She was born January 15, 1949 in Karachi, and on her parents' emigration attended various schools in U.S.A. and Dalton Junior College (Associate Arts & Associate Science), qualifying as a registered nurse in obstetrics. She married, 1971, Roy Charles Phillips, a purchasing agent for plumbing and electrical supplies, with two sons, Robin Nicholas and Kent Alexander. The marriage was dissolved in 1986.

Reprinted from: Lidderdale, Halliday Adair, The Descendants of John Lidderdale 1783-1845, 1988 unpublished manuscript.

Joan Lidderdale (age 30) with children June Kennard (8), Jacqueline Lidderdale (2), and James Lidderdale (1) arrived in the port of Tilbury, England, on March 11, 1951 on the S.S. Stratheden from Bombay via Sydney, Australia.

Source: The U.K. National Archives (http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/), The Moving Here catalogue record No. BT 26/1272/2328 (http://www.movinghere.org.uk/search/catalogue.asp?RecordID=47407).