Franz Iderle [sic] was born approximately 1789 in Mingelsheim [Mingolsheim].
He was a farmer before serving as an infantryman in the 2nd Baden Regiment of Napoleon's Army. He fought against and was captured by the Russians.
He was settled in the Volga German colony of Graf and assigned to the household of Anton Graf.
Franz Eberle is recorded on the 1834 census of Graf in Household No. 22.
Franz Eberle is recorded on the 1857 census of Graf in Household No. 29.
Milovidov records that Franz Iderle [sic] came from the German town of Mingelsheim [Mingolsheim] in the region of Baden.
[One list of Napoleonic soldiers translates this surname incorrectly as Niederle.]
- 1834 Graf Census (Household No. 22).
- 1850 Graf Census (Household No. 25).
- 1857 Graf Census (Household No. 29).
- 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, #29)
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