Gustav Adolph Muller

Gustav Adolph Muller
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1842 – 1932

Born31 May 1842 in Peine, Niedersachsen, GermanyDied17 January 1932 in Mackay, Queensland, Australia, aged 89

He sold his first crop of sugar cane to North Eton Mill to be crushed. It sold for 12 shillings a ton. He worked the farm until he sold it in 1920.

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Spouses

ME Maria Catarina Ellich d. 1883 m. 1870 MM Margaret Menzies 1858–1886 m. 13 March 1884 AP Adelaide Pitkin 1865–1950 m. 21 February 1887

Children with Maria Catarina Ellich

EM Edward Christian Muller 1874–1958 EM Elizabeth Muller 1883–1927

Children with Adelaide Pitkin

HM Henry Gustav Muller 1888–1946 AM Alfred Oliver Muller 1896–1963 RM Ronald Robert Muller 1896–1898

Places 11 locations

BirthMigrationMarriageWorkResidenceDeath / burial

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1840s
Born 31 May 1842

Peine, Niedersachsen, Germany
1860s
21
Emigrated November 1863

Hamburg, Germany

Aboard the "Johan Casser". He arrived in Queensland in May 1864. He then boarded the steamer "Clarence" to Rockhampton. He obtained work at Cotherstone Station, Clermont.
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Arrival 1868

Mackay, Queensland, Australia

He moved with Charles Walker (manager of Cotherstone Station) and his family. He worked with Walker at Dumbleton Plantation and with John Spiller at Pioneer Plantation until the two fell out and Gustav returned to Germany.
1870s
28
Married to Maria Catarina Ellich 1870

Baltimore, Maryland, United States
32
Birth of son Edward Christian Muller 1874

Baltimore, Maryland, United States
36
Occupation 1878

Mackay, Queensland, Australia

Pleystowe Mill
37
Naturalised 29 November 1879

Mackay, Queensland, Australia
1880s
40
Residence 1882

Eton, Queensland, Australia
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Death of wife Maria Catarina Ellich 13 September 1883

Eton, Queensland, Australia
41
Birth of daughter Elizabeth Muller 13 September 1883

Eton, Queensland, Australia
41
Married to Margaret Menzies 13 March 1884

Mackay, Queensland, Australia
44
Death of wife Margaret Menzies 8 July 1886

Mackay, Queensland, Australiaaged 28
44
Married to Adelaide Pitkin 21 February 1887

Mackay, Queensland, Australia
45
Birth of son Henry Gustav Muller 10 February 1888

Queensland, Australia
1890s
49
Occupation 1891

Eton, Queensland, Australia

He sold his first crop of sugar cane to North Eton Mill to be crushed. It sold for 12 shillings a ton. He worked the farm until he sold it in 1920.
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Birth of son Alfred Oliver Muller 2 December 1896

Mackay, Queensland, Australia
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Birth of son Ronald Robert Muller 2 December 1896

Mackay, Queensland, Australia
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Death of son Ronald Robert Muller 21 January 1898

Mackay, Queensland, Australiaaged 1
1920s
85
Death of daughter Elizabeth Muller 21 August 1927

Mackay, Queensland, Australiaaged 43
1930s
89
Died 17 January 1932

Mackay, Queensland, Australia