There were four Thomas Sauls births registered in Preston in this period and I list them below:

1. March Quarter 1879 8e 670
2. Dec Quarter 1887 8e 621
3. Mar Quarter 1890 8e 560
4. Jun Quarter 1897 8e 601

It is possible that one of these is the one you refer to, the only way to find out is send off for the certificates.

There were only three deaths registered for Thomas Sauls between 1900 and 1950. Two were in Burnley 1911 and 1916. One in Kendal 1929.

Regards

Norman Saul