Phyllis Schlafly

Schlafly in 2016, photo by Gino Santa Maria/Bigstock.com

Birth Name: Phyllis McAlpin Stewart

Date of Birth: August 15, 1924

Place of Birth: St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.

Date of Death: September 5, 2016

Place of Death: Ladue, Missouri, U.S.

Ethnicity: English, Scottish, Irish, small amount of French-Canadian

Phyllis Schlafly was an American movement conservative, lawyer, and author.

Phyllis was the daughter of Marie Odile (Dodge) and John Bruce Stewart, a machinist and salesman of industrial equipment. She was married to attorney John Fred Schlafly, Jr., until his death, with whom she had six children, including lawyer and conservative activist Andrew Schlafly. Her husband John was from a wealthy family, and was the grandson of August Schlaefly, who was a Swiss emigrant, from Canton of Bern.

Phyllis was a devout Catholic.

She had deep Colonial American (in Connecticut and New York) roots on her mother’s side.

Phyllis’ paternal grandfather was named Andrew Frazier Stewart. Andrew was a master mechanic with the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway. He was born in Stirlingshire, Scotland.

Phyllis’ paternal grandmother was Susan Senoretta McGuire (the daughter of John Chrysostum McGuire and Sarah Jane Christy). Susan was born in Pennsylvania. John was the son of Richard McGuire and Eleanor Ann Byrne, who was born in St Marys Lane, Dublin, Ireland.

Phyllis’ maternal grandfather was attorney Ernest Cole Dodge (the son of Egbert Dodge and Sarah Louisa Sherwood). Ernest was born in Illinois. Egbert was the son of David Stoddard Dodge and Nancy Rice. Sarah was the daughter of The Rev. Adiel Sherwood and Emma Catherine Heriot.

Phyllis’ maternal grandmother was Bertha G. Layton (the daughter of James Wilford Layton and Sarah Jane Pratte). Bertha was born in Missouri. James was the son of John Chrysostom Layton and Mary Ann Moore. Sarah was the daughter of Bernard Sébastien Pratte, who was of French-Canadian descent, and of Anne Catherine Rochford.

Source: Genealogy of Phyllis Schlafly – https://www.geni.com