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Bilenski (Katharinenstadt-2)*
Биленски (Katharinenstadt-2)*
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Pre-Volga Origin
Discussion & Documentation
Joseph Bilenski was born in approximately 1781 in in Lemberg, Austria.
He served as a soldier in the French artillery of the Brigade Battalion [sic] Regiment of Napoleon's Army. He fought against and was captured by the Russians.
Milovidov records that as of 1820, he had no remaining family members in Lemberg.
In 1820, he was settled in the Volga German colony of Katharinenstadt.
His death in 1828 is recorded on the 1834 census of Katharinenstadt in Household No. 344.
Milovidov records that Joseph Bilenski came from the Austrian city of Lemberg.
Sources
- 1834 Katharinenstadt Census (Household No. 344).
- Milovidov, B. P. "Prisoners of War of the Napoleonic Army in the Saratov Colonies in 1813-1820: New Documents." (p. 60, #2)
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Brent Mai