Researching John Paul
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 7496 people with the Paul surname? In that year Paul was ranked number 546 for popularity in the UK. |
The name John means "God is gracious" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of John Paul on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for John Paul and the Paul Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Paul Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Paul family tree.
Study Parish Records for John Paul at Find My Past.
Investigate for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of John Paul using the FreeBMD database.
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| Did you know that there are currently 11048 people with the Paul surname in the UK? Paul is now ranked number 525 for popularity in the UK. |
Paul Genealogy Databases
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Paul Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 82033 people with the Paul surname in the USA? Paul is ranked number 130 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Paul Databases
Search the Ellis Island Database for information on John Paul. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called John Paul
John Paul (actor)
John Paul (20 April 1921 – 23 February 1995) was a British actor.
He is best known for his television roles, particularly as Dr Spencer Quist in Doomwatch (1970–1972) and Marcus Agrippa in I, Claudius (1976), both for BBC Television.
An early role was as the lead in the ITV series Probation Officer in the early 1960s. He appeared as Captain Flint in a BBC adaptation of Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons in 1963. He had guest roles in episodes of popular television series such as Out of the Unknown, Doctor Finlay's Casebook, The Avengers, Dixon of Dock Green, The Saint, Marked Personal and The New Avengers, mostly during the 1960s and 1970s. One of his final TV appearances was in Selling Hitler, based on the real-life attempts to sell fake diaries attributed to Adolf Hitler.
During his career he also appeared in feature films such as Yangtse Incident (1957), The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb (1964), Cromwell (1970), Eye of the Needle (1981), and Cry Freedom (1987).
Source: John Paul (actor), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaJohn Paul (colonial administrator)
Sir John Warburton Paul (29 March 1916 – 31 March 2004) was a British colonial administrator and civil servant, who most notably served as the final Governor of the Gambia (1962–1965) and Governor of the Bahamas (1972–1973) prior to both of those countries achieving independence from the United Kingdom. Paul also served as the first Governor-General of the Gambia from 1965 to 1966, the Governor of British Honduras from 1966 to 1972, the first Governor-General of the Bahamas in 1973, and the Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man from 1974 to 1980.
Source: John Paul (colonial administrator), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
John Paul (footballer)
John Edward Paul (born 3 August 1873 in Glasgow, Scotland) was an association footballer who played in the late 19th and early twentieth centuries. He played in Scotland for Hibernian, before heading south of the border to play for Derby County in the English Football League. He played 28 League games for Derby, both as an inside forward and an outside forward, and a further 51 Southern League matches for Bristol Rovers between 1899 and 1901.
He took part in Bristol Rovers' biggest ever win, when he played outside-left in a 15–1 victory over Weymouth in the fourth qualifying round of the FA Cup on 17 November 1900. He scored one of Rovers' goals, but was the only member of the front line to fail to score more than once. Inside-right Jack Jones scored six times in that game, a record for a Bristol Rovers player.
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