James Alston Paul

Male19 May 1904–4 September 1966

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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Family Time Line

James Alston Paul
1904–1966
Elizabeth Robinson
1904–
Marriage: 1924
Olive Paul
1924–2013

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

  • Marriage
    1924Chorley, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
  • Children (1)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (11)

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    World Events (8)

    1908

    Age 4

    London, United Kingdom hosts Summer Olympic Games.

    1908 · 7th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers

    Age 4

    The 7th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers was active from 1908-1967. They were another volunteer unit for Britian's Territorial Army. During WWI they fought on the Western Front and during WWII they arrived in Liverpool just in time for the Liverpool Blitz.

    1921 · British Unemployment Reaches Post-War High

    Age 17

    British unemployment reached a post-war high in July 1921 of 2.5 million people.

    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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