Johann Adam Wückert, a miller (Müller), his wife Catharina, and children (Maria Elisabeth, age 17½; Friedrich Peter, age 13; Georg Adam, age 9; Dorothea Elisabeth, age 6; Johann Mathias, 1½) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 29 July 1766 aboard a ship named Apollo under the command of Skipper Friedrich Detloff Mörenberg.
Johann Adam Weickert [sic], Anna Catrina, and children (Maria Elisabeth, age 17½; Fridrich, age 13; Georg Adam, age 10; Dorothea Elisabeth, age 7; Johann Matthias, age 1½) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that daughter Maria Elisabeth and son Johann Matthias died in route.
Adam Wückert, a miller (Müller), his wife Katharina, and sons (Friedrich, age 13; Georg Adam, age 9) are recorded on the 1767 census of Kraft in Household No. 67. They had arrived in Kraft on 18 August 1767.
The widow and children of [Georg] Adam Wückert are recorded on the 1798 census of Kraft in Household No. Kf24.
The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Johann Adam Wückert came from the German region of Zweibrücken. The 1767 census records that Johann Adam Wückert came from the German village of Miesenbach in the Zweibrücken region.
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Brent Mai