Irene Witmer Siemens wrote:
John Oyer had been a soldier in Napoleon's army and took part in the disastrous march on Moscow in 1812. Dorothy Oyer Hopkins wrote that she had been doing some research and from the material she found, feels sure "Our great-grandfather John (Jean) Oyer, was probably an officer in the French Cavalry. If he were only a soldier in the Infantry he wouldn't have been taken prisoner, nor would he have survived the retreat from Moscow."
We have no record of his rank only that during the campaign he was taken prisoner and confined in an unheated Russian prison. Because of the intense cold his eyes were frozen and he later became totally blind.
The family immigrated to America from France about the year 1842. They probably landed in New Orleans as others of the Oyers did and then proceeded to Illinois, John Oyer died in Illinois and is buried in the old Mackinaw Dells "Slabtown" Cemetery, an old cemetery on the hillside above the Dells about two miles east of Goodfield, Illinois.
We have no record of our great-grandmother being in America and believe she may have died in France.
Their children were all born in France.
John Oyer had been a soldier in Napoleon's army and took part in the disastrous march on Moscow in 1812. Dorothy Oyer Hopkins wrote that she had been doing some research and from the material she found, feels sure "Our great-grandfather John (Jean) Oyer, was probably an officer in the French Cavalry. If he were only a soldier in the Infantry he wouldn't have been taken prisoner, nor would he have survived the retreat from Moscow."
We have no record of his rank only that during the campaign he was taken prisoner and confined in an unheated Russian prison. Because of the intense cold his eyes were frozen and he later became totally blind.
The family immigrated to America from France about the year 1842. They probably landed in New Orleans as others of the Oyers did and then proceeded to Illinois, John Oyer died in Illinois and is buried in the old Mackinaw Dells "Slabtown" Cemetery, an old cemetery on the hillside above the Dells about two miles east of Goodfield, Illinois.
We have no record of our great-grandmother being in America and believe she may have died in France.
Their children were all born in France.
Irene Witmer Siemens wrote:
John Oyer had been a soldier in Napoleon's army and took part in the disastrous march on Moscow in 1812. Dorothy Oyer Hopkins wrote that she had been doing some research and from the material she found, feels sure "Our great-grandfather John (Jean) Oyer, was probably an officer in the French Cavalry. If he were only a soldier in the Infantry he wouldn't have been taken prisoner, nor would he have survived the retreat from Moscow."
We have no record of his rank only that during the campaign he was taken prisoner and confined in an unheated Russian prison. Because of the intense cold his eyes were frozen and he later became totally blind.
The family immigrated to America from France about the year 1842. They probably landed in New Orleans as others of the Oyers did and then proceeded to Illinois, John Oyer died in Illinois and is buried in the old Mackinaw Dells "Slabtown" Cemetery, an old cemetery on the hillside above the Dells about two miles east of Goodfield, Illinois.
We have no record of our great-grandmother being in America and believe she may have died in France.
Their children were all born in France.
John Oyer had been a soldier in Napoleon's army and took part in the disastrous march on Moscow in 1812. Dorothy Oyer Hopkins wrote that she had been doing some research and from the material she found, feels sure "Our great-grandfather John (Jean) Oyer, was probably an officer in the French Cavalry. If he were only a soldier in the Infantry he wouldn't have been taken prisoner, nor would he have survived the retreat from Moscow."
We have no record of his rank only that during the campaign he was taken prisoner and confined in an unheated Russian prison. Because of the intense cold his eyes were frozen and he later became totally blind.
The family immigrated to America from France about the year 1842. They probably landed in New Orleans as others of the Oyers did and then proceeded to Illinois, John Oyer died in Illinois and is buried in the old Mackinaw Dells "Slabtown" Cemetery, an old cemetery on the hillside above the Dells about two miles east of Goodfield, Illinois.
We have no record of our great-grandmother being in America and believe she may have died in France.
Their children were all born in France.
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