The births of the following children born to Johannes Alexandre & Catharina Barbara Steudler are recorded in neighboring villages in the Alsace region of France: (1) Maria Margaretha, born 30 September 1774 in Mitschdorf; (2) Maria Salome, born 30 March 1777; (3) Maria Barbara, born 5 November 1779 in Lampertsloch, died 30 April 1783; (4) Johann Georg, born 9 May 1782 in Lampertsloch; (5) Georg Heinrich, born 31 December 1784 in Lampertsloch; (6) Johann Michael, born 10 May 1787 in Lampertsloch, died 18 Jay 1787; and (7) Johann Michael, born 11 February 1789 in Mitschdorf, baptized 13 February 1789 in Preuschdorf.
Youngest son, Michael, served as a soldier in the 25th Light Calvary Regiment of Napoleon's Army
He fought against and was captured by the Russians.
In 1814, was resettled in the Volga German colony of Norka.
Milovidov records that as of 1814, he had 3 sisters living in Strasbourg.
The Norka Parish register records that Michael Alexander married on 24 February 1816 to Anna Maria Loreÿ, daughter of Johannes Loreÿ & Anna Margaretha Weigandt,
Michael Alexander and his family are recorded on the 1834-1845 Norka Communion Register in Household No. 125.
Michael Alexander and his family are recorded on the 1834 census of Norka in Household No. 119.
Michael Alexander does not appear on the 1857 census of Norka, although his descendants do, so he must have died before 1850.
Milovidov records that Michael Alexander came from the city of Strasbourg in the Alsace Region where he had been a farmer.
- 1834 Norka Census (Household No. 119).
- 1834-1845 Norka Communion Register (Household No. 125).
- 1857 Norka Census (Household No. 141).
- 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. 56, #159)
- Norka parish register.
- Parish register of Preuschdorf (LDS Film No. 8321408).
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