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Wandjor

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Wandjor
Вандиръ
Wandir
Вендуръ
Вандуре
Wandure
Settled in the Following Colonies
Discussion & Documentation

Alexander Wandjor was born in approximately 1789, probably in France.  He served in Napoleon's army and fought against the Russians.  He was captured by the Russians, and in 1812, was settled in the Volga German colony of Rosenheim.

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

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.

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