Mueller, (Krestovok Buyerak) was settled on August 16, 1767 with 113 people. It had a population of 142 in 1773 and 2,488 in 1912. It dropped to 877 in 1926. The Russian name means "crossed gully". Mueller is sandwiched between German Danilowka on the north and Russian Shcherbakovka to the south. In 1798 all the villagers except one were farmers. There was one joiner.

There were no orchards or mills and little grain was sold as the colonists needed it for their own use. The soil was poor and they were unable to grow oats. There was sufficient building stone available, but there were few stone buildings.

Alexander Ebel was born Oct 1893 in Mueller and died in Saskatchewan in 1970. He left Russia in 1913 and was the only member of this family to leave Mueller. He has numerous descendants in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario. Alexander had two known brothers, Jacob (1905-1982) and Friedrich (1907-1990). Alexander's father, Friedrich Ebel died in Russia in 1940. Friedrich had two sisters, Amalie who died in 1942, and Katherina who died in 1943. Alexander's grandson, Brian, visited Russia recently and shares his experiences in the Village of Mueller.

Original Settlers of Kolony Mueller

Bill Wiest received the original settlers list for Mueller from Dr. Igor Pleve. The document was translated from Russian by Rick Rye of the AHSGR staff in Lincoln.

Mr. Rye had the following comments. This list is a Kuhlberg list. Ivan Kuhlberg was probably of German descent, a clerk in one of the "collegium" established by Peter the Great. He seems to have been the chief clerk in the Oranienbaum office of immigration, the rough equivalent of our Ellis Island. Included are possible names of villages in Germany. Experience has shown that sometimes these records are quite inaccurate. Rye was not clear about the adopted male listed in family 29. The Russian word can mean "frozen to death" or escheat, a legal term for something remaining after an estate is settled. It might perhaps be best to say that his parents died, as was indicated in family 10.

All settlers were dispatched to Mueller on August 16, 1767. The total of the colony is 57 males, 56 females, totaling 113 souls.

