Thomas Alexander Paul  ‏(I5)‏
Given Names: Thomas Alexander
Surname: Paul

Gender: MaleMale
      

Birth: 19 August 1904 50 30
Death: 21 February 1977 ‏(Age 72)‏
Personal Facts and Details
Birth 19 August 1904 50 30

Note: Changed from 15th August after seeing baptism record.
Baptism 5 February 1905 ‏(Age 5 months)‏ Maghera Presbyterian Church

First Communion May 1921 ‏(Age 16)‏ Maghera Presbyterian Church

Marriage Annie Mary Shiels - 6 June 1940 ‏(Age 35)‏
Death 21 February 1977 ‏(Age 72)‏
Last Change 26 October 2013 - 10:08:23 - by: djb1985
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Parents Family  (F3)
Hugh Wilson Paul
1854 - 1912
Sarah "Sara" Craig
1874 - 1925
David Paul
1903 -
Thomas Alexander Paul
1904 - 1977
Sarah Ann Paul
1907 - 1995
William Charles Paul
1908 -
Hugh Paul
1910 -
Elizabeth Paul
1910 -

Immediate Family  (F2)
Annie Mary Shiels
1921 - 1998
Sarah Craig "Sadie" Paul
1941 - 1943
Margaret Jane Paul
-
Annie Elizabeth "Anna" Paul
-
Hugh Wilson Paul
-
Iris Evelyn Paul
1946 - 1972
Florence Paul
-
Gretta Paul
1949 - 2019
Robert Shiels Paul
-
Thomas Alexander Paul
-
Gladys Irene "Irene" Paul
-
Isobel Paul
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Hugh Wilson Paul was born 12 March, 1854, in a stone cottage with a thatched roof on a cluster farm in the townloand of Carrickokielt near the ancient church village of Maghera, County Londonderry, Ireland, where 15 acres would support a family.

His father, David Paul, was the son of James Paul of The Mullagh townland some two miles away and his mother was Martha Ann Wilson Paul, daughter of Ezekiel Wilson, whose family had lived in the townland of Moneymore two miles in the other direction since at least 1720 when the family's two story stone home was built by an ancestor named Hugh Wilson. Martha Ann was named for her paternal grandmother; her paternal grandfather was also named Ezekiel.

Hugh Wilson Paul was actually the second son, but his older brother Ezekiel, was born in 1852 and died in 1853 before Hugh's birth in 1854. As the oldest living son, it is unusual that he chose to come to America and it is uncertain when he came. His first naturalization papers were filed in District Court at WaKeeney on 19 March, 1888, indicating that he had been in America since 1883 at least.

His younger brother, James, born in 1856, also came to America and worked as an accountant in Omaha and Pueblo. On occasions he came to visit Hugh and their younger brother, David, who joined Hugh in ranching operations near Weskan.

Hugh and David were located on land on Willow Creek near the Kansas-Colorado line by land agent Ed Carter after having bought tickets on the Union Packific to the town farthest west in Kansas, which was Weskan. The Willow Creek area was described as "Paradise Valley" and there was water, grass and nobody.

Notes in The Weskansan confirm that Paul Brothers Ranch was an active one, with their own cattle plus offers to summer cattle and a few head of horses in 1889. Several thousand forest and fruit trees were planted. They used Colorado range and dug some 20 wells in 1893 for their cattle in Colorado. Cattle ranged as far away as Kit Carson. Their brand was P. When ready for market, the cattle were taken to Kansas City by train.

In March, 1894, Paul Brothers rented the Sam Yoxall ranch ‏(now the Jim Walker place)‏ on the Smokey for four years, and Hugh and Mr. Yoxall went to Arizona in April to buy sheep to drive back to Wallace County. Intending to arrive back by September., Hugh actually walked in on 11 October with 2000 sheep and 6 burros, which he had driven on foot from near Flagstaff, Arizona, wearing out 5 pairs of shoes on the journey.

They kept the sheep only until July, 1896, when, after selling the wool in June, they sold the sheep and invested in 3602 head of cattle, never again having sheep.

