Jakob Stroh was born in approximately 1790 in the German village of Schwane.
He served as a soldier in the 111th Infantry Regiment of Napoleon's Army. He fought against the Russians and was captured.
Milovidov records that as of 1814 his mother and two brothers were still living in the village of Schwane.
He was settled in the Volga German colony of Schäfer.
He is recorded on the 1834 Census of Schäfer in Household No. 71 along with a note that he had moved to the colony of Nieder-Monjou in 1819. The 1834 census of Nieder-Monjou records Jakob Stroh in Household No. 82.
The 1850 census of Nieder-Monjou records Jakob Stroh in Household No. 137.
The 1857 census of Nieder-Monjou records Jakob Stroh in Household No. 146.
Milovidov records that Jakob Stroh came from the German town of Schwane in the region of the Pfalz. The Meyer's Gazetteer records that Schwane is a group of houses in the jurisdiction of Brairsbronn which is located in Kr. Freudenstadt in Baden-Württemberg.
- 1834 Schäfer Census (Household No. 71).
- 1834 Nieder-Monjou Census (Household No. 82).
- 1850 Nieder-Monjou Census (Household No. 137).
- 1857 Nieder-Monjou Census (Household No. 146).
- 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. 34, #54)
- Schwane (Meyer's Gazetteer)
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