GatheringGardiners: Jakob Sidler 1783

Did Julius Billeter make a mistake? Apparently so. The document from the Zurich Archives seen below appears to be correct. It is a household record by the parish pastor and lists the family of Jakob Sidler. Jakob born 21 April 1783 in Ottenbach and his parents are listed and Page 72 is a full listing of his parents family and siblings. As seen in the Zürich Archives document I think Jakob married Elisabeth Gut and had no children.

When Jakob Sidler was born on 21 April 1783, in Ottenbach, Zürich, Switzerland, his father, Hans Rudolf Sidler, was 41 and his mother, Elisabetha Sidler, was 35. He married Elisabetha Gut on 21 May 1833, in Maschwanden, Zürich, Switzerland. He was buried in Maschwanden 29 April 1862. Pastor a the time of Jakob's death was Rudolf Tappolet. He began service in 1834 and resigned in 1872. Subsequently died in Basel in 1875. Obfelden separated from Ottenbach under him. They separated in 1847 and had a church built a year later)

Elisabetha Gut died 17 years later and was buried 25 February 1879 according to the documents held in the Zürich Archives as seen below. The Ottenbach Pastor from 1873 was Julius Stahel, from Elgg. Julius was born 3 March 1848 in Elgg, ZH. He married Maria Margaritha Regula Keller 4 August 1874. Came to Gossau in 1880. No known children.

I have included all documents below so the reader can decide for himself who Jakob Sidler was married to. Billiter indexed more than 2 million names and rarely made mistakes even though the work load was enormous. We have nothing but great admiration for what Julius Billeter accomplished.

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