Johann Heiser was born in approximately 1788 in Gernsheim.
He served as a soldier with the 11th Cavalry Light Infantry (Jäger) Regiment of Napoleon's Army. He fought against and was captured by the Russians.
In 1814, he was settled in the Volga German colony of Mariental.
Milovidov records that as of 1814 Johann Heiser had two brothers and four sisters still living in Gernsheim.
Johannes Heiser is recorded on the 1834 census of Mariental in Household No. 223 along with a note that he had moved to Katharinenstadt in 1818.
Johannes Heiser is recorded on the 1834 census of Katharinenstadt in Household No. 296 along with a note that he had arrived from Mariental in 1818.
The death of Johannes Heiser in 1840 is recorded on the 1850 census of Katharinenstadt in Household No. 397.
Milovidov records that Johannes Heiser came from the German village of Gernsheim in the Pfalz region.
- 1834 Katharinenstadt Census (Household No. 296).
- 1834 Mariental Census (Household No. 223).
- 1850 Katharinenstadt Census (Household No. 397).
- 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. 46, #88)
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