JOHAN CARL MÜLLER
1843
Aabenraa 246, Copenhagen
The fitter,
Johan Carl
Müllers match
stick factory
began as a collaboration with
ship carpenter
Niels Bastiansen
where they jointly
sought permission to
set up factory in a rented
room in
ST Mogenstens
estate in Store
Torvegade 393,
right next to assice
building in Christianshavn at the south
gate of Copenhagen. Before they
managed to get the
permission, Niels
Bastiansen got sick
and with his
acceptance Müller
was sole authorized
to establish the factory,
but now at his
own property in
Aabenraa 246
In the only
industrial
registration available
for Müller
it is stated that he
has one boy
to help him and that
he in the first half
of 1843
has produced 100
gros (approx.
14,400 pcs)
