Johannes Maurer was born in approximately 1792 in Saarbrück [Saarbrücken].
He served as a soldier with the 9th Artillery Battalion 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, Johannes Maurer had a sister still living in Saarbrück [Saarbrücken].
Johannes Mauer [sic] from Saarbrücken, Germany, married on 15 September 1814 in Mariental to Katharina Kohlbech.
Johannes Maurer is recorded there on the 1834 census of Mariental in Household No. 116, on the 1850 census of Mariental in Household No. 176. He does not appear on the 1857 census of Mariental with his son, so must have died before 1850 (although his death is not recorded on the 1850 census of Mariental).
The 1850 census of Mariental records that three of his sons moved from Mariental to Luzern.
Milovidov records that Johannes Maurer came from the German village of Saarbrück [Saarbrücken] in the region of Westfalen where he had been a carpenter.
- 1834 Census of Mariental (Household No. 116).
- 1850 Census of Mariental (Household No. 176).
- 1857 Census of Mariental.
- 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. 56, #172)
- Parish register of Mariental.
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