André (Andreas) Kohl was born in approximately 1789 in Seva [?[ in Italy.
He served as a soldier in the 15th Infantry Regiment of Napoleon's army and fought against the Russians. He was captured by the Russians, and in 1814, was settled in the Volga German colony of Katharinenstadt.
Milovidov records that as of 1814 he had no living relatives.
He is recorded on the 1834 census of Katharinenstadt in Household No. 345 along with a note that he had moved to the colony of Ober-Monjou in 1834.
The death of Andreas Kohl in 1838 is recorded on the 1850 census of Ober-Monjou in Household No. 170.
Milovidov records that Andreas Kohl came from the Italian village of Seva [?] where he had been a farmer.
There are no known surviving male lines of this Kohl family among the Volga German colonies.
- 1834 Katharinenstadt Census (Household No. 345).
- 1850 Ober-Monjou Census (Household No. 170).
- 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, #84)
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