Paul Kane place of birth Mallow
Early life and formative years
Kane was born in Mallow, County Cork in Ireland, the fifth child of the eight children of Michael Kane and Frances Loach. His father, a soldier from Preston, Lancashire, England, served in the Royal Horse Artillery until his discharge in 1801. The family then settled in Ireland. Sometime between 1819 and 1822, when Kane was around ten, they immigrated to Upper Canada and settled in York (now Toronto). There, Kane's father operated a shop as a spirits and wine merchant.
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