Brief Life History of James Alston
When James Alston Paul was born on 19 May 1904, in Leigh, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Edward Alston Paul, was 40 and his mother, Mary Ann Hall, was 33. He married Elizabeth Robinson in 1924, in Chorley, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Euxton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1911 and Chorley, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1939. He died on 4 September 1966, at the age of 62.
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Sources (2)
- Jim Paul in household of Edward Paul, "England and Wales Census, 1911"
- James A Paul, "England and Wales National Register, 1939"
Spouse and Children
1904–1966 Male
1904– Female
Children (1)
1924–2013 Female
Parents and Siblings
1864– Male
1870– Female
Siblings (11)
1850– Female
1882– Female
1885– Female
1892–1892 Female
1892– Male
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World Events (8)
1908
Age 4
1908 · 7th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers
Age 4
1921 · British Unemployment Reaches Post-War High
Age 17
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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