Descendants of Frederick and Mary Paulin gather here
It is official – the reunion will be held July 15th this year at Henley-on-Thames. Details to be determined.
If anyone has a suggestion for a restaurant in Henley which could host our dinner please contact me.
The Paulin family reunion will be held in July 2023 at Henley-on-Thames. It will be only one day, in order to leave more time for the family to visit other parts of the UK which interest them. That said, we have to decide on a day to hold it.
The Henley Regatta is being held 27 June to 2nd of July, so the area should be avoided at that time. So I have three dates to suggest:
July 15th
July 22nd
July 29th
Please comment below or email me at gilliandoctor at gmail to give me your preferences. If there is some kind of event/conflict going on at the same time, I would love to know.
The Standard, 16 June 1900
By order of the Executors of G Paulin, Esq, deceased – Lordship Lane, Forest-Hill – Freehold Investments. Messrs. Field and Sons will sell by auction at the Mart, on Tuesday, June 26 at Two, in Lots, a detached and two semi-detached residences, with good gardens, being nos 24, 26, and 28 Underhill Road, near the railway station, and producing from substantial tenants £156 per ann. – Particulars of Messrs. Crossman, Prichard, and Co solicitors, 16 Theobald’s Road, Gray’s Inn, WC and of the Auctioneers as above.
Victoria Daily Times, 13 Jun 1918
Well-known pioneer passed away to-day
Frederick Pauline, Sr, was many years resident of Oak Bay
A highly-respected citizen of Victoria and pioneer resident of Oak Bay has passed away in the person of Frederick Pauline Sr, who died at 8 o’clock this morning at the family residence, 2564 Heron Street, in his eighty-seventh year.
The late Mr Pauline was born at Henley-on-Thames, England, on August 5, 1831, and come to British Columbia in 1888, being impressed with the greater opportunities for development in a new country in which it was his ambition that his children should take a part. A man of considerable literary and artistic attainments, he retained his faculties to the last, and never lost the keen interest he had displayed in world affairs. His deep interest in the war received additional impetus by reason of the fact that so many of his family were taking active part in it, these members including his fourth son, HW Pauline, overseas; his grandson, Sergt FC Pauline, wounded, now in hospital in Birmingham; Geo Pauline Sr, Stanley Gardiner, Norman Pauline, George Rutherford, WH Pauline, at the front; Wilfred Pauline, at Seaford, and the late Lieut Victor R Pauline, RFc killed May 8, 1918 at Amiens.
He leaves to mourn his loss, besides his widow, a faithful comrade through a long and useful life, eleven children, including FA Pauline, MPP, 940 Fowl Bay Road; George Pauline, 3112 Glasgow Avenue; HW Pauline, overseas; Mrs WS Goodwin, Rochester, NY; Mrs CF Gardiner, 1013 Fairfield Rd; Mrs GA Gardiner, 1016 Pakington street; Mrs (Capt) Lapraik, Seattle; Mrs HN Short, Rudlin Street; Mrs RH Williams, Vancouver, BC; JA Pauline, Bella Bella; Mrs DL Hickey, Seattle; also thirty two grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
The funeral will leave the BC Funeral Chapel at 2:30 pm on Saturday, June 15, proceeding to Christ Church Cathedral, where service will be conducted by the Very Rev Dean Quaindon. Internment at Ross Bay Cemetery.
Letter from George Paulin to his granddaughter Marion (Polly) Paulin, 15 March 1893
Henley on Thames
5 Queen Villas
March 15, 1893
My Dear Polly
I was very glad to receive your letter. I was much troubled with the thought you were all in some way afflicted. I was glad to see Mr Goodwin to hand you were all pretty well. I hope before your receive this he will have return in safety. My wife is still unable to be received from her bed, she is tolerably in health but quite unable to use her legs. I am so very glad that all your family are so blessed with the spirit of affection to their parents and keep themselves from the evil temptations of the wicked spirit. May the Blessed spirit of our Redeemer rest in their hearts, that they may all prosper in their endeavors to obtain prosperity in their honest exertions in their various occupations.
