Valentin Boner was born in about 1790 in the village of Marienthal in the German region of the Pfalz. He was a farmer.
He served as a soldier in the 33rd Infantry Regiment of Napoleon's Army. He fought against the Russians and was captured.
Milovidov records that as of 1814 his father, mother, three brothers, and four sisters were still living in Mariental.
He was settled in the Volga German colony of Schäfer.
He is recorded on the 1834 census of Schäfer in Household No. 17 along with a note that he relocated to the colony of Meinhard in 1816. Valentin Boner from Schäfer is recorded on the 1834 census of Meinhard in Household No. 56.
Valentin Boner and his family are recorded on the 1857 census of Meinhard in Household No. 97.
Milovidov records that Valentin Boner came from the German village of Marienthal in the region of Pfalz.
- 1834 Schäfer Census (Household No. 17).
- 1834 Meinhard Census (Household No. 56).
- 1857 Meinhard Census (Household No. 97).
- 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, #42)
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