Jean François was born in approximately 1778.
He served as a soldier in the 85th Infantry Regiment of Napoleon's Army. He fought against the Russians and was captured.
In 1814, he was settled in the Volga German colony of Louis.
Milovidov records that as of 1814 his father, two brothers, and two sisters were still living in Selenaem [?].
He is recorded on the 1834 census of Louis in Household No. 119 along with a note that he had died in 1822.
Milovidov records that Jean François came from the French village of Selenaem in the Lorraine region.
There are no known surviving male lines of this family among the Volga German colonies.
- 1834 Louis Census (Household No. 119).
- 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. 50, #114)
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