Miriam Elizabeth Garrett

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• Name	Miriam Elizabeth Garrett  [1, 2, 3]
  Born	13 Mar 1917 Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Residence	1920 Ward 9, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [1]  –  Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Daughter
  Residence	1930 Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [2]  –  Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Daughter
  Newspaper Clipping	16 Jul 1947 Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [5, 6]  –  Murder-Suicide: Father of Two Kills Wife and Self.
  Name	Elizabeth Garrett Phields [7]
  Name	Marrian Elizabeth Phields [3]
  Name	Miriam E Garrett [4]
  Died	16 Jul 1947 Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [3]  –  Cause: Homicide; Gunshot wounds to chest and abdomen.
  Buried	​ Steelton, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [3]
  	William Howard Day
  Notes	Husband committed murder-suicide one year after she moved back to Harrisburg with her children to live with her parents.
  Person ID	I83 SOALsearch
  Last Modified	1 Nov 2024

  
  
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  Father	James Edward Garrett (Age 84 years) b. 1881, Virginia, USA d. 1965 (Age 84 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Bessie Lee Blalock (Age 93 years) b. 6 Mar 1897, Paterson, Passaic, New Jersey, USA d. 28 Nov 1990, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 93 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F33 Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ernest Gilbert Phields, II (Age 36 years) b. 10 May 1911, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA d. 16 Jul 1947, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 36 years)
  Married	11 May 1940 Warrenton, Fauquier, Virginia, USA [4]
  Children	1. Ernest Garrett Phields, III b. 1945, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA d. Buffalo, Erie, New York, USA  [natural]   2. Elizabeth Lee Phields (Age 77 years) b. 22 Sep 1940, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA d. 23 Mar 2018, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 77 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	1 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F34 Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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