Franz Christoph Mull, SV/PROG - Mull or Muller?

No not at all.
Judi

This is a reply to one of my Facebook queries from Paxie Adrienne Kelsey -

in Genealogies of Old South African Families by C Pama it is Franz Chritoffel Muller v Jever in Anhalt-Zerbst died 12 Mar 1817 x 28 Mar 1802 Magdalena Grundling.
6 children named.

Hi Brendan. so we have a common FB friend in Paxie. We research together.
J

Ah, Judith.

Yes she is a lovely person. We always keep each other out of work at the archives. She is great in what she does.
Judui

As all of you will see.... the book that I mentioned does exist. It was puplished in 1959 '' By geleentheid van die Halfeeufeesviering van die Suid Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en kuns. '' I really dont like the remark that this person made a mistake or misspelt. I hope that all you clever Pro's will be able to come up with a answer that could satisfy everyone.

Linda wil jy nie scan en as bron byvoeg nie, asseblief.
Dit is baie interessant.

Groete
Juds

Thank you, Linda.

I'm not aware of anyone doubting the existence of the book. And I didn't mean to offend you or anyone else by expressing my opinion on the Doctor's research or the possibility of a printing error having occurred. And I still stand by my remark unless proven otherwise by a primary source and not by a secondary source such as someone's research published in a book.

And in case you haven't noticed I have made an enquiry in a few groups on Facebook and I posted a link to this discussion in the group that produced the most answers.

I'm sorry if I offended you in any way.

Hi Brendan

I've been looking about but cannot lay my hands on any reference to the spelling of his names. There are several indexed entries for the baptism of his children on Familysearch where his names are alternately written as "Frans Christoffel" and "Frans Christoffer".

The most common spelling for "Christopher" in German is either "Christoph" or "Christof" while "Christoffel" is the most common way of writing this name in Dutch. Seeing that he is originally from Germany, I would think it not unlikely that his names where in fact Franz Christoph which was helpfully, or not, "dutchified" to Francois Christoffel by the Dutch scribes at the Cape.

Regards, Louis