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Wandjor

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Вандиръ
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Alexander Wandjor was born in approximately 1789 in Ferrara, Italy.

He served as a soldier in the 2nd Infantry Regiment of Napoleon's Army. He fought against and was captured by the Russians.

Milovidov records that as of 1814, two brothers and a sister were still living in the Ferrara.

In 1812, was settled in the Volga German colony of Rosenheim.

His death in 1845 is recorded on the 1850 census of Rosenheim.

Milovidov records that Alexander Vandjor came from the Italian city of Ferrara.

Sources

- 1834 Rosenheim Census (Household No. 43).
- 1850 Rosenheim Census (Household No. 68).
- 1857 Rosenheim Census (Household No. 74).
- Belousov, S.V. "Prisoners of war of Napoleon's army in the Volga region: the arrangement, content, relationships with the local population." Bulletin of the Samara State University, No. 1 (Samara, Russia: Samara State University, 2006): 48-55.
- Milovidov, B. P. "Prisoners of War of the Napoleonic Army in the Saratov Colonies in 1813-1820: New Documents." (p. 54, #136)

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