Johann Peter Heidt was born in approximately 1792 in Walhorn.
He served in an Infantry Regiment of Napoleon's Army. He fought against the Russians and was captured.
Milovidov records that as of 1814 his father and a sister were still living in Walhorn.
Belousov records that he was settled in the Volga German colony of Kutter.
He is recorded on the 1834 census of Kutter in Household No. 57 along with a note that he relocated to the colony of Sewald in 1820.
He and his family are recorded on the 1834 census of Sewald in Household No. 52.
He is recorded on the 1857 census of Sewald in Household No. 55.
On 10 November 1840, Peter Heidt remarried to Katharina Sieb née Lambrecht. The marriage register of Schuck records his parents as Stephan Heidt & Gertrude Senger.
Milovidov records that Johann Peter Heidt came from the town of Walhorn in the Brabant region [today in Belgium].
- 1834 Kutter Census (Household No. 57).
- 1834 Sewald Census (Household No. 52).
- 1857 Sewald Census (Household No. 55).
- 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, #115)
- Parish register of Schuck.
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