Johann Georg Mueller

Johann Georg Mueller

• Father: Jacob Mueller
• Mother: Anna E. (?)

• Johann Georg Mueller was born on 20 October 1836 in Niederfaulheim, Hessen-Darmstadt.
• He was known as George in the United States.
• Johann Georg Mueller arrived in the United States circa 1853.
• He married Maria Erlenbach, daughter of Anton Erlenbach and Catharina Kissinger, on 17 November 1861 in Rhine, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin.
• Johann Georg Mueller became a widower at the 8 October 1864 death of his wife Maria Erlenbach.
• He married Wilhelmina Schmidt on 20 May 1867.
• Johann Georg Mueller and Wilhelmina Schmidt appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Schleswig, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. Other members of the household included Catharina Mueller and Otillie Mueller.
• He was a farmer, according to the 1880 census.
• Johann Georg Mueller died on 9 August 1914 at age 77 in Kiel, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, at his residence on Fourth Street.
• Wilhelmina Schmidt became a widow at his death.
• He was interred at Kiel Cemetery, Kiel, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.
• The following appeared in the Kiel Record: In his home on Fourth Street, on Sunday morning at about 4:00 o'clock, Mr. Georg Mueller, a long time and well known resident of Kiel, died after a six month long illness with heart fluctuations. The deceased was born on October 20, 1836 in Neiderfaulheim, Hessen-Darmstad, Germany and came to America at the age of 17 years with his parents. They settled in the Town of Rhine, where Mr. Mueller married Maria Ellebach in 1860, but she died two years later. The marriage produced one child. On May 20, 1867 he married a second time, to Wilhelmina Schmidt and the pair moved to a farm in the Town of Schleswig. This marriage produced just one child.
  For the past 22 years Mr. Mueller has lived with his wife in Kiel. The deceased leaves behind, besides his wife, one daughter, one stepdaughter, two sisters, 14 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren. The burial took place on Tuesday afternoon from the home of the deceased to the Kiel Cemetery. Pastor Rech (St. Peter's) officiated.
• The following appeared on 8 January 1916 in the Plymouth Post: (Sheboygan) As Mrs. Charles Schwartz came to her home on Sunday evening she found her 78 year old mother, Mrs. Wilhelmine Mueller hanging from a heating pipe in the bathroom of her home. The suicide victim, Mrs. Mueller was a long time resident of Kiel and lived here with her daughter for 10 months. Her husband George Mueller died two years ago. She is survived by one daughter. The body was taken to the Ballhorn Funeral Home and burial will be in a Kiel Cemetery.

• Last Edited: 4 Jun 2012