Individual Details
Harry Morgan Phelps
(17 Aug 1899 - 9 Jul 1934)
World War I draft registration shows Harry Morgan living at Oak Creek, Routt Co., Colorado. Harry is a miner at Moffit Coal Company. He registered in September 1918.
On the 1930 U.S. Census of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan, Harry M. Phelps appears with his wife Lenna and sons Harry Jr., William J. and Jeremy A. Harry Sr. works as a helper in a paper mill.
The Oakland California Public Library searched the Oakland Tribune and Oakland Post-Enquirer for an obituary on Harry Morgan Phelps and did not locate one. Search done January 9, 2015.
Berkeley Daily Gazette, Wednesday evening, July 11, 1934, Page 2, Col. 8: Reports Family of Dead Man Cared for. Despite charges made by Mrs. Lena Phelps, 1514 Chestnut Street, that her husband was forced to return to work because county charity organizations had refused to provide further aid, Mrs. Katherine Van Dewer, director of the Transient Family Service, Oakland, today stated that she has been supplying the family with food, medical care and clothing.
Harry M. Phelps, 34, the husband and father, died Monday night shortly after he returned home from working at a job he received that day. Mrs. Phelps said her husband, although desperately ill, had been forced to take the work because they had been declared ineligible for further charity.
"The Phelps family has been receiving assistance from our organization since June 7, when they were transferred to us from the Alameda County Charity Commission," Miss Van Dewer stated. "Two weeks ago Mr. Phelps was given a two week's grocery order, medicine and told at that time that he was not to attempt any labor of any sort because of his physical condition. We have received word from authorities at Kalamazoo, Michigan, home of the Phelps family, that they would authorize the return of the family to that city and care for them. We have at all times provided the family with the necessities of life and will continue to do so as long as they live within our jurisdiction."
Funeral arrangements for Mr. Phelps are being delayed pending the arrival of a brother from the East, according to Deputy Coroner E. E. Niehaus.
On the 1930 U.S. Census of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan, Harry M. Phelps appears with his wife Lenna and sons Harry Jr., William J. and Jeremy A. Harry Sr. works as a helper in a paper mill.
The Oakland California Public Library searched the Oakland Tribune and Oakland Post-Enquirer for an obituary on Harry Morgan Phelps and did not locate one. Search done January 9, 2015.
Berkeley Daily Gazette, Wednesday evening, July 11, 1934, Page 2, Col. 8: Reports Family of Dead Man Cared for. Despite charges made by Mrs. Lena Phelps, 1514 Chestnut Street, that her husband was forced to return to work because county charity organizations had refused to provide further aid, Mrs. Katherine Van Dewer, director of the Transient Family Service, Oakland, today stated that she has been supplying the family with food, medical care and clothing.
Harry M. Phelps, 34, the husband and father, died Monday night shortly after he returned home from working at a job he received that day. Mrs. Phelps said her husband, although desperately ill, had been forced to take the work because they had been declared ineligible for further charity.
"The Phelps family has been receiving assistance from our organization since June 7, when they were transferred to us from the Alameda County Charity Commission," Miss Van Dewer stated. "Two weeks ago Mr. Phelps was given a two week's grocery order, medicine and told at that time that he was not to attempt any labor of any sort because of his physical condition. We have received word from authorities at Kalamazoo, Michigan, home of the Phelps family, that they would authorize the return of the family to that city and care for them. We have at all times provided the family with the necessities of life and will continue to do so as long as they live within our jurisdiction."
Funeral arrangements for Mr. Phelps are being delayed pending the arrival of a brother from the East, according to Deputy Coroner E. E. Niehaus.
Events
| Birth | 17 Aug 1899 | Belmont, Coffee Co., Tennessee |  | ||
| Birth | Abt 1900 | | |||
| Marriage | 16 Nov 1919 | Routt Co., Colorado - Zella Mae Clapper | | ||
| Marriage | 28 Sep 1926 | Jefferson Co., Colorado - Lenna Burghart | | ||
| Death | 9 Jul 1934 | ||||
| Death | 9 Jul 1934 | Alameda Co., California | | ||
| Alt name | Harry Morgan Phelps | | |||
| Alt name | Harry Phelps | | |||
| Burial | Unknown | |
Families
| Spouse | Lenna Burghart (1896 - 1991) |
| Child | Harry Morgan Phelps Jr. (1926 - 2012) |
| Child | William I Phelps (1927 - 2005) |
| Child | Jerry Allan Phelps (1928 - 1996) |
| Child | Charles B Phelps (1930 - 1949) |
| Spouse | Zella Mae Clapper (1901 - 1944) |
| Father | Alfred Henry Phelps (1854 - 1924) |
| Mother | Margaret Isabelle McGinnis (1861 - 1914) |
| Sibling | Carrie Joanne Phelps (1880 - 1946) |
| Sibling | Friend Ambose Phelps (1881 - 1888) |
| Sibling | Olive May Phelps (1883 - 1946) |
| Sibling | Dollie Phelps (1884 - 1884) |
| Sibling | Edward Claude Phelps (1885 - 1948) |
| Sibling | Alfred James Phelps (1886 - 1966) |
| Sibling | William Clifford Phelps (1888 - 1959) |
| Sibling | Irving Albert Phelps (1891 - 1936) |
| Sibling | Richard Cassius Phelps (1893 - 1965) |
| Sibling | Margaret Lillian "Dale" Phelps (1896 - 1980) |
| Sibling | Helen Irene Phelps (1898 - 1988) |
| Sibling | Bonnie Belle Phelps (1900 - 1902) |
Endnotes
1. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Family Search.
3. Colorado Genealogical Society, Colorado Marriages, 1858-1939 (n.p: An Index Compiled by The Denver Public Library, n.d).
4. 1930 Census Kalamazoo Co., Michigan.
5. Colorado Genealogical Society, Colorado Marriages, 1858-1939 (n.p: An Index Compiled by The Denver Public Library, n.d).
8. Colorado Genealogical Society, Colorado Marriages, 1858-1939 (n.p: An Index Compiled by The Denver Public Library, n.d).
10. Newspaper Article on the Phelps Family, Berkeley Daily Gazette, Wednesday evening, July 11, 1934, Page 2, Col. 8.