Spelling Variations
Bastian (Bettinger)*
Бастіанъ (Bettinger)*
Settled in the Following Colonies
Pre-Volga Origin
Discussion & Documentation
Johann Bastian was born about 1790 in the Austrian town of Wien (Vienna).
He served in Napoleon's Army. He fought against and was captured by the Russians.
In 1820, he was settled in the Volga German colony of Bettinger.
Milovidov records that as of 1820, he had no surviving family.
Johann Bastian has not been located on the 1834 census of Bettinger.
Milovidov records that Johann Bastian was born in the Austrian town of Wien (Vienna).
There are no known surviving male lines of this Bastian family among the Volga German colonies.
Sources
- Milovidov, B. P. "Prisoners of War of the Napoleonic Army in the Saratov Colonies in 1813-1820: New Documents." (p. 60, #1)
Contributor(s) to this page
Brent Mai