He appears to have been resident in England before c1860, and was by profession a Raw Silk Merchant. His place of residence at the time the 1861 Census was taken has not been determined, however all subsequent census entries (1871-1901) relating to him and his family have been established, as noted below. He was living c1861-66 in the Central & East London districts of London where his elder children are noted as being born at Walthamstow (births being registered under the West Ham district); between c1866 until after 1872 he was living at Richmond, Surrey, being at Matson Red House, Richmond in 1871 (Census) & 1872 (London Post Office Directory); between c1873-75 his exact place of residence is unknown but was still probably Richmond; from c1875 and until after 1883 he was living at Egham, Surrey (Magna Charta Cottage 1878, The Elms 1881, Albany House 1882 & 83); between 1884-90 his exact place of residence is again unknown, however it is likely to have been either Egham or Chigwell; before 1891 he was living at Chigwell, Epping, Essex residing at Grange Villa in 1891 (Census) and afterwards before 1895 at Fair View, Chigwell [? an interesting side note is that a Paul Deveria also appears in the 1892 London P.O. directory listed as a brush manufacturer of 28 Finsbury Circus, EC1 ?]; Paul Constant and Sarah Ann his 2nd wife remained for the rest of their lives at Fair View, Chigwell.