The Sidler Family

Symbol of Ottenbach

Anna Hegetschweiler was born in Ottenbach, Switzerland to Anna Siedler, daughter of  Johannes Siedler and Susanna Jenta. Her father's first name is unknown and is presumed to be illegitimate. Hegetschweiler is a common name in Ottenbach. When we visited the Zurich Archives in 2019 we found hundreds of Hegetschweilers and a number who were recently buried in the cemetery next to the church. In Europe grave sites are rented. After 25 years the grave marker is removed and a new person is buried in that spot. Sometimes a family keeps up payments and burials and the plot is kept in the family. In some places like Salzburg the old cemeteries are left in tact. Mozart's sister is buried near the Salzburg Cathedral even after a couple of hundred years but this is unusual. 

A Walk Through Ottenbach, 2019, Seven minute Video
Anna Sidler
Anna's daughter Anna Hegetschweiler
Full history of the Sidler family from Ottenbach new
Hans Caspar Sidler
How to pronounce Sidler and Hegetschweiler Video
How to pronounce Sidler and Hegetwchweiler Video2
Julius Billeter books
Ottenbach Kirche Video
Reuss River, Ottenbach Video
The Sidler's Join the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

What did people do for a living in Ottenbach?

Since the end of the 18th century, the textile industry had expanded as a home industry (Putting-out system: The putting-out system is a means of subcontracting work. Historically, it was also known as the workshop system and the domestic system. In putting-out, work is contracted by a central agent to subcontractors who complete the work in off-site facilities, either in their own homes or in workshops with multiple craftsmen.) in Ottenbach: In 1784, the cotton spinning mill employed 49% of the local population (430 people, 287 of whom worked all year round). At the beginning of the 19th century there were around 350 weaving looms and the Zurich Mechanical Silk Weaving Mill employed more than 200 people in Ottenbach from the village and the surrounding area.

Where did our Swiss ancestors live?

Ottenbach, Zurich, Switzerland: 29
Anna Siedler 1827 - 1861
Johannes Siedler 1772- 1834
Hans Rudolf Siedler 1742 - 1768 Watchmaker
Elizabeth Siedler 1747 - 1827
Hans Caspar Siedler 1705 - 1746 Cashier or Treasurer
Vernica Schneebeli 1709 - 1746
Anna Hug Berli 1709 1773
Jacob Siedler 1665 - 1741 Cashier or Treasurer
Verena Haberling 1670 - 1728
Caspar Schnebeli 1686 - 1743
Margareth Stierli 1687 1740
Kaspar Sidler 1663
Hans Hug 1670 - 1742
Elisabeth Berli 1667 - 1713
Hans Rudolf Siedler 1635 - 1710
Margaretha Grob 1637 - 1683
Hans Heinrich Haberlig 1625 - 1688
Veronica Gutt 1630 - 1688
Heinrich Schnebeli 1649 - 1724
Catharina Haeberling 1653 - 1706
Ann Wyss 1646 - 1717
Hans Berli 1637
Elizabeth Hegetschweiler 1637 - 1718
Jacob Siedler 1608
Veronegg Urmi died 1657
Johannes Gutt 1592 - 1673
Barbara Wettstein died 1655
Barbara Siegrist 1589 - 1624
Barbara Koerner 1623 - 1668

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Hans Jacob Sidler 1706 1771
Rudolf Sidler 1615 - 1693
Anna Grab 1615 - 1700
Hans Hug 1646 - 1710
Barbara Saltzmann 1610
Nicholas Sidler 1588
Hans Hug 1622 - 1654

Knonau 1
Joss Hegetschweiler 1613 - 1677

Bickwil 1
Verena Haberling 1614 1695
Hans-Heinrich Haberling 1625  - 1688 Lathe operator

Wetzikon 2
Susanne Jenta 1804 - 1858
Rudolf Jenta 1771 - 1822

Erienbach 1
Anna Widler 1683 0 1749

Birr 1
Elizabeth Frei

What records can be found regarding the residents of Ottenbach? 

1. Zurich Archives
2. FamilySearch 
also has the following records on Ottenbach which are digitized and online but not indexed:

1.  
baptisms, marriages, deaths 1540-1738, 1740-1780

2.
Directory of foreign citizens 1720-1805 
Household sled (1795) 1715-1804 
Directory of community members (1754) 1684-1848 
Household sled (1742) 1658-1776 
Household sled (1733) 1650-1740 
Household sled (1695) 1614-1712 
Household sled 1670 dead, Marriages 1866-1875 (backwards) 
Confirmations, baptisms 1865-1875 (backwards) 
Deaths (non-citizens) 1830-1864 (backwards) 
Baptisms (non-citizens) 1829-1864

3. 
Dead (foreign citizens) 1829-1864 (backwards) 
Baptisms (foreign citizens) 1796-1864 (backwards) 
Confirmations 1833-1864 (backwards) Dead ̈ 1780-1864 (backwards) 
Baptisms 1860-1864 (backwards) Annunciations 1806-1864 (backwards) Marriages 1780-1864 (backwards) Baptisms 1780-1860 (backwards)

• Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translaton

Examples of the family registers at the Zurich Archives