Barbara Sidler 1729 - 1786

Barbara Sidler was born 18 September 1729 to Hans Kaspar Sidler, treasurer in Ottenbach and Veronica Schneebeli. She married Jakob Bär 16 January 1761. Her married life lasted for 25 years. She had 7 children. Barbara died 15 of April 1786. The Ottenbach Pastor David Locher noted in her death record that she was a "house frau" and lived 56.5 years. No cause of death was noted. However some of the children who died young had a pastor who wrote the causes of deaths. They are included below. The kind pastor during much of this time was Rudolf Hamberger. He served in Ottenbach from 1757 to this death in 1776. Click on his name for more information on his life. 

Wolf: 

Jakob is a witness to the baptism of Dorothea Sidler 1769 - 1844. In that baptism it states: "Schul-Jacob": he belongs to a line called "Schul-…" as several Schulmeister (teachers) have been amongst the ancestors.

Jakob Bär oo 1761 Barbara Sidler (Barbara is the first child of Kaspar Sidler b 1705)
Post by Wolf » Fri 31. Jan 2025, 22:46
Bär Jakob, ≈ Ottenbach 01.03.1733, Sohn von Hans Bär und Margreth Leutert, genannt Schul-Jakob, ■ Ottenbach 04.07.1800
oo Ottenbach 20.01.1761
Sidler Barbara, ≈ Ottenbach 18.09.1729, Tochter von Hans Kaspar Sidler und Veronica Schneebeli, ■ Ottenbach 13.04.1786
Kinder:
09.06.1761 Anna Barbara, + 14.06.1762
01.05.1763 Jacob, oo 07.01.1794 Elisabeth Frei, + 1811
04.04.1765 Elisabeth, oo 12.07.1785 Hans Ulrich Hegetschweiler [Dorfmeier; getraut zu Zürich], + 1836
21.12.1766 Anna, + 23.06.1767
31.07.1768 Anna, + 09.05.1774
12.08.1770 Hans Jakob, + 13.04.1771
11.10.1772 Hans Jakob, + 06.09.1778
Quelle: Familienregister Ottenbach 1712-1858 mit Ergänzungen.

Barbara and Jakob's children:

1. Anna Barbara Bär 1761-1762

2. Jacob Bär 1763-1811 m Elisabeth Frei 07/01/1794

3. Elisabeth Bär 1765-1836 m Hans Ulrich Hegetschweiler 12 July 1785

4. Anna Bär 1766-1767

5. Anna Bär 1768-1771

6. Hans Jakob Bär 1770-1771

7.  Hans Jakob Bär 1772-1778

During their lives:

1742 In Ottenbach there are 543 people, 122 are adults and are 4.5 people per home meaning there were 120 homes in the community.  (Ottenbach Told by Bernard Schnider and Salomon Schneider and Erika Schmid)

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)

Documents related to Barbara Sidler:

Barbara Sidler birth 18 September 1729 film 8014328 page 330

Wolf:
Getaufft (baptised) 1729
K: Barbara 18. dito (= 18.09.1729)
E: Hanß Kaspar Sÿdler zu Ottenbach / Veronica Schnebli
Z: Hanß Frick zu Knonau / Barbara Follenweider (Vollenweider) zu Gossau

1733 Jakob Bar baptism 1 March Ottenbach page 336

1761 Barbara Sidler and Jacob Bär marriage 16 January 

film 8014328 page 593

Wolf:
Ehe Leüth A(nn)o 1761
Eodem (= 20.01.1761)
Jacob Bär und Barbara Sÿdler (alle von Ottenbach)
(Cop:) Hier (married in Ottenbach)
See Geneal-Forum for more info an the Bär family.

1762 Anna Barbara burial 14 June Ottenbach film page 654

1767 Anna Bar burial 23 June Ottenbach page 669

1771 Hans Jakob Bar burial 2 February Ottenbach page 679

1778 Hans Jakob Bar 6 Sep Ottenbach page 701

1742 Barbara Sidler Household, first child of Rudolf Sidler b 1742, 

Zürich Archives, E lll 88.19 p 39 

1786 Barbara Sidler burial 13 April 
film 8126955 page 845

Wolf:
(1786) den 13.ten Apr.
Barbara Sÿder, Jacob Bären von Otenbach ehelich gel(iebte) Haußfrau aet 56½ Jahr.
... beloved housewife aged 56½ years

1800 Jakob Bar 4 July burial 67 years
Ottenbach 008126955 page 64

Wolf:

Begraben 1800 / Freÿtag den 4. Julii
Jakob Bär in Otenbach
67 Jar 4 M(onat) 1 T(ag)
Abschwachung (Abschwächung = weakness)
Cause of death was extremely difficult to decipher on FS-scan - better on the recent scans on Zürich State Archive:

Sidler and Hegetschweiler Temple Record by Julius Billeter, page 37