Brief Life History of John
When John Paul was born on 26 July 1786, in Northampton, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Friedrich Paul, was 40 and his mother, Anna Maria Sophia Bauer, was 36. He married Esther Faust about 1805, in Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters. He died on 2 March 1856, in Allentown, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Union-West End Cemetery, Allentown, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- John Paul in entry for Maria Paul, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999"
- John Paul in entry for Eli Paul, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999"
- John Paul in entry for Anna Paul, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999"
Spouse and Children
1786–1856 Male
1787–1868 Female
Children (11)
1806– Male
1808–1892 Female
1810–1890 Female
1812–1893 Male
1816–1866 Male
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1745–1830 Male
1750–1841 Female
Siblings (10)
1772–1845 Female
1774–1834 Male
1775–1853 Male
1776–1833 Female
1778–1817 Female
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World Events (7)
1787 · The Making of the U.S. Constitution.
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1787 · Second State to Ratify U.S. Constitution
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1808
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Name Meaning
English, French, German, Dutch, Swedish, West Indian (mainly Haiti, also e.g. Saint Lucia), and African (mainly Nigeria and Tanzania): from the personal name Paul (from Latin Paulus ‘small’), which has always been popular in Christendom. It was the name adopted by the Pharisee Saul of Tarsus after his conversion to Christianity on the road to Damascus in about AD 34. He was a most energetic missionary to the Gentiles in the Roman Empire, and played a very significant role in establishing Christianity as a major world religion. The name was borne also by numerous other early Christian saints. It is also occasionally borne by Jews; the reasons for this are not clear. In North America, the English form of the surname has absorbed many cognates from other languages and their patronymics and other derivatives, e.g. Greek Pavlis , Slovenian Pavel and Pavlič (see Pavlic ), Polish Paweł (see Pawel ) and Pawlicki , Assyrian/Chaldean Polous and Polus . In France, this surname is most common in Brittany (see 2 below).
Breton (mainly Finistère): from a Frenchified form of the personal name Paol, Breton form of Paul .
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Phóil ‘son of Paul’. Compare McFall .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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