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Phyllis Jean Whitehead 1913 - 2006

Phyllis Jean Whitehead of Canterbury, City of Boroondara County, VIC Australia was born on June 19, 1913 in Corryong, Towong Shire County to Evelyn Mary (Lobban) Whitehead and Charles Thomas Whitehead. She had siblings Isabel Evelyn Whitehead, Kenneth Charles Whitehead, Kathleen Mary Whitehead, Irene Annie Rebecca Whitehead, and Douglas Lobban Whitehead. Phyllis Whitehead married Gilbert Leslie Wignall in 1940, and died at age 93 years old on December 10, 2006 in Canterbury, City of Boroondara County.
Phyllis Jean Whitehead
Canterbury, City of Boroondara County, VIC 3126, Australia
June 19, 1913
Corryong, Towong Shire County, VIC, 3707, Australia
December 10, 2006
Canterbury, City of Boroondara County, VIC, 3126, Australia
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  • 06/19
    1913

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    June 19, 1913
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    Corryong, Towong Shire County, VIC 3707, Australia
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  • 12/10
    2006

    Death

    December 10, 2006
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    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Canterbury, City of Boroondara County, VIC 3126, Australia
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In 1913, in the year that Phyllis Jean Whitehead was born, the Philippine–American War ended for good in June. While the official end of the war was in 1902, fighting continued for several years. An estimated 200,000 to 250,000 total Filipino civilians died and although the U.S. viewed its role as a colonial presence as one of preparing the Philippines for independence, American colonization drastically changed the character off the culture. The Catholic Church was no longer the state religion and English became the primary language of the government.
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In 1922, Phyllis was just 9 years old when on June 22, coal miners in Herrin Illinois, were on strike (coal miners had been on strike nationally since April 1). The striking miners were outraged at the strikebreakers (scabs) that the company had brought in and laid siege to the mine. Three union workers were killed when gunfire was exchanged. The next day, union miners killed 23 strikebreakers and mine guards. No one, on either side, ever faced jail time.
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