxford, Maine.3096 She appeared in the census on 12 April 1940 in Mexico, Oxford, Maine. Age 37, born Maine, living with husband Harry and their 4 children. Name on census: Doris Philbrick. She died on 30 January 2000 at the age of 97 in Gardiner, Kennebec, Maine.3096 Her obituary was published on 1 February 2000 in the Sun Journal in Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine.3096 GARDINER — Doris E. (Gallop) Philbrick, 97, of Mexico, died Sunday, Jan. 30.
Born in Mexico, on Sunday, July 13, 1902 she was the daughter of Julian and Elvena (Richards) Gallop. She was a graduate of Mexico High School with the class of 1920 and Bates College in 1924, majoring in languages. She also held a degree from Washington School of Art and attended New England Conservatory of Music in Boston.
She was employed as a language arts teacher and taught school in Salem, N.Y., in 1925; Rangeley in 1926 and substituted for many years in the Mexico, and other school systems. She also taught private music lessons in her home and played the organ for the Mexico Congregational Church for several years.
Her interests included drawing, music, flower gardening, local history, genealogy and writing poetry. In 1987, she and her friend Dorothy E. Safford published their poetry in the book, “Sunshine and Shadows: Poems of the Heart.” She continued to play the piano up until the time of her death. She was a member of the Poetry Club of Maine, the Androscoggin Chapter of the DAR, and attended Mexico Baptist Church and the Mexico Congregational Church. She was a former member of the Swift River Grange
She was married in Mexico, on June 22, 1930 to the late Harry L. Philbrick who died in Rumford on Oct. 31, 1983.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Kenneth (Grace Anna) Leeman of Orr’s Island, and North Port, Fla., and Mrs James (Faith) Schillinger of Richmond; two sons, Julian of Natick, Mass., and Clyde of Biloxi, Miss.; 10 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and many nieces, nephews and cousins.
She was predeceased by a son, Paul; two brothers, Myron and Richard Gallop; and a grandson, Andrew Schillinger.
Harry Libbey PHILBRICK-17656 and Doris E. GALLOP-42420 had the following children: |