Jean Baptiste Trigole was born in approximately 1785 in Nez [?].
He served as a non-commissioned officer in the 2nd French Equestrian Huntsman Regiment of Napoleon's Army. He fought against and was captured by the Russians.
In 1814, was settled in the Volga German colony of Louis.
Milovidov records that as of 1814, his father, mother, two brothers and a sister were still living in Nez [?].
He is recorded on the 1834 Louis census in Household No. 104, on the 1850 Louis census in Household No. 143, and on the 1857 Louis census in Household No. 183 with a note that he died there in 1856.
Milovidov records that Jean Baptiste Trigole came from the town of Nez [?] in the Brabant region [of The Netherlands] where he was a farmer.
- 1834 Louis Census (Household No. 104).
- 1850 Louis Census (Household No. 143).
- 1857 Louis Census (Household No. 183).
- 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. 58, #173)
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