Georg Heinrich Walther, son of Georg Heinrich Walther, a blacksmith (Hufschmied), & Barbara née Walther, was born 21 December 1789 and baptized on 27 December 1789 in Soultz-sous-Fôrets in the Alsace region of France.
Heinrich Walter served in Napoleon's army and fought against the Russians. He was captured by the Russians, and in 1812, was settled in the Volga German colony of Rosenheim.
His death in 1835 is recorded on the 1850 census of Rosenheim in Household No. 97.
- 1850 Rosenheim Census (Household No. 97).
- 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.
- Parish register of Soultz-sous-Fôrets.
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