Family Names	Age	Religion, previous residence, occupation
1. Vorsteher Adolf Mueller wife Anna Elisabetha	28 20	Reform, from city of Gomburich (Hamburg?), a feldscher (medic)
2. Beisitzer Johann Peter Gross wife Anna Katherina	41 45	Lutheran, from village of Stenberk (Steinberg?), carpenter
3. Beisitzer Andreas Rak (Rein?) wife Anna Katharine son: Johann Konrad dau: Anna Elisabetha	42 ? 8 15	Lutheran, village of Tsel (Zell), farmers
4. Johannes Schaefer wife Elisabetha son: Johann Heinrich son: Johann Georg dau: Eva Elisabetha	32 35 9 2 5	Lutheran, village Renrot (Rainrod?), farmers
5. Daviel Fuks (Fuchs) wife Anna Elisabetha bro in law: Johann Georg Shingals (Schoenhals?)	34 24 18	Lutheran, village of Scierbach (Schlierbach?), farmers
6. Jakob Ruppel wife Anna Elisabetha	34 32	Lutheran, village of Schwartz, farmer
7. Konrad Bugamer (Buchhammer, Buchheimer) wife Anna Elisabetha	27 19	Lutheran, village of Renrot (Rainrod?)
8. Johannes Dekher (added in different hand: Dekler) wife Edruta (Gertrude?) son: Georg dau: Anna Edruta (Gertrude?) dau: Anna Maria	43 30 11 15 2 wks	Lutheran, village of Tsel (Zell), farmer
9. Georg Kraemer wife Maria Elisabetha his bro: Johannes Kraemer	18 20 12	Lutheran, village of Tsel (Zell), farmer
10. Konrad Klein wife Anna Elisabeth dau:Katherina adopted dau after death of her parents:Barbara Katherina	36 27 9 mo 15	Lutheran, village of Tsel (Zell), farmer
11. Georg Schneider wife Barbara	30 25	Lutheran, village of Tsel (Zell), farmer
12. Georg Buksman (Buxmann) wife Anna Maria his bro: Johann Jakob	24 30 14	Lutheran, village of Reinheim, tailor
13. Ebel (?) Hoffmann wife Elisabetha	23 19	Lutheran, village of Tsel (Zell), farmer
14. Georg Titschler wife Maria Elisabetha dau: Anna Maria dau: Anna Elisabetha	28 29 6 3	Lutheran, village of Tsel (Zell), farmer
15. Johann Peter Honig(?) wife Maria Elisabetha dau: Anna Elisabetha	43 33 2	Lutheran, village of Atzenhain (?), farmer
16. (?) Dekher (Decker) wife Eva Elisabetha	28 28	Lutheran, city of Andru_ (Ondrup?), weaver
17. Ludwig Edelbach wife Anna Elisabetha	37 30	Lutheran, city of Erdorf, saddler
18. Johann Lehmann wife Anna Maria son:Johannes	38 38 9	Lutheran, village of Tsel (Zell), farmer
19. Johann Usinger wife Anna Elisabetha	26 26	Lutheran, village of Valerot (Wahlrod, Wallroth?), weaver
20. Johann Wilhelm Shreider (Schroeder?) wife Christina Elisabetha	30 42	Lutheran, village of (Pr_ rest is illegible), farmer
21. Ludwig Deitz wife Elisabetha	19 20	Lutheran, city of Hannover, of the soldier's children
22. Johann Just Karf (Karpf) wife Anna Elisabetha dau: Maria Katherina	41 31 7 wks	Lutheran, village of Obrobesin (Oberbeisheim?), farmer
23. Kasper Kin (Kuehn) wife Anna Elisabetha son: Johann Konrad	45 44 8	Reform, village of Ekhtsel(?), farmer
24. Heinrich Knobloch wife Maria Elisabetha	57 23	Lutheran, village of Val'ma (Valme?), farmer
25. Konrad Saltzmann wife Elisabetha dau: Katherina dau: Elisabetha mother-in-law: Elisabetha adopted: Jakob Reinhardt	33 33 10 3 57 20	Lutheran, village of Nodeken(?), farmer
26. Heinrich Bott wife Elisabetha	20 26	Lutheran, village of Lank (Lanke?), farmer
27. Johannes Steinagel wife Anna Maria dau; Anna Maria	57 28 10	Lutheran, village of Nieder Bredebach (Niederbredenbach?), farmer
28. Adam Ebel wife Anna Maria son: Johannes son: Johann Heinrich son: Johann Konrad	48 24 17 13 10	Lutheran, village of Tsel (Zell), farmer
29. Widow Anna Katherina Schiller son: Gottfried dau: Christina adopted to raise after escheat (?): Johannes Kenzer (?) from Lesnoi Karamysh (Grimm)	51 . 23 21 26	Lutheran, village of Kelern (?), farmer
30. Valentin Kizerlink (Kaiserling?) wife Anna Margareta dau: Anna Elisabetha	37 30 9 wks	Lutheran, village of Vel'fer (Welver, Wohlfahrt?), farmer
31. Weinhard Koch wife Anna Elisabetha	26 23	Lutheran, city of Alsfeld (?), miller
32. Johannes Keil wife Katharina son: Johannes son: Johann Konrad	45 45 19 16	Lutheran, village of Bobnauzin (Bobenhausen?), farmer
33. Gottlieb Schneider wife Anna Barbara dau: Elisabetha	24 32 5	(not listed)
34. Johannes Weinbender wife Anna Maria sister-in-law: Elisabetha Katherina	21 20 12	Reform, village of Karb (Korb?), carpeter
35. Baltasar Sheer (Scherer?) wife Anna Elisabetha son: Johann Baltasar son: Johan Adar (Adam?) dau: Eva Maria dau: Katherina dau: Elisabetha	48 35 12 10 7 4 2	Lutheran, village of Vo(?), weaver
36. Johannes Geis (Heis?) wife Anna Katherina	24 18	Lutheran, village of Rapisein (Rabensheim?), farmer
37. Hartmann Frehefner (?) wife Elisabetha son: Johannes	29 37 3	Lutheran, village of Alsfeld (?), weaver
(added in different hand): Johann Hoff	22	(not listed)

Surnames in the 1798 Mueller census. Copies, translated into English, are available from AHSGR.

Adam, Aleaxeevich, Armbruster, Bott, Brahm, Bux(k)(chs)man

Deckert/Dekler, Dichler/Tischler?, Dietz, Dis/Dies/Thies, Evel, Edelbach,Eirich/Eurich, Engel, Fischer, Fraigefer/Greifert, Frehefner?, Fuks/Fuchs

Geibig, Gainbukh/Heimbuch, Gaist/Geist, Gans(z), Geis, Gets(z)e/Gotz,Greb, Gross, Haas, Hamel/Gemel, Heidelbach, Heimbuch, Heinze, Henning,Herdt/Gert, Hergenrader, Hoff, Hoffman, Honig, Jackel

Karp(f), Keil, Keller, Kenzer?, Kiesling, Kuehn, Kaiserling?, Klein,Knobloch, Koch, Kramer, Kraus, Ladner, Laiman/Lehmann, Lang, Lauma(l)nn,Laushtal, Leneschmidt, Le(h)ning, Lir/Lehr, Lo(h)man(n), Lotz

Mai, Maller, Mefer(Meier?), Meier, Mo(o)(h)r, Muller, Niedens/Nitens,Nord, Nuss, Opert?, Post

Rak/Rein?, Reichert, Reinhard, Ri(e)l/Rohl, Ruppel, Saltzmann, Schafer,Scherer, Schiller, Schmidt, Schneider, Sheer/Scherer?, Shreider/Schroeder,Spengler, Steinagel, Steinle, Stricker

Titschler, U(h)ri(k)ch, Usinger, Vaagis?, Vesh?, Weimer, Weinbender,Wilhelm, Winter, Wolf

Village Coordinator: Gary Martens

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