When James Pool was born on 24 April 1845, in Kingswinford, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, James Pool, was 30 and his mother, Sarah Parkes, was 30. He married Emily Grainger on 16 March 1874, in Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Harborne, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom in 1851 and St Woollos, Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom in 1891. In 1874, at the age of 28, his occupation is listed as marine engineer in Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom. He died on 24 August 1918, in Essex, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 73, and was buried in At Sea.
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English: variant of Poole or Paul .
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