John Muller

active 1891 · Muller line

Connection to the Koup

Took part in something recorded here: Jan Koevies, a shepherd, finds the SECOND nugget on Klein Waterval - twenty years after the first (1891-07).

Names

Baptismal name

John

Given

John

Surname

Muller

The formal baptismal name and the name a person was actually called are both kept, and neither is derived from the other. Spelling drift between records is evidence, not noise.

A life in the record

1. July 1891 event Jan Koevies, a shepherd, finds the SECOND nugget on Klein Waterval - twenty years after the first
   Just over six pennyweights - 6 dwt 23 grains, about a third of an ounce, a lump the size of a pea. He took the rock, with a bit of yellow on it, to the farm owner John Muller, who thought a bullet had struck it; Muller showed it to Piet du Plessis of Zeekoegat, who knew it for gold. This time nobody

Stories

• mentioned The Prince Albert gold rush

What we don't know

• No birth date is recorded.
• No death date is recorded.
• Neither parent is recorded, so this person is not attached to the tree above them.
• No dated record ties this person to a specific piece of ground.

A sourced gap beats an unsourced fill. These are the open questions on this person, stated rather than papered over.

Sources

1. "The Prince Albert goldfields, 1891" Arid Areas Research and DevelopmentRose's Roundup
2. Rose Willis & Doreen Atkinson, "Zeekoegat: Explorations in the Koup Karoo" (2022) Karoo Development Foundation38pp cameo

Research notes

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