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Summary - John MUELLER Photographic & Other Archival Material

Every photo in 'John MUELLER's Photographic Collection' will be found under the headings as structured below.

There are some that have yet to be created so this page is incomplete.

The family names that are mentioned in these articles:

ALTMANN, ALPERS, ASSENDE, BARTEL, BARRETT, BRAUER, BAUM, BRAENDLER, BODATSCH, BERRY, BINDER, BOTHE, BUTLER, BRASSE, BURGEMEISTER, BURFORD, COLLINS, CARPENTER, CHANDLER, CHRISTIAN, COPPIN, CLASOHM, CLOUGH, DIEDERICH, von DOUSSA, DAHL, DALLY, EY, EBEL, FECHNER, FAEHRMANN, FIEDLER, FILLGRAF, FIX, FLADRICH, GALLASCH, GREGOR, GIERKE, GREISER, GUST, GRUNEBERGER, GRAETZ, HAEHNEL, HIRTE, HAMMER, HARDE, HERBIG, HEYSEN, HOLST, HOFFMANN, HARTMANN, HENNINGSEN, HENTY, HOENKE, HOLLAND, HUNTER, HEINRICH, HILL, HALLIDAY, JAENSCH, KUCHEL, KLENKE, KLAEBSCH, KRAMM, KAVEL, KUBERN, KORBER, KEEFE, KAESLER, KNISPEL, LIEBELT, LUBASCH, LEHMANN, LINDNER, LUUR FOX, LEYDEN, LÜNERT, LEDER, LEATCH, MINKWITZ, MARSH, MARKS, MARTIN, MUEHLBERG, MARSCHNER, MUES, MONKS, MACFARLAN, MULLER, MUELLER, van der MOLEN, MEYER, MENADUE, MAGOR, MENZEL, NELSON, NITSCHKE, NEWCOMBE, NORTON, ORMOND, PAECH, PIETSCH, PENERY, PETTY, PINK, PETERING, POHL, PFENNIG, POTTER, POOLE, PAULSEN, RAU, RICHTER, RODERT, RITTER, ROWE, SAWADE, SEIDEL, SEIFFERT, SOAR, SCHARENBERG, SCHULTZ, SCHULZ, STEINBORN, SCHREIBER, STEVEN, SCHUETTE, SCHMEISS, SÜSS, SCHNEEMILCH, SAWADE, STEIN, SCHUBERT, STARICK, THIELE, TEPPER, THOMAS, TRIMPER, de VALLUOIS, VAUGHN, VETT, WADE, WOLF, WIETH, WARNER, WEINERT, WARNEST, WOOLEY, WILSON, WIGGE, WAKEFIELD, WITTWER, WOODLAND, WENDT, WIRTH, WHITE, WUTTKE, ZINCER, ZIMMERMAN, ZILM, ZEUNERT,

Bretag, Braun, Clark, Cook, Everett, Fishlock, Galpin, Gierke, Gogel, Herbig, Hillebrand, Holland, Kranz, Koenig, Korber, , Kubern, Menzel, Meyer, Pfeiffer, Schaefer, Schubert, Stevens, Wakefield, White, and

List of Main Entry Pages

1. Meet John MUELLER

Reveals how John, a farmer from Paechtown, came to hold this historic collection, his relationship to one of the main photographers, & the connection between the photographer, his wife [KUCHEL] & the photographed subjects.

2. 'John MUELLER Publication Collections'.

Consists mainly of 20 German Books out of 22 publications, 13 books published before 1900

Four of the oldest books are dated 1683-1826 & could have been on the 'Zebra' in 1838,

3. Philippine PIETSCH & Joseph BRAENDLER

Val BRAENDLER provides context to their departure & arrival on the 'Adele' in 1856 with 8 children. It connects the 4 BRAENDLER brothers that married LIEBELT's, & the 2 BRAENDLERS who married PAECH sisters, as well as many wedding photographs.

