Scherer (Sewald)

Michael Scherer, a farmer, his wife Barbara, and children (Barbara, age 8; Johann, age 3) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 18 July 1766 on a Russian packet-boat named Svyatoi Nikolai (St. Nicholas) under the command of Midshipman Thomas McKenzie.

Michael Scherer and his wife Apollonia are recorded on the 1767 census of Sewald in Household No. 22. They had settled there on 20 August 1767.

Appollonia Scherer, widow of Michael Scherer, and their children (Johannes, age 18; Anton, age 12; Karolina, age 6) are recorded on the 1798 census of Sewald in Household No. Sd15.

Johannes Scherer, believed to be son of Michael Scherer, is recorded on the 1811 census of Sewald in Household No. 15 along with a note that he relocated to the colony of Hölzel [year not recorded].

Johann Scherer from Sewald is recorded on the 1811 census of Hölzel in Household No. 3 [surname erroneously recorded as Schäfer].

Johannes Scherer and his family are recorded on the 1834 census of Sewald in Household No. 54.

Michael Scherer, son of Johannes Scherer, and his family are recorded on the 1857 census of Sewald in Household No. 57.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Michael Scherer came from the German region of Lothringen. The 1767 census records that he came from the French village of Saarlouis.