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Elma Alice Paulson

b. 1897

Life

10 Jul 1897Born

Records & Research

Elma Alice Paulson was reportedly born 10 July 1897, the daughter of Iver Paulsen (1853-1931) and Maude Irene Wright (1869-1935), per a 2006 family report. No public record (FindAGrave, FamilySearch, WikiTree, BillionGraves, newspapers) could be located that independently confirms or adds to these facts. No death, burial, marriage, or census record matching this specific person on two or more anchors was found. The single FindAGrave candidate returned (E. Frederick Paulsen, 1899-1974, male, Portland OR) was correctly rejected as a wrong-person match, as were two "Alma" candidates (1888, 1889). Audit confirms the negative result: no unsupported positive claim or wrong-person match slipped into the findings.

No additional public records have been confirmed yet — only what the family report records.

Open questions (5)

No public record was found confirming Elma Alice Paulson's birth on 1897-07-10; the date rests solely on the 2006 family report.
Birth place is unknown. The father's name 'Iver Paulsen' and Norwegian patronymic surname pattern suggest a Norwegian-immigrant family, possibly in a Midwestern or Pacific-Northwest US state (an unrelated Elma Paulsen and several Paulsen families appear in Oregon FindAGrave results), but no location could be confirmed and no birthplace should be inferred as fact.
No death or burial record was found. A FindAGrave search for 'Elma Paulson' (born 1897 +/- 2 yr) returned no matches; a search for 'Elma Paulsen' (born 1897 +/- 4 yr) returned only one record, E. Frederick Paulsen (1899-1974, male, Mount Calvary Cemetery, Portland, Oregon), which is NOT this person (wrong given name, wrong sex, wrong birth year, no parent tie) and was correctly rejected. She may have married and changed surname, or never have a memorialized grave.
No record was found tying parents Iver Paulsen (1853-1931) and Maude Irene Wright (1869-1935) together as a couple, nor a marriage record. Confirming the parents' marriage and residence would help locate the daughter via census records (e.g., 1900/1910 US Census).
Possible name variants not exhausted in record databases: Elma A. Paulsen/Paulson, and a possible married surname. Also consider that 'Elma' may be transcribed as 'Alma' or 'Elmo' in some indexes (an Alma Paulson 1888 and Alma C. Paulsen 1889 appeared but do not match on birth year or given name and were rejected).

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Ancestry

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Elma Alice Paulson b. 1897

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