Renault Tranzhan was born about 1786 in the French village of Clerdrie [?].
He served as a soldier in the 48th Infantry Regiment of Napoleon's Army. He fought against the Russians and was captured.
Milovidov records that as of 1814 his father, mother, and two sisters were still living in Clerdrie [?].
He is recorded among the captured Napoleonic soldiers who were settled among the Volga German colonies, and on 23 July 1814 was assigned to the household of Georg Haag in the colony of Preuss.
On 24 November 1814, he married Klara Uhrich [from Schuck].
Renet Treschant and his wife Klara are recorded on the 1834 census of Preuss in Household No. 91.
Renet Treschant and his wife Klara recorded on the 1850 census of Preuss in Household no. 108.
His death in 1855 is recorded on the 1857 census of Preuss in Household No. 142. The death of Renault Drezhon on 10 September 1855 (at the age of 72 years old) is recorded in the parish register of Schuck with one daughter surviving.
Milovidov records that Renault Tranzhan came from the French village of Clerdrie [?].
There are no known surviving male lines of this Treschant family among the Volga German colonies.
[This surname is spelled in a variety of ways in Russian documents including Treschant, Tremman, Tremant, and Trauchant.]
- 1834 Preuss Census (Household No. 91).
- 1850 Preuss Census (Household No. 108).
- 1857 Preuss Census (Household No. 142).
- 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. 50, #105)
- Parish register of Schuck.
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