Phyllis Marjorie (Sampson) Cullen (1911 - 2011)

Born 8 Aug 1911 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Ancestors

Wife of Paul Alfred (Cohen) Cullen AC CBE DSO — married Feb 1932 (to 1961) in Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia

Died 22 Oct 2011 at age 100 in Elizabeth Bay, New South Wales, Australia

Biography

Phyllis Marjorie "Phyl" Sampson (married name Cohen, which was later changed to Cullen) was born on 8 August 1911 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, the daughter of Thomas Pollard Sampson and Clarice Effie Sampson. ^[1][2][3]

In February 1932 in Woollahra, she secretly married Paul Cohen, son of Sir Samuel and Lady Elma Cohen. ^[4][2][5][6] She and Paul didn't tell their parents about their marriage until late April. ^[5] Their children were twins:^[2]

• Christopher Cohen
• Dinah Cohen

In 1941, Paul and his brother George changed their Jewish names and those of their families, to Cullen. They were both fighting the Germans in North Africa, Greece and Crete and knew that, were they to be captured they would not be treated as Prisoners of War.

Phyl and Paul ended their marriage in 1961. Phyl did not marry again. ^[2]

She died on 22 October 2011 in Elizabeth Bay, an inner eastern Sydney suburb, aged 100 years and almost eleven weeks. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ New South Wales Birth Index #24063/1911
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} 'Cullen, Phyllis Marjorie (1911–2011)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/cullen-phyllis-marjorie-22692/text, accessed 17 August 2017 by Clare Spring.
3. ↑ Wikipedia contributors. (13 June 2019). "Thomas Pollard Sampson." In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 30 August 2019 by Clare Spring from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Pollard_Sampson&oldid=901659605.
4. ↑ New South Wales Marriage Index #4220/1932
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} "Secret wedding." 3 May 1932. Tweed Daily (Murwillumbah), p. 3. Retrieved 17 August 2017 by Clare Spring from http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/193083294.
6. ↑ "Diary of a chatterbox." 7 June 1932. The Daily Telegraph (Sydney), p. 4. Retrieved 30 August 2019 by Clare Spring from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/246328902.