Michael Ardoano was born about 1780 in the Italian town of Asti.
He served as a soldier in the 25th Infantry Regiment of Napoleon's Army. He fought against the Russians and was captured.
Milovidov records that as of 1814 his brother and sister were still living in Asti.
Belousov records that he was settled in the Volga German colony of Dobrinka and then moved to Semenovka.
Belousov records that Michael Ardoano came from Italy. Milovidov records that he came from the town of Asti in the [Italian] province of Piedmont.
There are no known surviving male lines of this Ardoano family among the Volga German colonies.
- 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. 34, #57)
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