Antonio Sotro was born about 1786 in the French town of Pompertuzat.
He served as a soldier in the 37th Infantry Regiment of Napoleon's Army. He fought against the Russians and was captured.
Milovidov records that as of 1814 Antonio Sotro had no living family members.
He is recorded among the captured Napoleonic soldiers who were settled among the Volga German colonies, but it is not known in which colony he was settled.
Milovidov records that Antonio Sotro came from the town of Pompertuzat in France.
There are no known surviving male lines of this Sotro family among the Volga German colonies.
Milovidov records that Antonio Sotro came from the French town of Pompertuzat where he had been a craftsman.
- Milovidov, B. P. "Prisoners of War of the Napoleonic Army in the Saratov Colonies in 1813-1820: New Documents." (p. 46, #83)
Brent Mai