Referenced in the family
Clifford Raeburn Paulson
b. 1922
Life
Records & Research
Clifford Raeburn Paulson was born 8 August 1922, son of Raeburn Iver Paulson and Esther Eunice Bills. A FindAGrave columbarium record gives his death as 30 August 2014 and his interment, with his wife Netta, at the All Saints Episcopal Church Columbarium in Frederick, Maryland. Per his wife's 2017 obituary he met Netta (maiden surname Alameda) at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; they were married about 62 years (he predeceased her) and were active in a Norwegian heritage society. The exact birthplace (a genealogy site stated Flint, Michigan) could not be verified, and an alternate death date of 1 May 2014 from that same unreachable site is not trusted.
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Clifford Raeburn Paulson was born 8 August 1922; the full distinctive name (including the middle name 'Raeburn', echoing his father Raeburn Iver Paulson) and the exact birth date match the family report.
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Clifford Raeburn Paulson died 30 August 2014 and is interred at the All Saints Episcopal Church Columbarium, Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland (plot: second row from top, second column from left), in the same plot as his wife Netta.
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Clifford married Netta (maiden surname Alameda; Netta Alameda Paulson, b. 8 Sep 1930 – d. 16 Jul 2017, Hagerstown, MD), whom he met at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; the marriage lasted about 62 years and Clifford predeceased her.
Differs from the report
death.date: report says “No death recorded in the known facts (death: null)”, records indicate “30 August 2014 per FindAGrave columbarium record (trusted). An alternate date of 1 May 2014 'at Hagerstown, MD' attributed to the New England Ball Project genealogy site is NOT trusted.”. The FindAGrave columbarium interment record (30 Aug 2014) is a primary cemetery source and is corroborated by the shared plot with his documented spouse Netta. The competing 1 May 2014 date traces solely to the New England Ball Project page, which did not resolve when fetched (net::ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED), so that source could not be verified and its date is discounted. Both sources agree on the year 2014. grave ↗genealogy ↗
Not yet confirmed — probable matches and family lore, shown for research. Treat with caution.
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Clifford was educated at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (consistent with, but not independently confirming, the family report's B.S.E. and M.S. from the University of Michigan). likely
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Clifford and Netta had at least six children: a daughter Lani (Wilkinson; predeceased Netta), Dr. Lyn Olson, Lee Paulson, Marshall Paulson, Lisa Newell, and Lele Wentworth. likely
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Clifford had a documented grandchild, Jessie Lee O'Sullivan Ward (1988–2023), whose memorial names 'Clifford and Netta Paulson' as her grandparents. likely
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Clifford and Netta were members of a Norwegian heritage society; Clifford is described as having Norwegian forebears. likely
Open questions (7)
- Exact death date confirmation: FindAGrave gives 30 Aug 2014 (trusted). The competing 1 May 2014 from the New England Ball Project could not be checked because that page failed to load (ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED). Clifford's own FindAGrave memorial page or a Herald-Mail / Frederick News-Post obituary would settle it definitively.
- Birth place: the New England Ball Project reportedly states Flint, Genesee Co., Michigan (and a brother Donald Howard Paulson, b. 14 May 1924, Flint), but that page did not resolve, so the birthplace and the brother remain unverified and were left out of the findings.
- Parents anchor not independently verified: the only cited source claiming Raeburn Iver Paulson and Esther Eunice Bills as parents was the unreachable New England Ball Project page. The identity match here rests on the exact birth date + distinctive full name + spouse/grave, not on an independent parentage record; a record explicitly naming the parents would strengthen confirmation.
- Clifford's specific degrees and occupation: the report's B.S.E. and M.S. from the University of Michigan are consistent with the obituary placing him at U. Michigan, but no source confirms the exact degrees or his career/occupation.
- Are all six of Netta's children (Lani, Lyn, Lee, Marshall, Lisa, Lele) confirmed as Clifford's biological children? The obituary lists them as Netta's; explicit parentage by Clifford was not separately stated.
- Marriage date and place (year) for Clifford and Netta were not located (only the ~62-year duration is documented).
- Norwegian ancestry: confirmation depends on the obituary's heritage-society reference; no primary record of Clifford's Norwegian forebears was found, and the surname alone is not distinctively Norwegian.
Sources consulted (6)
- The New England Ball Project — Person Page (Clifford Raeburn Paulson, b. 8 Aug 1922 Flint MI; parents Raeburn Iver Paulson & Esther Eunice Bills; brother Donald Howard Paulson) — UNRESOLVED: page failed to load (ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED), claims unverified · genealogy
- Netta Paulson Obituary (2017), The Frederick News-Post (Legacy.com) — wife of Clifford, met at U. Michigan, Norwegian society, six children · obituary
- Find a Grave — Memorial search: Clifford Raeburn Paulson, 8 Aug 1922 – 30 Aug 2014, All Saints Episcopal Church Columbarium, Frederick, MD · grave
- All Saints Episcopal Church Columbarium in Frederick, Maryland — Find a Grave Cemetery · cemetery
- Jessie Lee O'Sullivan Ward (1988-2023) — Find a Grave Memorial (names Clifford and Netta Paulson as grandparents) · grave
- Clifford F. Paulson Obituary — Koons-Russell Funeral Home, Goodland, KS (REJECTED: different person, b. 1921 Kansas, parents Mary Adelia Jones & Arvig Arthur Paulson) · obituary
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