Cecelia A. (Phalen) Doyle
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Title
Cecelia A. (Phalen) Doyle
Subject
Doyle, Cecelia Agnes Phalen (1924-1989)
Description
Two separate portrait photographs of Cecilia Agnes (Phalen) Doyle of Strasburg.
She was from Strasburg, the daughter of Timothy Bernard and Lillian Ruth (Smith) Phalen. She had two brothers, Timothy and James. Her father was a well-known locomotive engineer for the B&O railroad.
In 1930, the family lived on West King Street in Strasburg. Her mother was not listed but her maternal grandparents and a cousin were living with them.
In the 1940 census, she and her two younger brothers lived with their great aunt and uncle, Hugh and Ida Stoneburner, on "A" Street in Strasburg.
In 1942, she married Floyd Lee Derflinger, Jr., a young airman born in Reliance, Virginia.
The couple moved to Florida some time after they married because he was stationed to an air base there. He served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Air Corps as a pilot until he died in an air accident over the Gulf of Mexico in 1945.
At the time of his death, the couple had a young daughter, Sharon Lee Phalen.
Cecelia married for the second time in Florida in 1946 to Bernie E. Doyle.
In the 1950 census, she lived in Miami, Florida, with her second husband, Bernie Doyle, a maintenance worker for a water heater manufacturer. Her mother and brother, James, lived with them.
The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled, "Strasburg".
She was from Strasburg, the daughter of Timothy Bernard and Lillian Ruth (Smith) Phalen. She had two brothers, Timothy and James. Her father was a well-known locomotive engineer for the B&O railroad.
In 1930, the family lived on West King Street in Strasburg. Her mother was not listed but her maternal grandparents and a cousin were living with them.
In the 1940 census, she and her two younger brothers lived with their great aunt and uncle, Hugh and Ida Stoneburner, on "A" Street in Strasburg.
In 1942, she married Floyd Lee Derflinger, Jr., a young airman born in Reliance, Virginia.
The couple moved to Florida some time after they married because he was stationed to an air base there. He served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Air Corps as a pilot until he died in an air accident over the Gulf of Mexico in 1945.
At the time of his death, the couple had a young daughter, Sharon Lee Phalen.
Cecelia married for the second time in Florida in 1946 to Bernie E. Doyle.
In the 1950 census, she lived in Miami, Florida, with her second husband, Bernie Doyle, a maintenance worker for a water heater manufacturer. Her mother and brother, James, lived with them.
The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled, "Strasburg".
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled "Mar 1940".
Contributor
Identified in 2011 by Graham Conner who remembered that he used to sit behind her at Strasburg High School in 1939.
Additional biographical information was compiled from public records.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Relation
Cecelia (Phalen) Doyle appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 001561 and 022900.
Identifier
022900
Original Format
Glass Negative
Collection
Citationzork
Morrison Studio, “Cecelia A. (Phalen) Doyle,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed December 5, 2025, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/52497.
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