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Claude Zene Paulson

b. 1899

Life

28 Jan 1899Born

Records & Research

Claude Zene Paulson was born 28 January 1899 in City Point, Jackson County, Wisconsin, a child of Iver Paulsen (1853-1931) and Maude Irene Wright (1869-1935). Identity is firmly established: a FindAGrave memorial matches the anchor's exact birth date and both parents (by name and life-year ranges), and the birthplace is consistent with the family's documented residence at City Point. He died 16 February 1978 (aged 79); the memorial gives the death state as North Carolina and notes that, per an obituary, the place was Raleigh, North Carolina. He is buried at Green Acres Memorial Park, Scottsdale, Maricopa County, Arizona. The memorial also links a spouse, Isabelle Crampton Paulson (1908-1973), and two sons, Denis C. "Denny" Paulson (1934-2016) and David Floyd Paulson (1942-2002); these family links rest on the single linked memorial and lack independent records, so they are retained at lower confidence pending corroboration.

  • Birth confirmed as 28 January 1899 at City Point, Jackson County, Wisconsin, USA. The exact birth date matches the family-report anchor, and the birthplace (City Point, Jackson County) is consistent with the Iver Paulsen family's documented residence there. Verified directly on the FindAGrave memorial.

    1899-01-28 · City Point, Jackson County, Wisconsin, USA findagrave ↗

  • Died 16 February 1978 (aged 79). The FindAGrave memorial gives the death state as North Carolina, USA, and adds a note that 'per obituary' the place of death was Raleigh, North Carolina. The family report had no death information. The death date is supported by the multi-anchor-confirmed memorial; the specific city of Raleigh rests on an obituary that has not been independently located.

    1978-02-16 · North Carolina, USA (per obituary, Raleigh) findagrave ↗

  • Buried at Green Acres Memorial Park, Scottsdale, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA. The family report had no burial information. Verified directly on the FindAGrave memorial.

    · Green Acres Memorial Park, Scottsdale, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA findagrave ↗

  • Parents confirmed as Iver Paulson (1853-1931) and Maude Irene Wright Paulson (1869-1935). Both match the anchor facts: Iver born 1853 (anchor 1853-1931) and Maude born 1869 (anchor 1869-1935). This independent agreement on both parents, combined with the exact birth date, multi-anchor confirms this is the correct Claude Zene Paulson.

    findagrave ↗

  • Per the 2006 family report (local archive document 'How we got here'), Claude Zene Paulson was a child of Iver Paulsen (b.1853-03-17) and Maude Irene Wright (b.1869-01-06), with siblings Raeburn Iver (1893-11-26), Mary Estelle (1896-02-29), Elma Alice (1897-07-10), Lynn (1902-08-24), and an unnamed child who died (no birthdate). The parents married 21 Oct 1891 in Minneapolis, Minnesota; the family bought a small hotel at City Point, Wisconsin, then around 1901 sold it and bought a farm across the river from City Point.

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Differs from the report

birth.place: report says “null (not recorded in anchor)”, records indicate “City Point, Jackson County, Wisconsin, USA”. Addition, not a conflict: the anchor left birthplace blank; FindAGrave supplies City Point, Jackson County, WI, which is consistent with the family's documented City Point residence in the 2006 report. findagrave ↗

mother.birth: report says “Maude Irene Wright (1869); local 2006 report file gives 1869-01-06”, records indicate “Maude Irene Wright Paulson 1869-1935 (FindAGrave, year only)”. Consistent: the 1869 birth year and 1935 death year for the mother agree across the anchor, the local report, and FindAGrave. findagrave ↗

Open questions (5)
  • Death place: The FindAGrave memorial header lists only 'North Carolina, USA'; a note attributes 'Raleigh, North Carolina' to an obituary that has not been located. The actual newspaper obituary should be retrieved to confirm the death city, residence at death, and surviving-relatives list (which would also independently corroborate the spouse and children).
  • Spouse Isabelle Crampton Paulson (1908-1973): this link rests only on the single FindAGrave memorial. Marriage date and place are unknown and no marriage record has been located. Downgraded to 'likely' pending an independent record.
  • Children Denis C. 'Denny' Paulson (1934-2016) and David Floyd Paulson (1942-2002): sourced only to the single FindAGrave memorial with no independent corroboration. Downgraded to 'unconfirmed'; census, birth, or obituary records are needed before these can be raised.
  • Claude's life between birth in Wisconsin (1899) and burial in Arizona (1978) is undocumented here. Residence, occupation, and military records were not retrieved (FindAGrave shows 'in Newspapers' and 'in Military Records' teasers behind the Ancestry paywall).
  • The memorial was created Apr 2025 by a single contributor (Kevin D Struensee) and has no headstone photo of Claude shown; the identity is nonetheless multi-anchor confirmed via birth date and both parents, but the derived family links inherit the limitations of a single recently-created linked tree.
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Ancestry

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Claude Zene Paulson b. 1899
father Iver Paulsen 1853–1931
father Paul Olsen 1822–1885
father Ole Iversen 1781–1861
mother Lisbet Olsdater b. 1785
mother Embjor Iversdater 1828–1905
father Iver Olsen b. 1801
mother Ragnhild Knutsdater 1801–1875
mother Maude Irene Wright 1869–1935
father Zenas Hovey Wright 1838–1926
father Phineas Wright 1812–1874
mother Amanda Finch 1821–1846
mother Mary Jane Nott 1848–1927
father Philetus S. Nott b. 1820
mother Mary Goff b. 1814