Stephan Bussler

Stephan Ernest Bussler
Birth: 20 JAN 1844 Providence, Posen, East Prussia, Germany *Name Var:* John Note: Called "John" in his obituary. This is the only place I've seen him referred to by this name.
*Marriage:* Germany to Amelia Lange
*Birth of Son:* 05 SEP 1870 Name: Albert E. Bussler Place: Posen, Germany
*Birth of Daughter:* AUG 1871 Name: Emma D. Bussler *Birth of Daughter:* ABT 1876 Name: Bertha Bussler Immigration: 15 APR 1881 Note: From Hamburg, Germany to New York *Lived in:* 1881-1885 Place: Montague, Michigan *Birth of Daughter:* 06 MAY 1882 Name: Mina E. Bussler *Moved to:* ABT 1886 Place: Ludington, Mason Co, Michigan Note: Worked for the Pere Marquette Lumber Company *Birth of Son:* 31 MAR 1887 Name: John Ernest Bussler Place: Ludington, Mason Co, Michigan *City Directory:* 1890 Place: 801 E. Foster, Ludington, Michigan *1900 Census:* 07 JUN 1900 Place: Pere Marquette Twp, Mason Co, Michigan Note: Wife, Amelia, and two children living in his household.
Occupation: Freight Handler. Worked for the Pere Marquette Lumber Co. Date: 1900 Place: Ludington, Mason Co, Michigan, USA
*City Directory:* 1907 Place: 801 E. Foster, Ludington, Michigan *City Directory:* 1910-1911 Place: Ludington Note: Bussler, Steffon, trucker, P M R R, res 801 E. Foster. *1910 Census:* 28 APR 1910 Place: Ludington, Mason Co, Michigan Note: Wife, Amelia, and one daughter living in his household. *City Directory:* 1913 Place: 801 E. Foster, Ludington, Michigan *City Directory:* 1913 Place: 801 E. Foster, Ludington, Michigan Naturalization: 05 FEB 1918 Place: Mason Co, Michigan Note: Had a fair complexion, 5' 3" tall, weighed 144 pounds, had gray hair and blue eyes, had stiff fingers on his left hand. *Moved to:* ABT 1918 Place: Grand Rapids, Michigan Note: to live with his son, John. *1920 Census:* 02 JAN 1920 Place: Grand Rapids, Michigan Note: Living with son, John, and his family. Illness: 1921 Note: Stricken with paralysis. Though he recovered sufficiently to get about the house he was left lame and blind in one eye as a result of the stroke. This blindness was the cause of his falling about a week before his death when he attempted to go to the basement of his son's house. In this fall he sustained severe injuries, said to have been the direct cause of his death.
Death: 03 MAR 1924 Grand Rapids, Kent Co, Michigan Note: Died of chronic interstitial nephritis with contributing factors of hypostatic pneumonia. Funeral was held at the St. Paul's Lutheran church. Obituary: 04 MAR 1924 Place: Ludington, Michigan Burial: 05 MAR 1924 Lakeview Cemetery, Ludington, Mason Co, Michigan parents are unknown