| Name |
John PAUL [1] |
| Birth |
Abt 1857 |
Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland  [1, 2] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Miscellaneous |
1868 |
Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland [2] |
- On Apr 7, 1868, when John was just 12 years old, he and 6 other boys from Greenock stowed away on a ship called the Arran, which was headed for Quebec, Canada. The boys were not discovered by the crew of the Arran until the ship was well out to sea, so they could not be sent back to Greenock. The boys were not welcome aboard ship, and were horribly treated by some of the crew, most notably the Captain and Ship's Mate. The boys were malnourished, physically beaten, and were not dressed for the cold weather of the North Atlantic. At some point, in Bay St George, off the coast of Newfoundland, the ship became trapped by heavy ice, and 6 of the boys were put overboard and made to walk over the ice floes toward shore which was estimated by a crew member to be 10 to 15 miles distant. The ice was very rough, and some of them did not have shoes. Given that the ice was not a solid mass, the boys had to jump from one floe to the other. When they were still a mile from shore, there was no more ice to walk across, and John and another boy were stranded. They were eventually rescued by local fishermen, and some time later returned to Scotland. Two of the boys died during the ordeal.
The full story, entitled "The Boys on the Ice", can be found on the BBC website:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/the_boys_on_the_ice
It is also available as a graphic novel called "The Stowaways" from Heritage Inverclyde:
https://m.facebook.com/heritageinverclyde/
|
| Census |
5 Apr 1891 |
Dalyrimple Street, Middle Church, East Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland [3] |
- A "Brother-in-Law", Robert Paul, age 21, lived with them.
|
| Occupation |
5 Apr 1891 [3] |
| Riveter. |
| Census |
3 Apr 1901 |
1 William Street, Greenock, Greenock East, Renfrewshire, Scotland [4] |
- John seems to have been enumerated twice. Once here, and once in the household of his nephew Alex. Annie age 25 and Catherine age 17 were enumerated there too, most likely John's daughters (listed as cousins to Alex).
|
| Occupation |
3 Apr 1901 [4] |
| Riveter. |
| Census |
2 Apr 1911 |
12 Mortimer Road, Itchen, Southampton, Hampshire, England [5] |
- John and Blanche had been married 6 years, but had no children. John had several children from his first marriage, some of whom were not old enough to be living on their own, but their whereabouts in 1911 are unknown.
Two boarders lived with them: Charles Henry McNally, married, age 36, and James Herron , married, age 31.
|
| EA Group |
6 |
| UKC 1881 |
N |
| Occupation |
2 Apr 1911 [5] |
| Riveter. |
| Death |
Abt Mar 1913 |
South Stoneham, Hampshire, England [2, 6] |
| Burial |
Aft Mar 1913 |
St Mary Extra Cemetery, Southampton, Hampshire, England [2] |
- Plot A2 043. The grave is unmarked.
|
| Person ID |
I4148 |
East Anglia |
| Last Modified |
6 Jun 2018 |
| Family 1 |
Marion, b. Abt 1859, Wigtownshire, Scotland d. Abt 1899 (Age ~ 40 years) |
| Marriage |
Abt 1876 [2, 3] |
| Children |
| | 1. Annie PAUL, b. Abt 1876, Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland |
| + | 2. Margaret PAUL, b. Abt 1879, Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland |
| | 3. Robert PAUL, b. Abt 1882, Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland |
| | 4. Catherine PAUL, b. Abt 1884, Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland |
| | 5. James PAUL, b. Abt 1887, Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland |
| | 6. Samuel PAUL, b. Abt 1890, Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland |
| | 7. Flora PAUL, b. Abt 1893, Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland |
| | 8. Wallace PAUL, b. Abt 1896, Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland |
|
| Family ID |
F1148 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Abt 1857 - Abt 1913 (~ 56 years)
