Johann Franz Boch-Buschmann

Jean-François Nicolas Boch Buschmann (9 March 1782 – 9 February 1858) was a Luxembourgish manufacturer. He was a member of the third generation of owners of the family pottery business, Jean-François Boch which at that time had its headquarters at Siebenbrunnen a short distance to the north of Luxembourg City. He became the head of the family firm which, in his time, was known chiefly for industrial production of porcelain tableware and tiles.

Reflecting the variety of languages in common use in Luxembourg, sources may identify him under various different names. Older German language sources may refer to him as Johann Franz Boch or Johann Franz Boch-Buschmann. Luxembourgeois and Dutch language sources may identify him as Jean Boch-Buschmann.

Life

Family provenance and connections Jean-François Boch was born in the family home at Siebenbrunnen / Sept-Fontaines in Luxembourg. His father was the entrepreneur-industrialist Pierre-Joseph Boch (1737-1818) from Lorraine. His mother, born Marie Antoinette Lucie Nothomb, was from Luxembourg.

In 1806 Boch married Anne Marie Rosalie Buschmann (1785-1870), the daughter of a successful master-tanner from St. Vith. The machines were operated using hydro-power from a fast flowing stream running into the Sarre on one side of the site.