Zentner (Yagodnaya Polyana)
Joseph Zentner was born in approximately 1795. He 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 Yagodnaya Polyana.
Joseph Zentner is recorded on the 1834 census of Yagodnaya Polyana in Household No. 100.
Joseph Zentner is recorded on the 1850 census of Yagodnaya Polyana in Household No. 155.
Joseph Zentner is recorded on the 1857 census of Yagodnana Polyana in Household No. 160.
Joseph Zentner from Yagodnaya Polyana and his family are recorded on the 1857 census of Neu-Yagodnaya-Polyana.
Some documents translate this surname as Zeitner.
Richard Scheuerman records in the Berry Meadow Archive that Joseph Zenter came from the Kanton of Zug in Switzerland.
- 1834 Yagodnaya Polyana Census (Household No. 100).
- 1850 Yagodnaya Polyana Census (Household No. 155).
- 1857 Neu-Yagodnaya-Polyana Census.
- 1857 Yagodnaya Polyana Census (Household No. 160).
- 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.
- Scheuerman, Richard. Berry Meadow Archive [Online].
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Richard Scheuerman