Edgar Paul, 1847-1900+, Ontario, Chicago
Pte. Edgar T. Paul of the 9th (University) Company of the 2nd Queen's Own Rifles of Toronto was wounded in action at the Battle of Ridgeway on the 2nd June, 1866, in the first of the Fenian Raids. From medal rolls and census records, I have been able to obtain the following information:
Name: Edgar T. PAUL
Born: Jan 1847 Place: Canada
Father: ________ PAUL of Connecticut
Mother: ______ PAUL of Connecticut
Married: Mary I. _____ abt. 1879 (She was b. 1853 in Canada)
Died:
Student at the University of Toronto in 1866 (Member of University Company of Queen's Own Rifles of Toronto at the Battle of Ridgeway).
Moved to U.S. and became a U.S. Citizen in 1868.
Living in Cook County, Chicago, 1870, an office clerk.
Living at 164, Lasalle Street, Cook County, Chicago, Illinois in 1899 and 1900.
Not present in Illinois Census records, 1910.
Daughter:
Genevieve E. PAUL
Born: May 1890 Place: Illinois.
Clearly Edgar must have been related to the Paul family whose family tree I have compiled and uploaded on a new website http://www.hargreave-mawson.demon.co.uk/pauls.htmlhttp://www.hargreave-mawson.demon.co.uk/pauls.html . Part of this family left Connecticut around 1835, and settled in St. Thomas, Ontario, where they were prominent landowners and businessmen, owning and running the St. Thomas Brewery. Around 1868