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Carol Marie Paulson

b. 1961

Life

15 Jan 1961Born

Records & Research living · limited

Carol Marie Paulson was born 15 January 1961, the daughter of Donald Howard Paulson (1924-1983) and Mary Catherine Dafoe (b. 1932), per the 2006 family report. A Find a Grave memorial (#74803409) for Donald H Paulson, a veteran (1st Lt, US Air Force, WWII/Korea) born 4 May 1924 and died 22 January 1983, buried at Bellville Cemetery in Bellville, Richland County, Ohio, was verified directly and matches the report's father on full birth date, death year, middle initial, and surname, placing a Donald H Paulson in north-central Ohio. Note: that memorial lists NO linked spouse or children, so it corroborates the father's own identity but does not, by itself, document the parent-child link to Carol or to Mary Catherine Dafoe. No public record was found documenting Carol Marie Paulson herself, which is consistent with her being a living person. She is treated as living.

Carol's reported father, Donald H Paulson (a U.S. military veteran; inscription '1st Lt US Air Force, World War II Korea'), was born 4 May 1924 and died 22 January 1983, and is buried at Bellville Cemetery, Bellville, Richland County, Ohio (Find a Grave memorial #74803409). This matches the report's father 'Donald Howard Paulson (1924-1983)' on full birth date (4 May 1924), death year, middle initial 'H'/Howard, and surname, identifying a Donald H Paulson in north-central Ohio.

1983-01-22 · Bellville Cemetery, Bellville, Richland County, Ohio, USA grave ↗

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Verified the father's Find a Grave memorial (#74803409) directly: it lists NO linked family members (no spouse Mary, no daughter Carol). The match to the report is solid for Donald H Paulson himself, but the parent-child relationship to Carol is supported only by the 2006 family report, not by any record. The Donald H Paulson buried in Ohio could in principle be a different man of the same name and era; birth year, death year, and middle initial align, but no record ties him to Carol or Mary.
No public record (obituary, marriage/birth announcement, or grave) was found for Carol Marie Paulson herself; appropriate and expected for a living person born 1961. Her birthplace remains unknown but is plausibly Richland County, Ohio given the father's burial there.
The mother, Mary Catherine Dafoe Paulson (b. 1932), did not surface in any grave or vital-record search; she may still be living or buried under a name not yet indexed. The Dafoe surname clusters heavily in Ontario, Canada per WikiTree, which may indicate the mother's family origin but was not tied to this specific person.
Same-name candidates were found but REJECTED as different people: a 'Carol J Paulson' born 3 October 1961 (died 2024), a 'Carole Marie Paulson' in Oregon public records, and a 'Carol M Paulson' obituary (Gunderson FH) — none match the report's birth date of 15 January 1961 or the Ohio family, so they are not this person.

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Carol Marie Paulson b. 1961

father Donald Howard Paulson 1924–1983

father Raeburn Iver Paulson 1893–1970

father Iver Paulsen 1853–1931

mother Maude Irene Wright 1869–1935

mother Esther Eunice Bills 1895–1990

father Fred A Bills 1862–1926

mother Sarah Jane French 1866–1950

mother Mary Catherine Dafoe b. 1932