Two in particular that identify the home at 532 Echunga Rd, Echunga as having been separately owned by two 1st cousins, both named Johann August LIEBELT,

4. SEIFFERT & KUCHEL & STEINBORN & LIEBELT

Anna Dorothea SEIFFERT & Johann Georg KUCHEL arrived 1838, with 3 sons, their eldest son Johann Gottfried Erdmann married his 1st cousin & arrived later, in 1845. Erdmann's wife's [Johanna Dorothea Elisabeth KUCHEL] father was Daniel KUCHEL whose older daughter was Maria Elizabeth KUCHEL Maria Elisabeth KUCHEL married Johann Christian LIEBELT & they arrived in 1839, Christian's parents were Anna Elisabeth STEINBORN & Johann Christoph LIEBELT who arrived 1838 with the SEIFFERT & KUCHEL family, on the 'Prince George'. Anna Elisabeth STEINBORN was one of the oldest Prussians to arrive in South Australia in 1838/9. The geography of where they came from is examined.

The connection is made with 106 Main Street, Hahndorf, as well as the LUBASCH & LIEBELT pioneering property on Echunga Road, at Friedrichstadt as well as the area known as Kirchenbergen. A newspaper report blames the family of Gottfried Erdmann KUCHEL for his premature death in 1869 from an accident near the Oakfield Hotel, [built in Mt Barker by Lachlan MacFARLAN who had married a LUBASCH.]. There is also an architectural summary of the early KUCHEL house and an attempt to identify the individuals in the photo.

4.1 Johanna Dorothea Elizabeth KUCHEL & Johann Gottfried Erdmann KUCHEL family:

1st child: Johanna Louise KUCHEL m GREGOR

Johanna Louise KUCHEL, born in Prussia, married in 1859, Eduard David GREGOR from Prussia, & this article has 2 family group Golden Wedding photographs taken in 1909. Their 6th [of 9 children], has 3 wedding photos here taken by DIEDERICH, & there are some unidentified 'GREGOR' photographs by HAEHNEL & Co.

2nd child: Johanna Dorothea KUCHEL m GUST

Johanna Dorothea KUCHEL. born in Prussia, married in 1867, Johann Wilhelm August GUST from Prussia, & this article has one individuals unidentified photograph & 2 photographs of the same home, both labelled 'GUST' & with different individuals standing out the front.

5th child: part 1 Johann Gottlieb KUCHEL m LIEBELT part 1.

Johann Gottlieb KUCHEL married Johanna Louise LIEBELT in 1871, both were born in Hahndorf, & Johanna Louise brings the LUBASCH ancestry into this family tree. A majority of the photographs in John MUELLER's collection are related to this couple. There are Golden Wedding photographs, taken in 1921 at the KUCHEL property on Echunga Road. Along with numerous photographs of their 10 children & grandchildren including a wedding photograph from 1903 which was taken in front of the unique old barn on Darby Road. Hans HEYSEN sketched members of the COLLINS family, they were neighbours in Hahndorf. There are 16 photographs here below in part 1 & over 60 in part 2.

1st child: Anna Bertha KUCHEL m COLLINS

2nd child: Gustav Adolph KUCHEL m BRAENDLER

3rd child: Johanne Caroline 1875-1876

4th child: Johann Gottlieb KUCHEL m SCHMEISS

5th child part 2: Johann Gottlieb KUCHEL m LIEBELT part 2.

This article is part 2 of Johann Gottlieb KUCHEL & Johanna Louise LIEBELT & it contains over 60 of John MUELLER's photographs that are linked with the remaining 6 of their 10 children. One is of Hugo MARTIN drinking Champagne & his friend Fred KUCHEL drinking Hochheimer in 1909 at the Pine Avenue home of the HENNINGSEN & PAULSEN family. There are a number of KUCHEL family group photos where the individuals can be identified, a photo of Ferdinand MÜLLER in the uniform of the Prussian soldier [taken before 1875], as well as a HAEHNEL & Co photo with his wife Johanne Eleanore PAECH & 2 children in 1882. There are 3 confirmation certificates from 1895 & 18956 & a confirmation photo with Pastor BRAUER, 13 photographs of the NELSON family,

5th child: Gottfried Alfred KUCHEL m HENNINGSEN

6th child: Maria Emma KUCHEL m EY

7th child: Pauline Hulda KUCHEL m MUELLER

8th child: Martha Mathilda KUCHEL 1886-1887

9th child: Johanna Louise KUCHEL m NELSON

10th child: Johann Friedrich Wilhelm never married

7th child: Johann Friedrich Hanfried KUCHEL m KUBERN

Johann Friedrich KUCHEL, known as 'Hanfried', can be seen in two photographs below. Hanfried was 49 years of age when he married Emma KUBERN, & all of their children were born at Sawmill Gully. He died when his children were all youngsters.

