GERMAN ANCESTORS

US-Emigrants from Stockstadt am Main

Variant name	John Reikert / Rickert
22 July 1849	Johann is born in Stockstadt am Main (6th and last child and 1st son) Father: Philipp Rückert (1808-1854) Mother: Eva Nehr (1809-1863) Godfather: Johann Nehr, his uncle
EMIGRATION 1851	Johann's uncle Kilian Nehr emigrates to America.
25 September 1854	Johann's father Philipp dies from stroke.
EMIGRATION 1861	Johann, his mother Eva and his two sisters (Mechthilde Rückert, Charitas Rückert) emigrate to the United States. Ship: Ernestine Port: Bremen Arrival: Baltimore, Maryland Date: 16 July 1861 Family members: Nehr Eva (married Rückert) Rückert Charitas Rückert Mechthilde Further Passengers from Stockstadt am Main: Franz Elisabeth, 24 Gentil Georg, 25 Hoffmann Karl, 24 Zang Anna Maria, 22 Source: Baltimore Passenger Lists, 1820-1948
28 December 1874	John marries Theresia Reiser(t) (1850-1926) from Germany in Saint Philip, Posey, Indiana.
1877-1886	Five children are born in Indiana (John, Catherine, Henry, Walburga Theresia, Philip Henry).
EMIGRATION 1880	John's cousin Barbara Nehr and her family emigrate to America and live in the Bronx.
EMIGRATION 1888	John's cousin Josepha Rückert and her family emigrate to America and live in Crary, North Dakota.
26 January 1914	Johann Rückert (John Rickert) dies in Marrs, Posey, Indiana, and is buried at Saint Philip Church Cemetery, Saint Philip, Posey, Indiana. Source: Findagrave

JOHANN RÜCKERT, his wife and four children
Source: Findagrave. By courtesy of Tracy Pinder.