Philip Daniel Guiney Sr. of Groton, New London County, Connecticut United States was born on May 3, 1932 in Portland, ME to Helena May (Callan) Guiney and Jeremiah Robert "Jere" Guiney. Philip Guiney had siblings Jeremiah Robert Guiney, Nancy Patrice (Guiney) Grant, Margaret Ellen (Guiney) Morrison, and Catherine Helena (Guiney) Warner. He married Catherine Ann "Ann" Woods-Guiney-Miller-Wallace on August 8, 1953 and they later divorced in 1959. He also married Patricia Margaret (Sweeney) Perka) Guiney, and they were married until Philip's death on October 11, 2012.