William Budde was Tom's G-Grandfather.  We know he was born somewhere in Germany about 1840 and married Louise Mazander in St. Louis, MO May 3l, 1870 by JP.  No additional information.  We can go forward to the family he raised in St. Clair Co. and that he left here and moved  to Fort Smith Ark.  His wife Louise died in Fort Smith and his two youngest children were brought back to St. Clair Co. to be raised  by relatives.  When they moved to Fort Smith the older children were left in St. Clair, Co. IL.  He was a coal miner on census records.  We have no clue as to where he came from, no sibblings, no parents ever listed on any records.  Nobody knows what happened to him after Louise died.  He is our mystery man.  He must have left some kind of paper trail somewhere.  Have talked to many family members and nobody knows anything.  Some say they never heard of him.  What a guy!

Welcome to the Budde-Chaput Genealogy.  Tom & I have worked for 20 years to gather the information that we have..  Our one big dissapointment is that we were never able to get any information on the sur Name Budde.  Old G-Grandfather Budde appeared and disappeared with not a clue.

We have a site at  www.genealogy.com/users/b/u/d/Mary-Ellen-Budde.  We have some old pictures on this site too.

Hope to hear from new people.