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Four of Johannes' Family Join the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Twenty-two years after Johannes died and two
years before Susanna Jenta died four members of Johannes's family joined the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. In the 19th century converts of
the Church in Ottenbach were baptized in the River Reuss and this is the most
likely place for their baptisms. In fact the Church membership records often
states the name of a river as the place of baptism. Two of Johannes' daughters
and two of his grandchildren joined:
First to join in Bachman and Sidler lines
1. Anna Sidler age 29 born 4 February 1827 in
Ottenbach baptized 1 January 1856 in Ottenbach by D Bonnelli, confirmed H Bar.
(Note: Anna was the first in our family line to join the church in both the
Sidler and Bachman families. Anna and her child died from the impact of a canon
ball at age 35 in the Morrisite War, UT.) (page 21 microfilm 128145, Emma
Scholl, History of Anna Hegetschweiler)
Three months later:
2. Verena Sidler age 19, born 5 March 1837,
oldest daughter of Jakob Sidler born 1812 baptized 30 March 1856 by D Bonnelli,
confirmed H Bar. (Note: Verena's father Jakob Sidler lived with Barbara, Anna
and Susanna because he was their half brother. Verena is Johannes
granddaughter.) (page 21 microfilm 128145)
Three months later:
3. Susanna Sidler age 23, born 15 December
1832, baptized 6 July 1856 in the Sihl River, by H. Hug, confromed by H.
Bar, (page 22 film 128145)
4. Anna Hegetschweiler age 8, born 29
September 1847, baptized 6 July 1856 in the Sihl River by H Hug and confirmed
by H Hug. (Microfilm 128145 Swiss/ German/ Italian Mission 1863 - 1875, page 22) (Notes: The Sihl is a 45 mile
long Swiss river that rises near the Druesberg mountain in the canton of
Schwyz, and eventually flows into the Limmat river in the centre of the city of
Zürich. Heinrich Hug converted and was baptized with several of his family on
31 January 1853 by the pioneer missionary in that part of Switzerland, George
Mayer.)
Persecution
Knowing the situation to be dangerous but not
willing to forsake the Zurich saints Budge returned to Weiningen where he was
arrested and marched eight miles at gunpoint to Zurich where he was imprisoned.
(Hyrum L Andrus, Mormonism Mormonism and the rise of Western Civilization and
the second American Revolution Era of
Preparation, Brigham Young University Extension 1966 p. 3)
For the next five years (Heinrich) Hug roamed
the Protestant cantons, they were not admitted into the Catholic ones, in
search of converts keeping a careful and complete record of the 201 souls he was
able to bring into the fold. Because he had traveled as a missionary for four
years, Heinrich knew virtually every member in Switzerland. By 1858 he was
permitted to leave and led a group of Swiss Saints to Utah a year later,
settling for the time being in Salt Lake City in 1860 prior to the call to
southern Utah.) (page 22 microfilm
128145, Dialogue V26N04_125.pdf)
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| Microfilm 128145 Swiss/ German/ Italian Mission 1863 - 1875 page 21 |
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| Microfilm 128145 Swiss/ German/ Italian Mission 1863 - 1875 page 22 |
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| Microfilm 128145 Swiss/ German/ Italian Mission 1863 - 1875, page 24 |