Reichert (Boisroux-2)
Johann [Heinrich] Reichert, a farmer, and his family arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 12 September 1766 aboard an English frigate under the command of Skipper Adam Beerfeier.
Joh. Heinr. Reichert, his wife Eleonora, and sons (Johan Georg, age 9½; Johann Heinrich, age 8½) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.
In 1790, Heinrich Reichert moved from Boisroux to Katharinenstadt.
The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Johann Reichert was a farmer while the 1767 census records that he was a pepper maker (Pfefferbearbeiter).
The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Johann Reichert came from the German region of Wertrach. The 1767 census records that Johann Heinrich Reichert came from the German region of Selben.
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Brent Mai