My piece of the past: Gertrude Drusilla Funkhouser Paulson (1867-1936)

Gertrude Drusilla Funkhouser Paulson
Photograph and digital image in the possession of Susan Brubaker Knapp

Gertrude Drusilla Funkhouser Paulson

Born: 16 Sept. 1867 in New Brighton, Beaver County, PA
Mother: Catherine Ufferman, 1844-? born in Butler County, PA
Father: Jacob Osmon Funkhouser, 1839-1907, born in Beaver Falls, Beaver County, PA

Married Dec. 8, 1887

Husband: Joseph Fillmore Paulson, born May 21, 1867 in New Brighton, Beaver County, PA

Died : March 8, 1936

Siblings:
Caroline, b. 1863

Samuel Henry, b. 1869

Virginia May, b. 1871

Harvey Allen, b. 1876

Children with Joseph Fillmore Paulson (1867-1957):

Alma Gertrude Paulson, 1889-1970, married Samuel Ellsworth West

Carrie Marie Paulson, 1890-1984, married W. Marshall Cowsert

Lila Catherine Paulson, 1892-1971, married Gabe Thompson

Ruth Mae Paulson, 1894-1970, married John Thomas Wilson

Lois Christine Paulson, 1897-1985, married Seth W. Hulmes

Joseph Osmon Paulson, 1999-1947, married Mildred Irene Jones

Dorothy Eleanor Paulson, 1901-1981, married 1) Lynn McKee Carter and 2) Charlie Brandt

Cromwell Paulson, 1904-1979, married Etta Jones

Virginia Elizabeth, died at 8 months

Alma, Joseph, Dorothy, Ruth, Carrie, Osmon, Lila, Drusilla holding Cromwell, Lois

Several times, my mother told me that her mother (Dorothy Paulson Carter) told her the following about Drusilla: She loved to read, and was often totally entranced with what she was reading, to the point that her many children were running around the house getting into all sorts of mischief, and she seemed not to notice. I was told many times by my grandmother that I resembled her, both physically, and because of my love of books.