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- Paul Angus was born illegitimately in Over Wyresdale, Lancashire, England. His birth record gives his mother's name as Jane Angus with no father listed. He would have been only four years old when his widowed mother died.
The following records have been found for contemporary Paul Anguses likely to be this Paul Angus as no record has been found of another contemporary Paul Angus in Lancashire, however these connections are not confirmed.
The Lancashire Quarter Session Records for 1818 contains the following entry:
The Order made by Michael Hughes and Edward Falkner esquires, two of his majesty’s justices of the peace for the said county, bearing date the Fourth day of November last, whereby Paul Angus of Windle in the said County, a spinner, is adjudged to be the reputed father of a female bastard child, born upon the body of Hannah Myers of Windle aforesaid, single woman. And he is thereby ordered to pay unto the church-wardens and overseers of the poor of the said township of Windle the sum of Two Pounds, Five Shillings for the charges and expenses incident to the birth of the said child, and maintenance of the said child, from the time of it’s [sic] birth to the time of making the same order, the further sum of [blank] for the costs of apprehending and securing the said [blank] and costs of the said order; and the sum of three Shillings in money weekly and every week from that time towards the maintenance of the said child, so long as the same should be chargeable to the said township, is by this court ratified and confirmed, no appeal being made, and due service of the said order being proved upon the oath of Joseph Garton.
There is no other known contemporary Paul Angus. Windle is located midway between Liverpool and Bolton, about 13 miles east of Toxteth (below).
A Paul Angus, bachelor, employed as a linen spinner, married on 6 May 1821 at St James in Toxteth, Liverpool, while residing in the parish of Walton-on-the-hill, Liverpool, to Margaret Kershaw.
Six years later, a Paul Angus of Southowram, bachelor, employed as an overlooker, married on 30 Sept 1827 at St John the Baptist in Halifax, Yorkshire, England, to Jane Crowther, widow. Southowram is located about 2 km southeast of Halifax, Yorkshire, England.
In 1841, at age 50, Paul Angus was residing in Halifax, Yorkshire, England with his wife Jane, age 50, and 30 year old, Mary Crowther. Paul was employed as a worsted weaver overlooker and born outside the county.
A Paul Angus died in Sept 1847 in Halifax, Yorkshire, West Riding, England. Halifax is located about 10 km southwest of Bradford, which is where in 1861, Paul's cousin William Angus, Jr.'s widow resided with a John Crowther.
It is not known if Paul Angus born in Over Wyresdale is father of the bastard child in Windle, the husband of Margaret Kershaw in Liverpool or the husband of Jane Crowther in Halifax or all of the above. The chronology fits such that these could all be the same Paul Angus, with no conflicting records.
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