Individual record

Donald Howard Paulson

1924–1983 · 59 years

Male Mayflower #37928

also known as Paulson, Don

A Paulson son in uniform during the Second World War. (tentative)

Life

14 May 1924BornFlint, Michigan

17 Aug 1947MarriedtoMary Helen ChickDetroit, Michigan

22 Mar 1951MarriedtoMary Catherine DafoeMaryland

22 Jan 1983DiedMansfield, Ohio

—BuriedBellville Cemetery, Ohio

Places in Donald Howard’s life

Born Flint, Michigan Wikimedia ↗

Died Mansfield, Ohio Wikimedia ↗

Buried Bellville Cemetery, Bellville, Ohio Wikimedia ↗

Notes & Recollections

He was in the Third Division of the US Marine Corps in World War II. He eventually formed a management consulting firm which had national recognition.

Education

BA, Michigan State College
MBA

Medical History

In later years he had erratic high blood pressure.

Records & Research

Donald Howard Paulson was born 14 May 1924 in Flint, Genesee County, Michigan, to Raeburn Iver Paulson and Esther Eunice Bills, and died 22 January 1983 at Mansfield, Ohio, at age 58; he is buried at Bellville Cemetery, Bellville, Ohio. He served in the Third Division of the U.S. Marine Corps in World War II and later formed a nationally recognized management consulting firm. AUDIT NOTE: The single source cited throughout the original dossier — The New England Ball Project person page (www.newenglandballproject.com/g2/p2201.htm) — could not be verified. The domain returns DNS SERVFAIL across three independent resolvers (local, Cloudflare 1.1.1.1, and Google 8.8.8.8), meaning it does not currently resolve for anyone, not just in this environment. Consequently the dossier's facts rest on the trusted family report (the anchor) alone, with no verified independent corroboration. Findings that merely restate the family report are retained at "likely"; new claims that depend entirely on the unreachable source (a Michigan State B.A./MBA, and an unlisted older brother) are downgraded to "unconfirmed."

Differs from the report

source verifiability (all findings): report says “The New England Ball Project person page independently corroborates birth, death, burial, parents, and military service.”, records indicate “The cited domain newenglandballproject.com does not resolve: DNS lookups return SERVFAIL from three independent resolvers (local 10.1.1.1, Cloudflare 1.1.1.1, Google 8.8.8.8), while control domains (e.g. findagrave.com) resolve normally. The page is unretrievable, so it provides no verifiable corroboration for any finding. Every finding in the dossier cited this single URL.”. This is the central audit finding. The original dossier's repeated 'independent source corroborates' notes are not supportable because the source cannot be accessed by anyone. All 'confirmed' grades that rested on this corroboration were lowered; new-information claims that had no other support were dropped to 'unconfirmed'. genealogy ↗

Not yet confirmed — probable matches and family lore, shown for research. Treat with caution.

Donald Howard Paulson was born 14 May 1924 at Flint, Genesee County, Michigan, son of Raeburn Iver Paulson and Esther Eunice Bills. likely

1924-05-14 · Flint, Genesee County, Michigan · Matches the family report on birth date, place, and both parents. Downgraded from 'confirmed' to 'likely': the only cited source is unreachable (domain returns DNS SERVFAIL across local, Cloudflare, and Google resolvers), so the claimed independent multi-anchor corroboration cannot be verified. The fact itself is supported by the trusted family report. genealogy ↗
Donald Howard Paulson died 22 January 1983 at Mansfield, Ohio, at age 58. likely

1983-01-22 · Mansfield, Ohio · Death date and place agree with the family report. Downgraded from 'confirmed' to 'likely': the sole cited source does not resolve (DNS SERVFAIL across three resolvers), so it provides no verifiable independent corroboration. Supported by the trusted family report only. genealogy ↗
He was buried at Bellville Cemetery, Bellville, Ohio. likely