In 1897 Paul Brothers moved operations to their property on Willow Creek again and constructed outbuildings modeled after those in their native Ireland, with cattle sheds, granaries, chicken houses and pig shelters connected to minimize cold from the Kansas winds.

They began buying land adjacent to their property and proved up on timber claims. In 1899 Hugh bid for land being sold for delinquent taxes at $25.00 per quarter section. ‏(160 acres)‏

Family records are not clear about when Hugh returned to Ireland. Their father died 7 January, 1894. Their brother, Charles John, born in 1860, owned a children's "drapery" ‏(clothing)‏ store in Dublin and another brother, William, born in 1864, was called home from his studies toward becoming a teacher to assume responsibilities on the family farm at Carrickokielt.

Thus the fifth son, not the first living, inherited the family land. It is thought that the transfer of Wallace County land in April, 1901, to David was because he bought Hugh's share. Hugh's descendants in Ireland found his rent receipt dated 1901 for a house called "Over the Hill" in Grillagh townload, not far from Moneymore where his mother's family lived.

Hugh married Sarah Craig from the neighboring village of Dungiven and Presbyterian records in Maghera show they were reinstated as communicants in 1903. He purchased "Over the Hill" in 1907. They had seven children. His mother died in 1909. Hugh died in 1912 and Sarah died in 1914 ‏[1914 scored out with "1921 approx" handwritten above]‏ leaving four living orphaned children. The oldest were Sarah, aged 14, and Thomas Alexander, aged 13. These children managed to keep the family together and work the farm so that descendants of Hugh Wilson Paul are still living on it and farming it today.


Birth Changed from 15th August after seeing baptism record.

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Family with Parents
Father
Hugh Wilson Paul ‎(I7)‎
Birth 10 March 1854 23 26 Carricknakielt
Death 5 September 1912 ‏(Age 58)‏
20 years
Mother
 
Sarah "Sara" Craig ‎(I8)‎
Birth 3 April 1874 35 33
Death 12 September 1925 ‏(Age 51)‏

Religious Marriage: 8 October 1902 -- Dungiven Presbyterian Church
3 months
#1
Brother
David Paul ‎(I60)‎
Birth 1903 48 28
20 months
#2
Thomas Alexander Paul ‎(I5)‎
Birth 19 August 1904 50 30
Death 21 February 1977 ‏(Age 72)‏
3 years
#3
Sister
Sarah Ann Paul ‎(I58)‎
Birth 15 April 1907 53 33
Death 23 September 1995 ‏(Age 88)‏
16 months
#4
Brother (Birth)
William Charles Paul ‎(I63)‎
Birth 31 July 1908 54 34
2 years
#5
Brother (Birth)
Hugh Paul ‎(I62)‎
Birth 1 October 1910 56 36
#6
Sister
Elizabeth Paul ‎(I61)‎
Birth 1 October 1910 56 36
Family with Annie Mary Shiels
Thomas Alexander Paul ‎(I5)‎
Birth 19 August 1904 50 30
Death 21 February 1977 ‏(Age 72)‏
17 years
Wife
 
Annie Mary Shiels ‎(I6)‎
Birth 17 March 1921 38 29 Moneymore, Maghera
Death 8 June 1998 ‏(Age 77)‏

Marriage: 6 June 1940
9 months
#1
Daughter (Birth)
Sarah Craig "Sadie" Paul ‎(I44)‎
Birth 4 March 1941 36 19
Death 8 March 1943 ‏(Age 2)‏
#2
Daughter
#3
Daughter
#4
Son
#5
Daughter
Iris Evelyn Paul ‎(I43)‎
Birth 1 August 1946 41 25
Death 25 August 1972 ‏(Age 26)‏
#6
Daughter
#7
Daughter
Gretta Paul ‎(I17)‎
Birth 15 May 1949 44 28
Death 2 January 2019 ‏(Age 69)‏
#8
Son
#9
Son
#10
Daughter
#11
Daughter