Paul was born in 1911. He was the son of Herman Joseph Buschman (1877–1956) and Herman's second wife Mary J Meissen (1888–1912). They married about 1906.
In 1925, Paul (age 14) lived in Dubuque, Dubuque County, Iowa, with his father, Herman (age 46) and his stepmother, Elizabeth "Lizzie" Nicholas (age 36), and his half-siblings: William (age 11), John (age 9), Herman (age 7), Donald (age 5), Virginia (age 3), and baby Catherine.
In 1930, Paul (age 20) lodged in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, in the household of English immigrant William Bell (age 62) and his wife Bessie (age 55). Also lodging in the household were: Duncan Campbell (age 47), Elmer L. Huston (age 29), John J. Nugent (age 54), Canadian William John (age 30), George Holt (age 35), William Hart (age 45), Irishman John Tardey (age 69), and Polish immigrant Steve Kuchcenski (age 38). William Bell was a foreman at an automobile manufacturing plant. Duncan Campbell was a realtor. Paul and Elmer were laborers working construction. John Nugent was a hotel waiter. William John was a polisher at an automobile plant. George Holt, William Hart, and John Tardey were laborers at automobile plants. Steve Kuchcenski was a laborer at the Ford plant.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7MB-7XT : accessed 7 April 2023), Paul J Bushman in household of William Bell, Detroit (Districts 0001-0250), Wayne, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 87, sheet 3A, line 37, family 18, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1034; FHL microfilm 2,340,769.
"United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6KW9-8V69 : 10 February 2023), Paul J Buschmann in entry for Conrad Paul Buschmann, .
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