Isabella (Gracey) Paul (abt. 1833 - 1900)

Born about 1833 in Ireland

Wife of William Paul — married 2 Oct 1855 in Limerick, County Limerick, Ireland

Descendants

Died 23 Oct 1900 at about age 67 in Taranaki, New Zealand

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Biography

Isabella (Gracey) Paul lived in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.

Isabella (Gracey) Paul lived in Lepperton, Taranaki, New Zealand.

Isabella (Gracey) Paul migrated from Colony of Victoria to New Zealand.

Isabella (Gracey) Paul came free to the Colony of Victoria (1851-1900)

Isabella (Gracey) Paul was born about 1833 in Ireland, daughter of William Gracey.^[1]

Isabella married William Paul (1831 - 1892) on 2 October 1855 at St Michael's Presbyterian Church in Limerick, Ireland.^[1][2]

Together they had the following children:

1. Martha Jane Paul (1856 - )
2. William John Paul (1858 - )
3. Agnes Margaret Paul (1859 - )
4. Mrs Isabella (Paul) Ward (1861 - 1941)
5. Grisetta Paul (1863 - )
6. Mary Paul (~1865 - )
7. Matilda Paul (~1867 - )
8. Robert Paul (1867 - 1915)
9. Agnes Paul (1869 - )
10. David Paul (~1869 - )
11. Thomas Paul (~1872 - )
12. Nancy Paul (~1875 - )

Within six months of their marriage, they were at Southampton, Hampshire, England boarding the "Arthur the Great" ship as assisted emigrants heading to the Colony of Victoria. They are both recorded as coming from Derry.^[3]

They arrived at Geelong in the Colony of Victoria on 4 June 1856 after some drama with the Pilot running the ship aground twice as they approached Geelong.

Geelong Advertiser and Intelligencer (Vic. : 1851 - 1856), Tuesday 10 June 1856, page 2

Geelong Advertiser and Intelligencer (Vic. : 1851 - 1856), Monday 9 June 1856, page 2

William and Isabella ended up settling at Portland in the Colony of Victoria, where William was employed by the Police force. After several incidents, they returned to Melbourne and in May 1863 departed aboard the 'Salacia' bound for Port Chalmers (Dunedin), Otago, New Zealand.

Thames Advertiser, Volume XI, Issue 3197, 19 December 1878, Page 1

Hawera and Normanby Star, Volume XXXXI, Issue 7054, 25 October 1900, Page 2

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 234, 28 November 1900, Page 3

Isabella died on 23 October 1900 in Taranaki, New Zealand aged 67.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Marriage: "Ireland, Select Marriages, 1619-1898"
   Ireland, Marriages, 1619-1898. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.: FamilySearch, 2013; FHL Film Number: 101367
   Ancestry au Record 9904 #335797 (accessed 25 January 2023)
   Isabella Gracey (21), daughter of William Gracey, marriage to William Paul, son of John Paul, on 2 Oct 1855 in St Michael, Lim, Ire.
2. ↑ Marriage Registration: "Irish Marriages 1845-1958"
   Volume: 6; Page: 678
   FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 25 January 2023)
   Isabella Gracey marriage in Limerick, Ireland.
3. ↑ Register of Assisted Immigrants from the United Kingdom (Public Record Office of Victoria), VPRS 14/P0000, Book No.12, nominal list 'Arthur the Great' 1856.

• "Ireland Marriages, 1619-1898," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGX4-4V3 : 10 February 2018), William Paul and Isabella Gracey, 02 Oct 1855; citing St Michael, Lim, Ire, reference 2:3P9X0BD, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 101,367.

• N.Z. BDM historical Deaths - 1900/5977 - Paul Isabella aged 67 years