Wilhelm von Eck was born about 1793 in Aachen. He was a farmer.
He served as a soldier in the 25th Infantry Regiment of Napoleon's Army. He fought against the Russians and was captured.
Milovidov records that as of 1814 his father, mother, brother, and three sisters were still living in Aachen.
Belousov records that he was settled in the Volga German colony of Kind.
Milovidov records that Wilhelm von Eck came from the town of Aachen.
There are no known surviving male lines of this von Eck family among the Volga German colonies.
- 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, #44)
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