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Mabel Busdieker
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Mabel Busdieker of New Melle, Missouri, visited Am
Bussdiek and the surrounding area in 1996, and again several years later.
It was she who brought back the aerial photograph of the family home and
the first photo of the bus stop labeled "Am Bussdiek", as well as a
national map that included the "Am Bussdiek" title. During the visit
that Roy and Jan Busdiecker made in 2003, the German Bussdiekers recalled
with pleasure the "beautiful Plattdeutsch" spoken by Mabel.
Plattdeutsch is the dialect spoken in the northern part of the country.
Mabel has furnished a great deal of the information included on this site. |
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| Seal of New Melle, MO, presented to city of Melle, Germany | Sign at fork in the road Am Bussdiek. Ewald and family are at 5. | Bussdieker Bauernhof (farmhouse) in the distance | Friedhelm Freese, a relative of Mabels, with Gerde Bussdieker Horner and Marianne (Ewald's wife) |
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| Ewald, "We are very friendly" | Ewald & Marianne's daughter Heike, Ewald's brother Heinrich | Heinrich, Gerde, Ewald, Mable | Gerde, Marianne, Ewald, Heinrich |
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| Sabine, daughter of Ewald & Marianne, with Heinrich | Heinrich and Gerde Korner at their home, with Mabel | Beautiful flower gardens are common at many German homese. Thes at Gerde Bussdieker Korner's home are good examples. | |
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| Mabel with then 84 year old Heinrich Bussdieker, founder of the furniture store in Melle. Heinrich has since passed away. | Inside the Bussdieker furniture store in Melle | Ellen Bussdieker Vogt with her husband and cousin Gerde Bussdieker Korner | |
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| Toys used to be sold at the store, but in 2003 they were only for use of customer's children | Marianne, Mabel, Ellen, Gerde and Ewald | ||