Spelling Variations
Delen*
Delepte*
Settled in the Following Colonies
Discussion & Documentation
Wihelm Delen was born in approximately 1788. 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 Louis.
He is recorded on the 1834 Census of Louis in Household No. 120 (under the surname of Delepte) along with a note that he had died in 1822.
There are no known surviving male lines of this family among the Volga German colonies.
Sources
- 1834 Louis Census (Household No. 120).
- 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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Brent Mai