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Birth Name: Caron M. Hagedorn
Date of Birth: May 13, 1927
Place of Birth: Sheboygan, Wisconsin, U.S.
Date of Death: September 30, 2023
Place of Death: Sheboygan, Wisconsin, U.S.
Ethnicity: German
Carol Buschmann was an American singer. She was a member of The Chordettes, a female pop music quartet founded in 1946 in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, and known for their songs “Mr. Sandman” and “Lollipop.” Other members of the group were, at various points, her sisters-in-law Janet Ertel and Alice Mae Spielvogel, as well as Lynn Evans Mand , Margie Needham, Jinny Osborn , Nancy Overton , and Dorothy Schwartz .
Carol was the daughter of Helen G. and Otto John Hagedorn.
Carol’s paternal grandfather was George F. Hagedorn (the son of Heinrich Hagedorn and Maria Burhop). George was a German emigrant, from Hanover.
Carol’s paternal grandmother was Maria Johanna Greger (the daughter of Charles Friedrich “Carl” Greger and Eleonore Henriette Budweg). Maria was a German emigrant, from Altstadt, Kolberg-Körlin. Charles was born in Neu Dollstädt, the son of Johannes/Joannes Carolus Greger. Eleonore was born in Ellerwalde, the daughter of Samuel Gottfried Budweg and Anna Eleonore Wilhelmine Klein.
Carol’s maternal grandfather was Friedrich/Fredrick Wilhelm “Fred” Kuster (the son of Adam Kuster/Kusteu and Minnie/Minna Phiene). Fredrick was born in East Saginaw, Michigan, to German parents.
Carol’s maternal grandmother was Augusta Christiana Puls (the daughter of Friedrich August Puls and Amalia Knocke). Augusta was born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, to German parents. Friedrich was from Lippe, the son of Johann Gottlieb Puls and Hanne Henriette Schneider. Amalia was the daughter of Heinrich Knocke and Marie Christine/Christiana Bichant.
Source: Genealogy of Carol Buschmann – https://www.familysearch.org