Individual record
Raeburn Iver Paulson
1893–1970 · 77 years
also known as Paulson, Rae
Life
Places in Raeburn Iver’s life
Notes & Recollections
He grew up on the family farm north of City Point, Wisconsin. They went to Flint, Michigan, in 1919. He became a foreman in Buick tool and die. Then he resigned and went into a gas station business. The family moved to a farm north of Neillsville, Wisconsin, in January, 1938. In March, 1938, part of his vertebrae was crushed in a fall, and he was partially paralized from the waist down for the rest of his life. He returned to Flint in August, 1942, and went with Hubbard Hardware Company. In November, 1961, Raeburn and Esther moved to a new house in Tempe, Arizona. They moved to Silver Spring, Maryland, in January, 1970. He was a Free Mason.
Medical History
High blood pressure. Small strokes for many years. Some vertebrae crushed by a fall in 1938; paralyzed from the waist down.
Records & Research
Raeburn Iver Paulson was born 26 November 1893 in Garden Valley (Township), Jackson County, Wisconsin, and died 3 April 1970 in Maryland. He was buried at Gracelawn Cemetery in Flint, Genesee County, Michigan. He was the husband of Esther E. Bills, and their children included an infant son (1921, died the same year), Clifford Raeburn Paulson (1922-2014), and Donald Paulson. A public Find a Grave memorial (ID 135883212), independently verified during this audit, confirms his birth date and place, death date, burial place, spouse, and children, matching the family report on five independent anchors. The identity is unambiguous. Occupations, Free Mason membership, the 1938 back injury, and the later moves to Arizona and Maryland rest only on the family report and remain unsourced.
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Raeburn Paulson was born 26 November 1893 in Garden Valley, Jackson County, Wisconsin, matching the report's birth date and place exactly.
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Raeburn Paulson died 3 April 1970 in Maryland (aged 76), consistent with the report's death date of 1970-04-03 at Takoma Park, Maryland.
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Raeburn Paulson is buried at Gracelawn Cemetery, Flint, Genesee County, Michigan, matching the report's stated burial place.
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Raeburn Paulson was the husband of Esther E. Bills, matching the report's spouse Esther Eunice Bills (1895-1990).
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Raeburn and Esther's children included an infant son (Baby Boy Paulson, born and died 1921), Clifford Raeburn Paulson (1922-2014), and Donald Paulson, matching the report's listed children (including the '(died) Paulson' infant).
Not yet confirmed — probable matches and family lore, shown for research. Treat with caution.
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An online family genealogy (The New England Ball Project) is reported to record Clifford Raeburn Paulson (born 8 Aug 1922, Flint, MI) and Donald Howard Paulson (born 14 May 1924, Flint, MI) as sons of Raeburn Iver Paulson and Esther Eunice Bills. unconfirmed
minor death.place: report “Takoma Park, Maryland” vs. found “Maryland, USA (state only)”. Find a Grave lists only the state of Maryland, not the specific city (verified directly). No conflict; the memorial is simply less precise than the report.
minor children: report “Lynn Paulson (1921); Clifford Raeburn Paulson (1922); Donald Howard Paulson (1924-1983); (died) Paulson” vs. found “Infant Son (1921-1921); Clifford Raeburn Paulson (1922-2014); Donald (b. abt 1925)”. Find a Grave records a 1921 infant son who died the same year. It is unclear whether this is the report's 'Lynn Paulson (1921)' or the separate '(died) Paulson' child. Donald's death year (report: 1983) is not shown on the father's memorial.
Open questions (6)
- The New England Ball Project finding was downgraded to 'unconfirmed' because the page was unreachable and the claim rests only on search-result snippets; it could not be read directly to verify it refers to this family. A successful fetch of newenglandballproject.com/g2/p2201.htm would settle this.
- No independent public source was found for the parents Iver Paulsen (1853-1931) and Maude Irene Wright (1869-1935); the Find a Grave memorial does not list parents. A Find a Grave / FamilySearch record for Iver Paulsen or Maude Wright could confirm the parentage.
- The marriage date/place (31 Dec 1919, Flint, Michigan) rests only on the family report; a Genesee County or Michigan marriage record was not located and would confirm it.
- Whether the report's 'Lynn Paulson (1921)' is the same individual as Find a Grave's 'Baby Boy Paulson (1921-1921)', or a distinct child, remains unresolved.
- No obituary or newspaper record was located to corroborate his occupations (Buick tool and die foreman, gas station, Hubbard Hardware Company), Free Mason membership, the 1938 back injury, or the moves to Tempe, Arizona (1961) and Silver Spring, Maryland (1970). These rest solely on the family report.
- Ancestry-linked census records (1930, 1940, 1950), a Wisconsin Births and Christenings Index entry, and a Wisconsin State Census entry are referenced on the Find a Grave page but were behind a paywall and not examined; these could further document residences and his Wisconsin birth.
Sources consulted (5)
- Raeburn Paulson (1893-1970) - Find a Grave Memorial ID 135883212 (fetched and verified during audit) · findagrave
- Find a Grave memorial search results for Raeburn Paulson b.1893 d.1970 · findagrave
- Gracelawn Cemetery in Flint, Michigan - Find a Grave Cemetery · findagrave
- The New England Ball Project - Person Page (Paulson family; site unreachable, snippets only) · website
- WikiTree Paulson surname genealogy index · other
Sources
- Clifford R. Paulson
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