Melchior [sic] Schuckart, a farmer, his wife Anna, and children (Konrad, age 18; Johann, age 16; Anna, age 12; Martin, age 5; Margaretha, age 4; Johannes, age ⅛) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 14 September 1766 aboard a ship under the command of Skipper Reders.
They settled in the Volga German colony of Yagodnaya Polyana on 16 September 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 56.
The death of Johann Konrad Schuckart in 1828 is recorded on the 1834 census of Yagodnaya Polyana in Household No. 284.
Konrad Schuckart from Yagdnaya Polyana relocated to the colony of Philippsfeld in 1825 and is recorded on the 1834 census of Philippsfeld in Household No. 24.
Konrad Schuckart, Christian Schuckart, and Philipp Schuckart from Yagodnaya Polyana and their families are recorded on the 1857 census of Neu-Yagodnaya-Polyana.
The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Melchior [sic] Schuckart came from the German region of Darmstadt. The 1767 census records that Emilian [sic] Schuckart came from the German village of Nidda.
The 1798 census records his name as Milias/Million [sic] Schuckart.
- 1834 Philippsfeld Census (Household No. 24).
- 1834 Yagodnaya Polyana Census (Household No. 284).
- 1857 Neu-Yagodnaya-Polyana Census.
- Mai, Brent Alan. 1798 Census of the German Colonies along the Volga: Economy, Population, and Agriculture (Lincoln, NE: American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1999): Yp04, Yp11, Yp31, Yp95.
- Pleve, Igor. Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet, 1764-1767 Band 2 (Göttingen: Der Göttinger Arbeitskreis, 2001): 188.
- Pleve, Igor. Lists of Colonists to Russia in 1766: Reports by Ivan Kulberg (Saratov: Saratov State Technical University, 2010): #6499.
Brent Mai