Peter Dieck was born in approximately 1795 in the village of Ronbach [sic] in the German region of the Pfalz.
He served in the 11th Cavalry Regiment of Napoleon's Army. He fought against the Russians and was captured.
Milovidov records that as of 1814 his father, mother, and three brothers were still living in Ronbach [sic]
He was settled in the Volga German colony of Stahl am Karaman.
He is recorded on the 1834 census of Stahl am Karaman in Household No. 72.
He is recorded on the 1850 census of Stahl am Karaman in Household No. 107 along with a note that he and his family had relocated to the colony of Dreispitz. Peter Dieck from Stahl am Karaman is recorded on the 1850 census of Dreispitz in Household No. 132.
Peter Dieck is recorded still living on the 1857 census of Dreispitz in Household No. 151.
Milovidov records that Peter Dieck came from the German village of Ronbach [Rumbach] in the Pfalz.
- 1834 Stahl am Karaman Census (Household No. 72).
- 1850 Dreispitz Census (Household No. 132).
- 1850 Stahl am Karaman Census (Household No. 107).
- 1857 Dreispitz Census (Households No. 151 & 152).
- 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, #52)
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