Background
Silva, Phyllis C. was born on May 6, 1928 in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, United States. Daughter of Reuben Ballou and Alice (Carr) Cook.
Silva, Phyllis C. was born on May 6, 1928 in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, United States. Daughter of Reuben Ballou and Alice (Carr) Cook.
Student, University Rhode Island. Student, Catholic Teachers College.
Reg. genealogist Spinner Black Cotton Mill, Blackstone, Massachusetts, 1944—1949. Lacquer sprayer Brier Manufacturing Company, Providence, 1949—1956. Teacher Woonsocket School Systems, 1956—1967.
Assistant secretary state in-charge archives Office Rhode Island, Secretary State, Providence, since 1967. Coordinator History Records Advisory Board Rhode Island, since 1976, National History Publications and Records, since 1976. Lecturer state archives, since 1980.
Board directors New England Conservation Center, 1978—1982. Member of Bristol History Society, Society of America Archivists, Rhode Island General Society (1st vice president).
Married J. Camille Peloquin, September 5, 1949 (divorced 1973). Children: J. Camille, Linda Peloquin Clayton, Ronald, Theodore. Married John L. Silva, June 26, 1977.