Anna Barbara Sidler 1771 - 1774

Rudolf and Elisabetha Sidler had two children die within three days of each other in May 1774. Anna Barbara b 21 Jan 1771 died 14 May 1774. She was 3 years 3 months 23 days old. Johannes Sidler b 25 Oct 1773 died 17 May 1774. He lived 6 months 22 days. Both children were buried in the Ottenbach Kirche yard. Pastor Rudolf Hamberger entered deaths in the Parish record and presided at the funerals. The pastor died 2 years later. What a time in the Sidler household!

Translation of death record:

Title Fäble (weakness - death cause):

(sie starben) an den Wilden Blattern (Swiss term for Pocken –or small pox - very contagious, especially among kids)

Second Translation
an den Kinder Blattern, meaning of the children's death from measles.

Life expectancy

Average life expectancy at birth for English people in the late 16th and early 17th centuries was just under 40 – 39.7 years. However, this low figure was mostly due to the high rate of infant and child mortality; over 12% of all children born would die in their first year. With the hazards of infancy behind them, the death rate for children slowed but continued to occur. A cumulative total of 36% of children died before the age of six, and another 24% between the ages of seven and sixteen. In all, of 100 live births, 60 would die before the age of 16. A man or woman who reached the age of 30 could expect to live to 59. [Thomson Gale, 'Infant Mortality' (1998)]

Food shortages and insecurity were leading concerns in the 18th century, especially in Europe, and these were exacerbated by reduced harvests yields. Disease was another leading cause of death, with rats and fleas being the common carriers of disease, specifically plagues, during this era. (Wikipedia)

Common diseases were dysentery, malaria, diphtheria, flu, typhoid, smallpox and leprosy.

Documents related to Anna Barbara Sidler:

1771 Anna Barbara birth 21 January film 8014328 page 528

Wolf:
[1771 Januarius] den 21.N(atus) / den 27. Bapt(izatus)
Anna Barbara
Parents: Hans Rudolph Sÿdler, fourier, oben im Feld / Elisabeth Sÿdler. (fourier, in the field)
Witnesses: Johanneß Stehli von Maschwanden / Frauw Amtmännin A(nna) Barbara Heß, Ehren gebohrne Römerin von Zürich.
Note: Fourier = military official who was responsible for the maintenance (provisions) and accommodation of his soldiers (quartermaster).
Note: Oben im Feld = "up there" im Feld: there are quite a few places with this name in the Affoltern district.
Godmother: The godmother is interesting! Geborene = nee with "Ehren geborene" meaning the same - just a courtesy phrase for a person with high social status. She had married in Altstetten (today merged with Zürich) the widower Heinrich Hess, retired Amtmann (Bailiff) im Einsidler-Hoff" and quite a bit older than her. It was her first marriage and she had lived "vom Rennweger-Thor" (Rennweg being a shopping street in Zürich today). Found the couple on «Promptuarium genealogicum»:

Godmother Translation: The godmother: The godmother is interesting! Born = nee with “honor born” means the same - just a polite phrase for a person of high social status. She had married the widower Heinrich Hess, retired bailiff “im Einsidler-Hoff” and slightly older than her, in Altstetten (now united with Zurich). It was her first marriage and she had lived “from the Rennweg”.

Carl Keller-Escher:«Promptuarium genealogicum» Band 3 / Seite 663

Kent:

When Heinrich Hess (b1702-1783)(ID: LY3V-WQ4) was born on 2 August 1702, in Zürich, Switzerland, his father, Hans Caspar Hess, was 30 and his mother, Susanna Werdmüller, was 30. He married Regula Escher (b 1704-1747) on 7 November 1724, in Zürich, Switzerland. They were the parents of 2 sons and 3 daughters.

 
Heinrich (b 1702-1783) married Anna Barbara Römer (b 1702-1788) 30 January 1748 in Altstetten, Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland. He died on 11 November 1783, in his hometown, at the age of 81.

Kent: Is the child listed under Anna Barbara Römer's name? Can you translate? 

Wolf: That's not a child - it's her father: Melchior Römer von Trüllen (there are several places with this name).

If she was born 1702 as well, she was 46 when getting married … children unlikely.

Wolf: Melchior Römer von Trüllen (there are several places with this name).

I have to correct myself: Trüllen is not a community - Melchior Römer was a merchant and as such a member of the guild "Zur Safran" and lived zur "Trüllen" - a house in the region of Seidenhöfe.

1774 Anna Barbara Sidler burial 14 May 1774 3 years old
Ottenbach page 690 

Translation:

Title Fäble (weakness - death cause):

(sie starben) an den Wilden Blattern (Swiss term for Pocken –or small pox - very contagious, especially among kids)
Second Translation
an den Kinder Blattern, meaning of the children's death from measles.

1774 Johannes Sidler death 17 May 3 days after his sister,
film 8014328 page 690

Sidler and Hegetschweiler Temple Record by Julius Billeter, page 49 - 50