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.
Barbara and Jakob's children:
1. Anna Barbara Bär 1761-1762
2. Jacob Bär 1763-1811 m Elisabeth Suter 8 Jan 1787
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:
Documents related to Barbara Sidler:
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| Barbara Sidler birth 18 September 1729 film 8014328 page 330 |
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| 1733 Jakob Bar baptism 1 March Ottenbach page 336 |
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1761 Barbara Sidler and Jacob Bär marriage 16 January
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8014328 page 593
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| 1762 Anna Barbara burial 14 June Ottenbach film page 654 |
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| 1767 Anna Bar burial 23 June Ottenbach page 669 |
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| 1771 Hans Jakob Bar burial 2 February Ottenbach page 679 |
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| 1778 Hans Jakob Bar 6 Sep Ottenbach page 701 |
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1742 Barbara Sidler Household, first child of
Rudolf Sidler b 1742, Zürich Archives, E lll 88.19 p 39
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| 1786 Barbara Sidler burial 13 April film 8126955 page 845 |
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| 1800 Jakob Bar 4 July burial 67 years Ottenbach 008126955 page 64 |
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| Sidler and Hegetschweiler Temple Record by Julius Billeter, page 37 |