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Samsfort
Самсфортъ
Settled in the Following Colonies
Pre-Volga Origin
Discussion & Documentation
Herrmann Samsfort was born in approximately 1787. 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.
The parish register of Mariental records his marriage on 14 January 1819 to Sophia Wasinger from Graf. On the marriage register he is described as a soldier from Amsterdam in Holland [The Netherlands].
He is recorded on the 1834 Census of Louis in Household No. 116 along with a note that he had died in 1833.
Sources
- 1834 Louis Census (Household No. 116).
- Milovidov, B. P. "Prisoners of War of the Napoleonic Army in the Saratov Colonies in 1813-1820: New Documents." (p.54)
- Parish register of Mariental.
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