Where did they go?

This is not so much a post as a question that needs to be asked out loud: Where did the Neumark Bullers go?

We know that Andreas Andreas (i.e., Jr.) Buller went to Volhynia (here) and that Heinrich the elder and his offspring (apparently) Heinrich the younger emigrated to Gnadenfeld in Molotschna colony (here), but what happened to the other Bullers?

Some may have passed away while still living in the Neumark region, for example, David 346 or his brother Andreas 345 (= Andreas Sr.), but we do not know that for certain. Maybe they left the area and lived out their days in some other location.

Further, since Heinrich the elder was still alive in 1835, we might expect the same as his brother Peter Jr. (both of them sons of Peter 351, or Sr.). Where might Peter Jr. have gone?

Likewise, at present we are uncertain what happened to the descendants of George 350 (brother of Peter 351). George’s son Heinrich also had a son named Heinrich who probably emigrated to some other locale between 1806 and 1826. If so, which one? Likewise, what of Maria and Anna, Heinrich Jr.’s sister or possibly aunts? When did they leave Neumark, and where did they go?

Finally, we also wonder the “stray” Bullers whose ancestry is yet unknown: Johann, Heinrich of plot 3 in Franztal, and landless George in 1805 Franztal. Will they turn up in the records for some other place?

The various forms of this central question will guide our exploration for a little while to come, as we continue to connect the dots of the historical records at our disposal.