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[Games] Re: CN's Century Congrats - Round 3
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LN: Philips
DH: Walter William Philips (30) [December 19, 1885]
DW1: Ruth Alberta [Lewis] Philips (des.) [September 3, 1886 - May 10, 1912]
-DD: Ada Ruth Philips (10) [February 7, 1905]
-DD: Rose Wilhelmina Philips (9) [October 13, 1906]
-DS: Walter William Philips, Jr (des.) [January 28, 1908 - March 5, 1908]
-DD: Clara Pauline Philips (5) [September 25, 1910]
-DS/DD: Lewis John Philips / Alberta Mary Philips "Alba" (3) [May 18, 1912]
DW2: Della Frances [Meier] Philips (21) [June 4, 1897)
-DS: James William Philips (0) [August 22, 1915]
In May of 1912, Ruth gave birth to twins. However, the labor was hard and Ruth lost a lot of blood. She died a couple days later. Grief-stricken, Walter named the twins Lewis and Alberta, after Ruth. Knowing the children needed a mother, he remarried a woman named Della in early 1914. Della was young and had the energy to keep up with five young children, and didn't seem to mind that Walter had so many children from his previous wife. The younger children warmed to her quickly, but Ada and Rose have still had a difficult time adjusting and are not always kind to Della. In August of 1915, Della gave birth to a child of her own, a son she named James after her father.

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