Paul Harry Marshall was a realtor and an insurance broker. He lived at 821 Broughton Street in 1901.
Family Background
Paul Harry Marshall was born in Bellary, Madras, India on October 13, 1852. His parents were George Alfred Marshall (1814–1858) and Rosalie Chivers Stedman (1831–1901).
George Alfred Marshall was an officer in the 18th Madras Infantry.
On July 9, 1851, he married Rosalie Chivers Stedman.
In 1856, the army promoted him to the rank of major: “Captain George Alfred Marshall, Madras infantry, to be major in the army, from the 9th April, 1856, vice General J. Greenstreet, Bengal infantry, deceased,” Allen’s Indian Mail Newspaper Archives, October 31, 1856, page 13.
George died on December 11, 1858, after an attack of cholera.
Rosalie Marshall died in England on March 11, 1901.
Early Life
In 1861, Paul was living with his mother’s family in Sudbury, Suffolk, England.
In 1871, he was with his mother in Bedford, Bedfordshire, England. He was working as a solicitor’s articled clerk.
To Canada
By the late 1870, Paul was living in Ontario.
On November 7, 1877, in St. Catharines, Ontario, he married Susan Ann Jukes. She was born in St. Catharines on December 2, 1857. Her parents were Augustus Louis Jukes (1821-1905) and Phoebe Maria Adams (1821-1897). (Susan Ann Jukes was a sister of Andrew Jukes, who was the father of Arthur Ewart Jukes.)
Phoebe Jukes died in Wellington, British Columbia on November 15, 1897.
Augustus Jukes died in Vancouver on December 3, 1905.
In 1881 and 1891, the Marshall family was living in St Catharines, Ontario. Paul was a druggist.
To Vancouver
Paul first appeared in the Vancouver directories in 1905. He was a realtor and insurance broker, and he was living at 821 Broughton Street.
He lived at the following addresses in Vancouver.
1905 | 821 Broughton Street |
1906 to 1907 | 1004 Broughton Street |
1908 | 1145 Robson Street |
1909 to 1910 | 947 West Eighth Avenue |
1911 to 1920 | 1636 West 11th Avenue |
To Eleventh Avenue
In December 1911, the Marshall family moved to 1635 West 11th Avenue.
Vancouver Province, December 29, 1911, page 5, column 4.
In 1919, an automobile struck Paul, causing several injuries, but they were apparently not serious.
Vancouver Province, November 4, 1919, page 7, column 5.
Paul died in Vancouver on January 10, 1920.
Vancouver Province, January 10, 1920, page 22, columns 1-3.
Further information and illustrations in progress: November 30, 2020.