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George Busscher, Sr. (married to Mary Dillman) emigrated from the Netherlands in 1873.
By 1879 he had settled in Niles Township and started a blacksmith shop. His son, George
Busscher, Jr., was the 23rd member of Section 15, and perhaps embodied the concept of civic and
business leader better than anyone else. Born in 1879, George, Jr. was one of six children who
survived to adulthood. In approximately 1904, George Jr. married Ivan Paroubek's daughter,
Katherine. They in turn would have seven children, two of whom are still alive.
By 1909, at the age of
thirty, George Jr. had established
his business. An ad in
the 1909 Schobermesse book
described him as a "Dealer in
wagons, buggies, farm implements,
sewing machines, roofing
and sheating papers, glass,
paints, etc.". If the customer
desired, Busscher could shoe
his horse or build him a
wagon or carriage. In order to
contact the business, one could
of course, drop by the establishment
or one could telephone
Niles Center 224.
This Ad was the first of
many which the Busscher family
would run in the Schobermesse
program books. The
Schobermesse, i.e. the fall
festival, was begun by Section
3 of the Luxembourg Brotherhood
in 1904. Until 1967, when
the last Schobermesse was
held, the Busscher and Lies
families had advertised yearly
and are still very supportive of
the Luxembourg community
of greater Chicago.
By 1911, George had
teamed up with his brotherin-law,
Anthony Paroubek,
to form a partnership known
Anton "Tony"Seu/, circa 1911,