Adam Geier was born in approximately 1782 in The Netherlands.
He served as a soldier in the French Uhlan Regiment of Napoleon's Army and fought against the Russians. He was captured by the Russians.
Milovidov records that as of 1814, his mother, brother, and sister were still living in the Dutch village of Merz.
He was settled in the Volga German colony of Paulskaya.
He is recorded on the 1834 census of Luzern in Households No. 20 & 60.
He is recorded on the 1857 census of Luzern in Household No. 90.
Milovidov records that Adam Geier came from the village of Merz in The Netherlands.
- 1834 Luzern Census (Household No. 90).
- 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, #14)
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