John Paul Sr

Brief Life History of John

When John Paul Sr was born on 8 June 1829, in Steuben, New York, United States, his father, Ira Paul, was 57 and his mother, Mary Ann Pierce, was 37. He married Rosine Gridley in April 1895, in New York City, New York, United States. He lived in New York, United States in 1870 and Troupsburg, Steuben, New York, United States in 1900. He died on 15 August 1910, in Troupsburg, Troupsburg, Steuben, New York, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Troupsburg, Troupsburg, Steuben, New York, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Paul Sr
1829–1910
Almeda Jackson
1834–1894
Sarah S Paul
1851–1904
Matilda Paul
1853–1904
Frances Paul
1853–1911
Millard Paul
1858–
John P Paul
1861–1920
Charles Albert Paul
1864–1912
Ida J Paul
1866–1894
Frederick Erwin Paul
1869–1932
George P. Paul
1873–
Arthur H Paul
1875–1925

Sources (11)

  • John Paul, "New York State Census, 1905"
  • John Paul, "New York, State Death Index, 1880-1956"
  • John Paul in entry for Fred E Paul and Carrie M Schenck, "New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936"

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World Events (8)

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

1830 · The Oregon Trail

Many people started their 2,170-mile West trek to settle the land found by Louis and Clark. They used large-wheeled wagons to pack most of their belongings and were guided by trails that were made by the previous trappers and traders who walked the area. Over time the trail needed annual improvements to make the trip faster and safer. Most of Interstate 80 and 84 cover most of the ground that was the original trail.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

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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