Mr Rutherford said his children were both well, and he was more resigned at his great loss which we all ought to be for the dear one is gone to rest from all anxieties and great labour to which she was
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Not strong enough to sustain. I should like to see you all again, but the distance is so great, and the expense so heavy that any anticipation is quite unlikely to be carried out. So we must wait till we shall all meet together with our Saviour + Redeemer
Our winter was a very sharp and severe one from Nov to end of Jan frost of 24 degree:
With regards to the trustee, I think it will be better to let the matter rest until the death of Mr Cutler as it will save a great expense at the present time as his executor will see to it. I pretty well know the lawyer they would make all sorts of obstacles to increase the length of their bill for “letter” “Journey” “Addressing” “Consultation” [illegible] I suppose all the deeds of the two houses and the settlement are in his or friends in safe custody but in the event of his death his executors are responsible for these productions.
I think he has got himself bound to a schemer of a wife. The idea of her leaving him and going abroad!
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I cannot tell you that my health and strength is as it used to be. I suffer from lung complaint and old age. But I am thankful that my intellect is as strong as ever, to transact my business affairs in the household, and to be able to render assistance to my afflicted wife, which takes away from me much cheerfulness. Mr Goodwin told me that Jack was helping him. We had the photo of Fred, wife and Child, and Mr Goodwin thought we had rec one of his children, but we hadn’t. He saw the one of his wedding in our bed room by the side of our dear Louise’s wedding photo. All the houses are sold No 1.2.3 in Jan, No 4 to Mr Fuller, No 5 and No 6 to myself. I should very much like you to see them, they will all look very nice. The trees in front of my house are all very pretty. Mr Fuller next door No 4 cut his trees down which Mr Bennett said was very unwise. But I think
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It makes my houses look better and separate. There is one thing I often think that my wife being such an invalid that if I am unfortunate to be unable to help myself I shall be left to myself no one to have any interest for me. Mr Bennett 250 miles and yourselves 5000 miles away. I keep on writing but I must soon stop. So with my love to yourself and Fred and all your family from
Yours Very affectionately
George Paulin
I am afraid you will find it difficult to read this medley
I thought the enclosed evening primrose seed might [illegible] in your garden. So I enclose a few seeds. I expect they will not blossom this year, if they come up. There is one sunflower seed.
Who is Who:
George Paulin – Frederick Paulin’s father
Mr Bennett – George Bennett, husband of Sarah Paulin, and daughter of George Paulin
Mr Rutherford – husband of Louise Paulin. This letter refers to their two children George and Louise
Mr Goodwin – I don’t know who he is
Mr Fuller – one of the people to purchase houses built by George, called the Queen’s Villas, in Henley-on-Thames
My wife – George’s wife Sarah Clements, and mother of Frederick and Sarah Paulin. Unsure why she is refered to in such impersonal terms to Polly (Marion) as this is her grandmother.
Mr Cutler is Mary Cutler Paulin’s brother William Henry Cutler, who was very ill at this time. He died in 1895.
