Johann / John Richter

• Born: 20 FEB 1814, Prussia
• Died: 16 DEC 1883, St. Augusta, Minnesota
• Parents: Unknown

Elisabeth Schreiner

• Born: 18 JUN 1812, Germany
• Died: 02 JUN 1889, St. Augusta, Minnesota
• Parents: Unknown

Married: Germany, about 1842

Children:

                         | Catherine             (died young)
                         | Gerhard               B.  1 MAY 1843   D.  7 SEP 1921, Melrose, MN
Johann Richter      \    | Catherine (Katarina)  B. 15 JUL 1846   D. 10 APR 1900, St. Cloud, MN
      &              }---| Barbara               B.       ~1850   D. 31 JAN 1931, Stearns Co., MN
Elisabeth Schreiner /    | Maria                 B. 15 MAR 1852   D.  8 JAN 1892, Albany, MN
                         | Elisabeth             B. 13 NOV 1855   D. 28 JUL 1897, MN
                         | Bernard               B.        1859   D. 27 MAY 1928, St. Augusta, MN

From History of Stearns County, 1915, pg 927

Under: GERHARD RICHTER,

John Richter and his wife, the parents of Gerhard Richter, came to St. Cloud in 1866, and spent the remainder of their days on a farm on the St. Augusta road, south of St. Cloud. They had seven children: Catherine (deceased), Barbara, Catherine, Elizabeth, Bernard and Mary.

All of the Richter children were born in Prussia.

Johann and Elisabeth are buried in the cemetery behind "St. Mary Help of Christians" Catholic Church at St. Augusta, Minnesota. So is their son, Bernard (1859-1928), and his wife Margaret (1867-1947).

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