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Howard Phillips Lovecraft

BIRTH: 20 Aug 1890, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
DEATH: 15 Mar 1937, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
BURIAL: Swan Point Cemetery, Blackstone Blvd., Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
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Father: Winfield Scott Lovecraft (26 Oct 1853 - 19 Jul 1898)
Mother: Sarah Susan Phillips (17 Oct 1857 - 24 May 1921)

Family 1: Sonia Haft Shafirkin (16 Mar 1883 - 26 Dec 1972)

DIVORCE: Y
MARRIAGE: 3 Mar 1924, Manhattan, New York, New York

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                             _George Lovecraft ___________________|
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 _Winfield Scott Lovecraft _|
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|--Howard Phillips Lovecraft 
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|                                                                  _Jeremiah Phillips _____|
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|                                                                 |                        |                         _Benedict Whipple ____+
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|                                                                 |                        |_Esther Whipple ________|_Elizabeth Mathewson _
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|                            _Whipple Van Buren Phillips _________|
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|_Sarah Susan Phillips _____|
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                            |_Robie Alzada or Rhody Alzada Place _|
                              (1827 - 1896) m 1856                |
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Notes

!SOURCE: Email from Cory Panshin (email hidden) to Weldon Whipple, 15 Oct 1997, citing S.T. Joshi, _H.P. Lovecraft: A Life_ (Necronomicon Press, 1996). Gives marriage in 1921.

!SOURCE: Email from Jason (email hidden) to the Whipple Website, 3 Jul 2001. Gives marriage date 3 Mar 1924, citing the New York Public Library Genealogy Department.

!SOURCE: Email from Scott Langlais to the Whipple Website, 2 Oct 2002. Includes photo of Lovecraft's gravestone.

!SOURCE: Find a Grave web site memorial 1188, cited 8 Nov 2024.

Gravestone of H.P. Lovecraft

Submitted by Scott Langlais

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