. History of Milwaukee, city and county . dustry, perseverence, integrity and faith in and with himself to an unusual extent. There is, perhaps, no better key to the character of George Brumder than the inci-dent of his early life when his fellow employes on a new structure chided him for hisintense application to his work in the absence of the foreman, and he gave as ananswer, I have hired out my services and must do my best. As in this instance sothroughout his life, he devoted himself conscientiously to everything he undertookwhether it be with prospects of remuneration or merely to obey th
. History of Milwaukee, city and county . dustry, perseverence, integrity and faith in and with himself to an unusual extent. There is, perhaps, no better key to the character of George Brumder than the inci-dent of his early life when his fellow employes on a new structure chided him for hisintense application to his work in the absence of the foreman, and he gave as ananswer, I have hired out my services and must do my best. As in this instance sothroughout his life, he devoted himself conscientiously to everything he undertookwhether it be with prospects of remuneration or merely to obey the dictates of hisconscience. Free from any ambition to accumulate a fortune, this, nevertheless, resulted fromthe pioneers instinct of faith in and with himself. As the years advanced and a-business organization grew into being, this spirit, to a large extent, became a part ofeach individual thereof, and out of it grew the mutual goodwill, confldence and trustmdispensably necessary to the growth of every business organization He died re-. GEORGE BRUMDEE HISTORY OF :\rTLWAUKEE 71 spectetl and honored by the community and beloved by his employes. A greatertribute than this conies to no man. In the past century we, as a nation, were not so far advanced in our life but thatthe story of the typical American still found him leaving his home surroundings andgoing to new fields for the activities of his future life. Sometimes this was done withthat purpose clearly in mind, sometimes a chance condition brought about the sameresult. So we find George Brunider at the age of eighteen bidding goodbye to hisbeloved mother and revered father, a respected schoolmaster in an Alsatian villagenear Strasbourg (Strassburg), to accompany an elder sister to America to attendher at her wedding to a minister of the gospel at Helenville, Wisconsin. It was herethat he wielded the axe as a woodsman until the day that he started on foot torWisconsins metropolis. Between the years of 1858 and 1863 he was en
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