Klement Brescho was born in approximately 1792 in Flanders.
He served as a soldier in the 37th Infantry Regiment of Napoleon's Army. He fought against and was captured by the Russians.
In 1814, was settled in the Volga German colony of Nieder-Monjou.
Milovidov records that as of 1814, his father, mother, three brothers, and three sisters were still living in Izegem.
He is recorded on the 1834 Nieder-Monjou census in Household No. 116. A note indicates that he relocated to the colony of Katharinenstadt in 1819. He is recorded on the 1834 Katharinenstadt census in Household No. 280 along with a note that he died in 1832.
Milovidov records that Klement Brescho came from the city of Izegem in Flanders [Belgium].
- 1834 Census of Katharinenstadt.
- 1834 Census of Nieder-Monjou.
- 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. 58, #166)
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