Dorothea married Hans Kaspar Bär 4 December 1792. They had 8 children. Kaspar Bär died June 20, 1837. Dorothea died seven years later on 17 June 1844. The Ottenbach Pastor Rudolf Hamberger. did not list cause of death.Kinder:
1. Elisabetha b 1793 November 12 married 1810
2. Melchior Bär 1796 25 October-1796
3. Melchior Bär 1798 29 July-1867
4. Verena Bär 1803 6 April -1805
5. Verena 1803 10 Nov. married 1820
6.Anna 1805 10 July d 20 July 1805
7. Jakob Bär 1808 10 Nov-1855 married 1827
8. Barbara Bär 1812 29 July-1812 d 22 Aug 1812
During their lifetime:
1799 Construction of the political community of Ottenbach, which also includes the five Obfelder hamlets. The quartering of French troops leads to a debt of the community. Ottenbach counts at that time many unemployed textile homeworkers. (Ottenbach Municipality website, Ottenbach Told by Bernard Schnider and Salomon Schneider and Erika Schmid)
1798 French army under the command of Napoleon invaded Switzerland. Switzerland was completely overrun by the French and was renamed the Helvetic Republic. The Helvetic Republic encountered severe economic and political problems. In 1798 the country became a battlefield of the Revolutionary Wars, culminating in the Battles of Zürich in 1799. The Second Battle of Zurich (25–26 September 1799) was a key victory by the Republican French army in Switzerland led by André Masséna over an Austrian and Russian force commanded by Alexander Korsakov near Zürich. (Wikipedia)
1801 The Helvetic Government grants Ottenbach the license to carry out any transport with the Reuss ferry. Previously, the ferry was only approved for its own use.
1802 Swiss revolt forced French army to leave Switzerland. (Ottenbach Municipality Website)
During the French Revolutionary Wars, the French army invaded Switzerland and turned it into an ally known as the "Helvetic Republic" (1798–1803). It had a central government with little role for cantons. The interference with localism and traditional liberties was deeply resented, although some modernizing reforms took place. (Wikipedia.)
Napoleon and his enemies fought numerous campaigns in Switzerland that ruined many localities. It proclaimed the equality of citizens before the law, equality of languages, freedom of thought and faith; it created a Swiss citizenship, basis of our modern nationality, and the separation of powers, of which the old regime had no conception; it suppressed internal tariffs and other economic restraints; it unified weights and measures, reformed civil and penal law, authorized mixed marriages (between Catholics and Protestants), suppressed torture and improved justice; it developed education and public works. (William Martin)
1830 Pastor Locher obtains the construction of the first poorhouse in Ottenbach. (Ottenbach Municipality Website)
Documents related to Dorothea Sidler:
Documents related to Dorothea Sidler:
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| 1768 Hans Caspar Bär birth 16 Jan Heinrich father Catharina Bär mother Ottenbach page 513 |
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| 1769 Dorothea Sidler birth Film 8014328 page 552 |
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| 1792 Dorothea Sidler marriage to Caspar Bär 4 December Ottenbach film 008126955 page 67 |
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| 1795 Kaspar Bar/ Dorothea Sidler Family 1795 Haushaltungsrodel Film 2060954 |
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| Caspar Bar and Dorothea Sidler Household Record from Zurich Archives, E lll 88.19 p 194 |
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| 1837 Caspar Bär burial June 20 Ottenbach film 008126955 page 782 |
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| 1844 Barbara Sidler death 17 June film 8126955 page 779 |
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| Sidler and Hegetschweiler Temple Record by Julius Billeter, page 49 - 50 |