Saturday, December 14, 2019

Anna Sidler 1666-1728

Anna married Marx Frey on 3 November 1685. They lost their first two children near birth. By 1708 they had four children. Anna died 29 December 1728.

During their lives:
1710 - 1772  On the occasion of the famine, Zurich enforces potato cultivation in all rural communities   
1600 - 1800 Switzerland is a loose confederacy of 13 cities and small valley communities dominating the rest of the country. A few families control state affairs. The country is proud of its tradition of democracy. (Ottenbach Municipality website)

Anna's children:
Fridlj Frey 1687-1687
Fridlj Frey 1688-1688
Friedrich Frey 1690 alive in 1708
Anna Frey 1693  alive in 1708
Melchior Frey 1697  alive in 1708
Barbara Frey 1704  alive in 1708
(Source: 1708 Ottenbach Census with Marx Frey and Anna Sidler Family Record. 1708 Census film 7765851 page 655
Four children are listed)

Documents related to Anna Sidler:

1666 Anna Sidler birth 25 November  film 8014328 page 200
Wolf:
den 25. t(en) Novemb(ris) [1666]
Kind: Anna
Elteren: Hanß Ruodj Sÿdler Wagners Sohn hir / Margareth Grobin.
Zeügen: Hannß Hegentschwÿler, Gastlins Sohn hir / Anna Häberlingin Rudis tochter hir.
Note: The text is partially obscured - the names are partly "educated guesses" based on knowing the names familiar in the region.


1685 Marx Frei and Anna Sidler married 1685 
Film 2060954 page 354




1708 Ottenbach Census with Marx Frey and Anna Sidler
Family Record. 1708 Census film 7765851 page 655
Four children are listed.  

1738 April 3 Ottenbach page 403 Anna Sidler burial  
Husband Ulrich Frey Ottenbach page 403
Wolf:
Den 13. Aprill [1738]
Anna Sÿdler, Ehegaumers Ulrich Freÿen Frau zu Ottenbach
Anna Sidler was Ulrich(!) Frei's wife ("Frau") - they lived in Ottenbach.
Sidler/Hegetschweiler Temple Record by Julius Billeter page 18