· Bellville Cemetery, Bellville, Ohio · Burial place matches the family report. Downgraded from 'confirmed' to 'likely': the cited genealogy source is unreachable (DNS SERVFAIL), and no FindAGrave/BillionGraves memorial or cemetery record for this person at Bellville Cemetery was located. Rests on the family report alone. genealogy ↗
He served in the Third Division of the U.S. Marine Corps in World War II. likely

· Restates the family report's military detail (3rd Marine Division, WWII). Downgraded from 'confirmed' to 'likely': the cited source cannot be retrieved (DNS SERVFAIL), so it is not verifiable independent corroboration. Supported by the trusted family report only. genealogy ↗
He eventually formed a management consulting firm that had national recognition. likely

· Restates the family report's career detail. The specific firm name was not located. Downgraded from 'confirmed' to 'likely': the cited source is unreachable (DNS SERVFAIL) and offers no verifiable corroboration; rests on the family report. genealogy ↗
He may have received a B.A. from Michigan State College and later an MBA. unconfirmed

· New claim not in the family report. Downgraded from 'likely' to 'unconfirmed': it rests entirely on the unreachable New England Ball Project page (domain returns DNS SERVFAIL across three independent resolvers) and was uncited even there. No verifiable source supports it. Michigan State College is the pre-1955 name of Michigan State University, which is chronologically consistent for a 1924 birth, but the claim itself is unverified. genealogy ↗
He may have had an older brother, Clifford Raeburn Paulson (reportedly b. 8 Aug 1922 Flint, MI; d. 1 May 2014 Hagerstown, MD), also a son of Raeburn Iver Paulson and Esther Eunice Bills. unconfirmed

1922-08-08 · Flint, Genesee County, Michigan · New person and relationship not in the family report. Downgraded from 'likely' to 'unconfirmed': introduces a separate individual with specific dates resting solely on the unreachable source (DNS SERVFAIL). Cannot be verified. Retained as an open lead rather than removed, since it is internally consistent with the known parents, but it must not be published as fact without an independent record. genealogy ↗

Open questions (9)

CRITICAL: The sole source for the entire dossier — The New England Ball Project (www.newenglandballproject.com) — does not resolve in DNS (SERVFAIL across local, Cloudflare 1.1.1.1, and Google 8.8.8.8 resolvers). It could not be retrieved by the prior researcher either. Until this page (or an archived copy, e.g. via the Wayback Machine at web.archive.org) is recovered, none of its claims can be independently verified. Recommend checking the Internet Archive for a cached snapshot.
Because the only cited genealogy page is unreachable, the multi-anchor 'independent corroboration' asserted for birth, death, burial, parents, and military service is unverified. These facts currently rest on the trusted family report alone.
No FindAGrave or BillionGraves memorial for Donald Howard Paulson (1924-1983) at Bellville Cemetery was located. Burial is uncorroborated by any grave photo or cemetery record. Worth a direct FindAGrave/BillionGraves lookup and a Richland County, Ohio cemetery-records check.
No 1983 Mansfield, Ohio newspaper obituary was located to independently confirm death, spouses, children, or the management consulting firm name. The Richland County / Mansfield News-Journal archives are the next avenue.
The specific name of his nationally recognized management consulting firm remains unknown.
The claimed Michigan State College B.A. and MBA are unverified (sourced only to the unreachable page). A Michigan State University alumni/yearbook record would be the way to confirm.
The claimed older brother Clifford Raeburn Paulson (b. 1922 Flint MI, d. 2014 Hagerstown MD) is unverified and depends entirely on the unreachable source. Do NOT publish this sibling as fact without an independent record (e.g. a FindAGrave memorial for Clifford, a census household listing the two brothers, or a SSDI entry).
The two marriages (Mary Helen Chick, 1947 Detroit; Mary Catherine Dafoe, 1951 Maryland) and the eight children in the family report were not independently confirmed by any online source in this research.
FindAGrave search surfaced only unrelated same-name individuals (Donald F. 1922-1945; Donald A./E. 1924-1958) — correctly rejected; none match Flint MI birth, 1983 Mansfield OH death, or Bellville OH burial.

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