Trades & Professions

 

The Buhlers and allied family members worked as firefighters, bakers and shoemakers, among many others.

Index

 

Name	Date	Decription
George H Buhler4	5 Mar 1949	Certificate Honoring 30 Years of Good Standing Membership in Bakers' Union No. 35
George H Buhler5	Mar 1949	Bakers' Union No. 35 Banquet  (verso)
George L Buhler3	1960-1970	Jeweler's tools.
Peter Buhler10	2 Dec 1899	"Peter Buhler Boots and Shoes" advertisement.
Arthur Lusignan6	23 Jul 1909	Welsh [Louisiana] Bakery Advertisement
Charles Lusignan8	1896	Butcher shop advertisement.
Clovis Lusignan7	22 Nov 1902	Lusignan & Sposito "A.B.C." trademark affidavit.
Clovis Lusignan9	7 Nov 1903	A.B.C. advertisement.
Clovis Lusignan1	1900-1910	A.B.C. Bottling, Co., crown top bottle.
Clovis Lusignan2	1900-1910	A.B.C. Bottling Co., blob  top bottle.

Notes:   1. Blown green soda bottle with a crown top, embossed "REGISTERED / A. B. C. / THIBODAUX / LA." Acquired at auction by George L Buhler Jr on 12 Aug 2018.  2. Blown green soda bottle with a blob top, embossed "A. B. C. / THIBODAUX / LA." Acquired at auction by George L Buhler Jr on 18 Apr 2020. 3. Jeweler's tools belonged to George L Buhler,  now in possession of George L Buhler Jr. Steel ring mandrel, jeweler’s flat nosed pliers and rawhide leather mallet. 4. George H Buhler. "Certificate Honoring 30 Years of Good Standing Membership in Bakers' Union No. 35" Awarde on 5 Mar 1947. The original certificate was acquired from Julie (Sutherland) Ferrell in Apr 2025. It was scanned by George L Buhler Jr on 7 Jun 2025. 5. George H Buhler (fourth from left). Photograph of Bakers' Union No. 35 Banquet in New Orleans, Louisiana. Photograph by Chas. L. Franck Photographs, 929 Poydras Street, New Orleans, La. Probable date Mar 1949. The original photograph was acquired from Julie (Sutherland) Ferrell in Apr 2025. It was scanned by George L Buhler Jr on 7 Jun 2025. 6. "The Welsh Bakery [advertisement]" The Rice Belt Journal, Welsh, Louisiana, 23 Jul 1909, page 4, column 2. Newdpapers.com by Ancestry, https://www.newspapers.com/image/221407197. Downloaded 9 Feb 2020. 7. "State of Louisiana, Parish of Lafourche." The Weekly Thibodaux Sentinel. (Thibodaux, LA), Nov. 22 1902. Page 4 column 5. Downloaded 16 Mar 2026 from: Library of Congress, Chronicling America, Historic American Newspapers. https://www.loc.gov/item/sn88064490/1902-11-22/ed-1/. 8. "Chas. Luzigan [sic]" butcher advertisement from,  Seymour, William H. The Story of Algiers, 1718-1896, now fifth district of New Orleans, the past and present.   Algiers: Algiers Democrat Pub. Co., Ltd., 1896. Page 48. 9. "A. B. C." The weekly Thibodaux Sentinel. (Thibodaux, LA), Nov. 7 1903. Page 3 column 4. Downloaded 20 Mar 2026 from: Library of Congress, Chronicling America, Historic American Newspapers. https://www.loc.gov/item/sn88064490/1903-11-07/ed-1/. 10. "Peter Buhler Boots and Shoes" advertisement. The Republican Courier. 2 Dec 1899, page 3 column 4. Downloaded 16Jan2024 from Newspaperarchive.com. Accessed by membership through the National Genealogical Society <https://www.ngsgenealogy.org/newspaperarchive/>.      updated 20 March 2026