Johann Maier was born in approximately 1788 in Marienborn.
He served as a soldier in the 7th Infantry Regiment of Napoleon's Army. He fought against the Russians and was captured.
Milovidov records that as of 1814 his father, mother, and sister were still living in Marienborn.
Belousov records that he was settled in the Volga German colony of Grimm.
He is recorded on the 1834 census of Grimm in Household No. 55.
He is recorded on the 1857 census of Grimm in Household No. 58 along with a note that he had died there in 1857.
Milovidov records that Johann Meier came from the village of Marienborn in the German region of Westfalen.
- 1834 Grimm Census (Household No. 55).
- 1857 Grimm Census (Household No. 58).
- 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, #46)
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