Henley Lodge, Acock’s Green
Friday, September 19th 1884
My Dear Fred,
As I am delayed at home this week by an expressed infirmity in my knee which has before now as you remember slowed me in a similar manner this day reminds me that it will be well employed in sending you a letter in which we write in wishing you existing good health and prosperity and the usual many happy returns of the day – begins 23 years since to be emphasized as your natal day and the second during that period on which we have had to submit to your absence from the family circle at home. The query intuitively arises shall we have to celebrate another 19th Sep without you? We hope not, for we are in a quiet sort of way respecting to day by an united remembrance of you, and sealing our good wishes with the stamp of the goblet – and we almost fancy we catch your thoughts reciprocating what we are doing, we also fancy you are drawing a dearly defined mental picture of the “old folks at home” and your several fondly attached brothers and sisters. By the time this reaches you the day I am now underlining so to speak will have gone its way into oblivion but the reference herein will I feel sure call if
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Again for one brief comparison of the sentiments connected with it and how far they were identical with us and with yourself- space cannot annihilate their mysterious interchange of mental imagery – if is could if would be too cruel. Your letters well express the existence of this mental telephone as we trust ours do to you, especial the letter as we frequently confess amongst so many here, there should be no lack of evidence of its confirmed use at home. I fear your bits in comes sketches illustrating sketching and fishing will neither be personally enjoyed nor illustrated by me this season, much as I should like either, my time is truly occupied in finding and bringing grist for the mill which latter arrangement seems to be increasingly exacting in its requirements and occasionally sets me tasks not too easily done or got rid of. I am thinking it is about the time you will return from the Skeena to Fort Victoria and your former vocation there, and hoping that the change has been in every way satisfactory to you.
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We are entering the autumn season rapidly but under agreeable auspices as regards the weather which is very fine and occasionally still hot. We have had a remarkably favourable summer and harvest time even quite a return to us of the seasons long ago which we have been saying for some time has changed for good. The farmer has been jubilant with the prospects, but he has had to suffer disappointment again by the very unremunerative prices which the produce brings him owing to the glut from the Indian and American sources. The quality is exceptionally fine and the customary growls in the pews are to be daily met with at the price of bread in proportion to the low price of wheat – we have a capital crop of potatoes in our garden called “inagumm hommins” and they deserve the title, I have found over 20 to a root, fine tubors too. Your apple aces have made fair growth two being respectively 3 and 4 feet high whilst the third cannot discover the way to grow yet, and continues very wee.
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Aunty Paulin is gone to Henley for a few days and thence she intends proceeding to London to see some old friends, she seems much better in health since she has come out of London. Louise goes next Monday to “the National Provincial asocial” in High Street Birm. In the Fruit and Italian Dept which she seems glad of – she has been long trying to acquire once more some degree of independence. The boys continue as before, whilst Florence and Amy daily attend Miss Boston’s in the Village to pursue a knowledge of dress making and we have not heard from Henley very lately but Mrs Swinburne who called a few days since informed us the Dr was very pleased with a nice letter he received from you. Some complaints or fault findings are now appearing weekly in a local obscure paper of the services, person, choir, organist + al St Mary’s but as I hear they are anonymous they do not attract us. We are all pretty well tho’ I should like your mother to feel stronger
From your very affectionate Father.
Second Map in the series – where Frederick and Mary Paulin lived, between 1860-1920. The map is fairly large and covers both Vancouver Island and England. Enjoy the journey.
Letter George Paulin to Frederick Arthur Paulin, 11 July 1883
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40 New Street Henley on Thames
July 11th 1883
My Dear Grandson,
Your Grandma and myself were very pleas’d to receive your letter dated May 28, and to hear you were in good health we hope you have warmer weather and things growing fast, but I expect the heat in the day is not very comfortable. I hear the musketoes are very busy. We are both pretty well, the weather all over England has been unusually stormy. The thunder and lightning very heavy. Our Regatta took place on the 5th and 6th and the two days were very fine the attendance was very large, the large house boat and steam launches extending in an unbroken line to Fawley Court Boat House, with hundreds up pleasure boats of all sizes, shape with some natives and venetian pleasure boats. It all went off without any accident and now we are again very quiet., and the Lodging letting people are looking forward for the summer visitors. We have had Minnie and Annie Bennett for a few days they came during the Regatta. Their mother and father in at Southsea near Portsmouth so the children are all taking their turn to Southsea and Mrs Bennett will come here on her return home. We are uncertain about visiting Acock’s Green, should very much like to see them. Your mother and father wishes us to come during July, but I cannot say if
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We shall make up our mind to start altho’ we have not much incumbrances. We have our favorite cat and the old magpie and we have a length of age. Mine nearly 80 and your Grandma a 76 which begin to tell on our strength and inclination. Had a letter this morning from Louise July 9th – she is well and still at Swansea, she says that the death of Mrs Lorton very much grieves her. On the 18th June there was an American circus here and in the evening she attended the performance and persons told me very much enjoy it. She was taken text morning with an attack of Smasmedie Gout and linger until Saturday the 23rd and died. She was 40 years of age. Her son was a very great trouble to her, and he was sent to sea so he was a long way out on his voyage when she died. But I have not heard much about her, not have seen her more than twice this last two years (not since Louise was here). We are losing our Rector Res G Phillimore who has been appointed Rector of Eveline about 3 miles from Nethebed – it is a much better stipend than Henley we do not yet know who is to be the New Rector.