1st child: Johann Friedrich 1898-1898

2nd child: Caroline Dorothea KUCHEL died at 20 years

3rd child: Albert Edward KUCHEL m PENERY

4th child: Alma Othilie KUCHEL m ZEUNERT

5th child: Ida Clara Auguste KUCHEL m PINK

8th child part 1: Anna Elizabeth KUCHEL m DIEDERICH.

This article provides information about Anna Elizabeth KUCHEL, their children & then Edmund DIEDERICH's timeline of when he worked with, photographers, HAEHNEL & Co & ,W.H. HAMMER. There is an interesting fire in Goodwood in 1883, some self portraits, the land they purchased on Tischler Road, the house they built, including discussion of the building technique & the interior design by Heritage Consultant, Lothar BRASSE, and finally DIEDERICH's obituary.

1st child: Ida Clara Augusta m SCHARENBERG

2nd child: Wilhelm Paul m NEWCOMBE

part 2: Rudolph Richard Edmund DIEDERICH arrived on 'Catania' 1881, a remarkable photographer

This article makes a comparison study of all the original known DIEDERICH photographs & stamps, made available to the author, with those held in the State Library of South Australia. Only photographs from the 'John MUELLER Photographic Collection & Other Archival Material' which include the 'DIEDERICH' business stamp are considered for inclusion in this article.

5. Johann Gottfried LUBASCH, 2 wives & 7 daughters

Part 1: Johann Gottfried LUBASCH / Caroline WOLF / Anna Dorothea GREISER

This article covers the life & employment of Johann Gottfried LUBASCH, his 7 daughters, his 2 marriages, his involvement in the Battle of Waterloo, the land he acquired while being a publican, a postal contractor & an introduction to his sons in law; WIETH, THIELE, MACFARLAN, LIEBELT, JÄNSCH, LIEBELT & PAECH.

Part 2: Johann Gottfried LUBASCH's son in laws THIELE / JÄNSCH & WIETH

This article documents the newspaper reporting of Johann Gottlieb LUBASCH's 4 son in laws, taking his 21 year old, youngest daughter, Maria Elizabeth LUBASCH, to court to contest the circumstances surrounding the writing of his Will. This court action began on 1 November 1856, & concluded 10 July 1857 in the Supreme Court. It also documents the practice of ‘blood letting’ by 3 generations of the LIEBELT family.

Part 3: Johann Gottfried LUBASCH's land & property dealings.

1 Main St, Hahndorf, KUCHEL & HENNINGSEN

Johanna Luise LUBASCH & Johann Gottlieb WIETH

Descriptions & stories of 59 Auricht Rd, Hahndorf.
How did Luise LUBASCH come to own 59 Auricht Rd, Hahndorf?

LIEBELT & LUBASCH

6. PAECH and PAECHTOWN

PAECH - Renschner

7. Nickolaus Frederich Carl FAEHRMANN.

In this article there are photographs of the blacksmith business in front of 108 Main St, Hahndorf, one photo shows Nickolaus with his 2 children just a year before his tragic death. You can read an interesting story [involving a number of Hahndorf families], of how, known as 'Fritz', at 16 years of age in 1888, he was found guilt of assault and as a result we look at the GALLASCH, GREGOR, MARTIN, PANJAS, RODERT, THIELE, WALTROWICZ, & WILLEMER families. I also explore the working relationship between Nickolaus's father & the WILLIMERS. I trace Fritz's wedding, wife & the birth of their 3 children, & in some detail the origins & history of the 2 adjoining blocks of land 108 & 106 Main St, Hahndorf. Three newspapers reported on 34 year old Nickolaus's tragic death including the horrible injuries to his helper Charles HIGGINS.

8. Johann Gottlieb LIEBELT & Johanne Caroline LUBASCH.

This article explores the land and homes that the children of LIEBELT & LUBASCH moved to after they were married. Their parents home still remains & is off of the Echunga Road, and many of their children moved very little distance when they took up their own farming properties. 17 historic photographs are accompanied by maps, sections & current day photographs.