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Below is a family biography included in Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Chautauqua County, New York published by John M. Gresham & Co. in 1891. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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MICHAEL PAULUS, JR., was born in the southern part of Prussia, December 6, 1842, and is the son of Michael and Barbara (Bewen) Paulus. His father was a native of the same section and came to the United States in 1852, locating in Buffalo. Erie county, New York, where he remained until his death, which occurred in 1860, at the age of fifty-four years. He was a member of the Roman Catholic church, and married Barbara Bewen, also a native of Prussia and a member of the Catholic church. They had several children, one of whom was Michael. Mrs. Paulus resides alternately with her children in Buffalo and Dunkirk.
Michael Paulus, Jr., came to America with his father and acquired an education in the public schools. After leaving school he was employed as a clerk in a general store until 1878, when he entered the mercantile business on his own account, at which he has continued ever since. He carries a large stock of dry goods and groceries at his place of business on Lyon street, and enjoys a large trade. In politics he is a democrat and in religion a member of the Roman Catholic church. He is an enterprising man and very pleasant and agreeable in his manners.
Michael Paulus, Jr., was married in 1871, to Margaretta Elker, daughter of Frederick Elker, of Dunkirk. Two children have been born to this marriage: Pauline and Laura.
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