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Victoria Kay Paulson
b. 1954
Life
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No public record was found for Victoria Kay Paulson (b. 1 June 1954) herself, which is expected for a living, private individual. The only relevant public source located was a FindAGrave memorial (ID 74803409) for a "Donald H Paulson" (4 May 1924 - 22 Jan 1983, buried Bellville Cemetery, Richland County, Ohio; inscribed "1ST LT US AIR FORCE WORLD WAR II KOREA"). On direct review the memorial's birth and death years match the report's father, Donald Howard Paulson (1924-1983), and middle initial "H" is consistent with "Howard"; however the memorial has NO linked family members (no spouse, children, or parents), so the connection to Victoria or to her mother Mary Catherine Dafoe cannot be verified. This match was therefore left as an open lead rather than recorded as a finding. Nothing reliable was found to confirm or extend facts about Victoria herself.
No additional public records have been confirmed yet — only what the family report records.
Open questions (5)
- VERIFIED BY DIRECT FETCH: The FindAGrave memorial for 'Donald H Paulson' (ID 74803409; 4 May 1924 - 22 Jan 1983; Bellville Cemetery, Richland County, Ohio; inscribed '1ST LT US AIR FORCE WORLD WAR II KOREA') was confirmed to show exactly those details and to have NO linked family members. It matches the report's father Donald Howard Paulson only on birth year (1924), death year (1983), and middle initial 'H'. With zero relational anchors, it cannot be confirmed as Victoria's father and gives no information about Victoria. Verify via an obituary, census, or military record whether this is the correct Donald Howard Paulson and whether the family was in Richland County, Ohio.
- If the Bellville, Ohio Donald H Paulson is the father, was the family based in Richland County, Ohio? That geography could guide a search for Victoria Kay Paulson and for her mother Mary Catherine Dafoe (whether Mary is also buried at Bellville Cemetery is unknown; a FindAGrave search did not surface a Mary Paulson there).
- No record was found tying mother Mary Catherine Dafoe (b. 1932) to Donald Howard Paulson; her maiden surname Dafoe has Canadian/northeastern-US associations, suggesting a possible Canadian or border-state family origin worth checking.
- Did Victoria Kay Paulson marry and change her surname? No marriage announcement, obituary, or grave was found under 'Paulson' or 'Paulsen'; an unknown married name would explain the absence of records and is the most likely reason nothing was found.
- Contemporary online hits for 'Victoria Paulsen' (a fashion/golf-apparel designer with a brand founded 2023, plus social-media profiles) are a different, much younger person and were correctly rejected as non-matches.
Sources consulted (6)
- Donald H Paulson (1924-1983) - Find a Grave Memorial (ID 74803409), Bellville Cemetery, Richland County, Ohio · grave
- FindAGrave memorial search: Donald Paulson, b.1924 d.1983, Ohio (2 results) · grave
- Donald A Paulson (1924-1958) - Find a Grave Memorial (rejected: died 1958, not 1983; reportedly never married) · grave
- Bellville Cemetery, M-Z (Jefferson Twp.) - Richland County OHGenWeb (partial transcription; no Paulson entries found) · cemetery
- Donald Paulson - Veterans Legacy Memorial, VA (rejected: b.1939 d.2016, US Army, Wisconsin - different person) · memorial
- Web searches for Victoria Kay Paulson / Paulsen 1954, and for Donald Howard Paulson + Mary Catherine Dafoe (no direct matches for the target person) · web
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