GatheringGardiners: Ulrich Sidler 1751-1800

When Ulrich Sidler was born on 20 June 1751, in Ottenbach, Zürich, Switzerland, his father, Rudolf Sidler, was 32 and his mother, Anna Schneebeli, was 31. To pronounce Schneebeli you pronounce the initial e's as a long ē. (Sh-nē-belly) Some people believe his mother was Elsbeth Schneebeli born 1713. See her page for a discussion of why this is not the case. Ulrich is not in our line.

After having the 1696 Heinrich Schneebeli/Catharina Dubs 6 October marriage -I find they did marry but I there is no proof Catharina Dubs is Elsbeth's (b 1713) mother.
In Catharina Dubs' burial record it lists Heinrich Schneebeli as her husband.
Billeter lists Elsbeth Schneebeli as the second wife of Hans Caspar Sidler b 1705 but Billiter put her son Ulrich b 1751 as the last child of Veronica Schneebeli, Caspar's first wife, 5 years after Vernoica's death. An obvious mistake.

Ulrich married Verena Häberling on 12 November 1782, in Ottenbach, Zürich, Switzerland. They were married about 18 years. The couple were the parents of 2 sons. Ulrich died on 17 April 1800, at the age of 48. Verena died about 2 years later.

Children

Ludwig married, Heinrich did not. In fact Ludwig married three times and had one child who didn't marry ending this line.

Death

Ulrich lived 48 years 9 months 28 days. He died from Hectica. Hectica means consumption, in modern terminology: tuberculosis. Verena died about 2 years later. All lived in beautiful Ottenbach.

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 Schm

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 relating to Ulrich Sidler:

1751 Ylrich Sidler father Rudolf Sidler mother Anna
Schneebeli 20 Jun Ottenbach film 008014328 page 447

Wolf:

1751 Den 20. junii

Ulerich Sÿdler, ob(iit) 17. IV. (1)800

Ruedolff Sÿdler u(nd) Anna Schnebli von Ottenbach

Note: So this is definitely in contradiction to Ulrich's parents being Hans Kaspar Sidler and Elisabeth Schneebeli. Looks like another bug in Billeter's data in this context.