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Joseph Budd-Jack Biography

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Lived: 1900 - 1961
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Detroit Michigan
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Joseph Budd-Jack
Joseph Budd-Jack

Joseph Thomas Budziak - born Calumet, Michigan (approximatly 1900 - he was older than his wife). He changed his name to Budd-Jack since polish names were not well received in the 30s for his line of work.

He left the Michigan upper peninsula and joined the circus where he met his wife Maria (Mary) when the circus was in town near her house in Detroit. They married in 1926.

Mary in Crowd in Grand Rapids
Mary in Crowd in Grand Rapids
8000 Silhouettes in 2 Weeks
8000 Silhouettes in 2 Weeks

together they cut silhouettes for almost 20 years in the 1930's and 1940's. After they quit cutting silhouettes, they opened a framing business in Detroit.

Joseph's wife, Marie Emilie Doege, was born in Saskatchewan, Canada on February 18, 1908 of german descent. Joseph died December 8, 1961, and Mary died November 20, 1989.

Joseph Cutting Silhouettes of Schoolchildren
Joseph Cutting Silhouettes of Schoolchildren

 

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