Heinrich and Sara Buller 2

The prior post introduced the forebears of another branch of the broader Buller family, with particular focus on the patriarch of that family: Heinrich Jacob Buller. This post turns attention to his wife Sara, whose maiden name was also Buller.

As mentioned previously, Sara Buller (GM 29729) was born in Alexanderwohl, the same village where her husband was born. Her parents were Heinrich (30740) and Anna Schmidt (30741) Buller, whose families were both original settlers of Alexanderwohl (both were children when the village was founded).

Having already traced what we know of Heinrich and Sara’s life together, all that remains is to locate Sara within the larger Buller family. By consulting GRANDMA, we discover not only that Sara was the daughter of Heinrich Buller but also that he was the son of Peter Buller, who was the son of Peter Buller, the son of George Buller, the son of George Buller and Dina Thoms.

Once again, the only way to make sense of this, and to see the relations between the various Buller lines, is to present yet another modified version of the Buller chart.

As before, our line is highlighted in red font, from George and Dina to Hans to Heinrich to Benjamin to Benjamin to David to Peter D and so on. The two members of the couple Heinrich and Sara Buller are shown in teal and yellow boxes, respectively. Obviously, both Heinrich and Sara were part of the George line of George and Dina’s three sons. Their common ancestor was their great-grandfather Peter, the son of George, the son of George and Dina.

One final note to bring this minor detour to a close. Note that Sara’s grandfather Peter died sometime before 1815, that is, before the family had left West Prussia/Poland for Molotschna. Peter’s widow Sarah Schmidt then married David Unrau, whom we concluded earlier was the original settler of Alexanderwohl 30 (here). 

So we come full circle again, back to paths we have already walked, and we are reminded once again that the more we learn about individual Bullers, the better able we are to see the entire tapestry of our broader family.