Rae (Era) Paul Philadelphia
Hi, I'm looking for a Rae (Ezra) Paul born 1898 in St. John's Newfoundland.Rae's grandparents were Jane Colton and John Paul of St. John's Newfoundland, Jane and John moved to Philadelphia where they had two sons, one was William D. Paul who m. Mary Ann Churchill, daughter of Ezra Churchill, of Portugal Cove. Nfld.William and Mary Ann had a son Ezra Paul b. 1898 in St. John's and Ezra seems to have changed his name to Rae.Also living with this family in Phil. were Matilda Curtis wife of Hector Curtis of Harbour Grace, but in the l9l0 Phil. census Matilda Curtis sister of Mary Ann Churchill Paul is living there without her husband Hector, he seems to have stayed in Nfld.In l900 a Churchill neice is also residing at this address, she is the daughter of Amelia Martin and John D. Martin of St. John's, Amelia Martin is also a daughter of Ezra Churchill's.The neices's name is Amelia Colton Martin and is about l8 when she decided to live with the Philadelphia Paul family. Rae Paul may have died in 1990 in Broward, Florida, and help is appreciated, Kathy