I wonder if the clergyman whom you heard preach one Sunday is related to the Rev Dr Pentreath who is head master of our Grammar School.
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We are very glad to hear your Father is doing a little better now, but he has had some trying amount of unemployment, but it’s a great blessing they are all in good heatl.
It’s no use telling you about our very wooded and water country round Henley but I hope that as you determined to search for beyond the lands to see judge for yourself whether it would be more likely to succeed in the experiment that we sincerely hope that the climate may have a benefitting tendency to improve your sight, also prove that by sound principle of doing right and the Almighty God, who is always about us in all our work may bless and protect you from harm and prosper you in every endeavour to succeed in whatever you undertake under his guidance. It seems to be a difficult matter to get into a new situation in England when any one leasor and old and every one economising and take boys in thereby same paying salaries. Brakespears seem to do so. Their clerk (Grey) who has been with them many years has left and another in his place. I expect with smaller amount of wages.
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Wm Doyley Brook died June 19 last aged 57 years. The crops here are heavy we are now having fine rain SW wind, very brisk to day July 11 your Grandma birth day, Louise sent her a birth day card, she was very well your father seemd getting a little round and doing better. I have now exhausted all my remembrance of any thing interesting to you so hoping you may receive this letter and hoping you may prosper in all your undertaking and that you may be protected from all danger so under the divine providence I must leave you. Your Grandma sends her blessings to you and the same from your affectionate
Grandfather
Drama personae:
Louise – Louise Paulin – sister of Frederick
Grandma – Sarah Clements Paulin
Grandfather – George Paulin
Mr and Mrs Bennett – George Bennett and Sarah Paulin Bennett – George and Sarah’s daughter and son-in-law
Minnie and Annie – children of George and Sarah Bennett – Frederick’s first cousins
Mrs Lorton – no clue
Excerpt from a document dealing with the trust originally created in 1859 when Frederick Paulin was courting Mary Cutler. This trust was created to protect the interests of Mary Cutler Paulin and her children. I am not sure why it was done, or why it took another two years for the couple to marry (after the birth of their daughter Louise and three months before the birth of their son Frederick Arthur Paulin) but it was done with her mother Louise Freak Cutler, brother William Henry Cutler, and brother in law William Churchill Longman as the original trustees. On the death of Freak Cutler and Longman, George Paulin, Frederick’s father, and George Bennett his brother in law were named as trustees. Later on J Walter Fry became a trustee.
So as seen above, Redcliffe House on New Street in Henley-on-Thames was part of the trust. It is possible that this was also the house that Frederick and Mary lived when they were resident in Henley. Several censuses and city directories stated that they lived on New Street, as did Frederick’s father, George. No street numbers were provided. Their home “Henley Lodge” in Acock’s Green, Birmingham, where they lived before they emigrated to Canada was also owned by the trust.
The house is listed: https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101291564-redcliffe-house-henley-on-thames#.Xklw72hKjIU
From Google Maps – 31 New Street, Henley-on-Thames
The Amazing Paulin(e) Family 