When Johannes Hans Hug was born in December 1670, in Ottenbach, Zürich, Switzerland, his father, Johannes Hug, was 25 and his mother, Anna Weiss, was 33. He married Elisabeth Berli on 25 January 1701, in Ottenbach, Zürich, Switzerland. They were the parents of 1 son and 4 daughters. He died in November 1742, in Ottenbach ZH, at the age of 71, and was most likely buried in the Ottenbach Kirche yard, Switzerland.
They had the following children:
1. 17.07.1701 Hans Jacob
2. Anna Hug 1705 died in infancy
3. Veronica Hug 1708-1739 died at 31
4. Anna Hug 1709-1773 died at 64, had a life full of deaths
5. Regula Hug 1713 died in infancy
Post by Wolf » Fri 22. Nov 2024, 23:15
Hans Hug, "Schmids", ≈ Ottenbach 11.12.1670, Sohn von Schmied Hans Hug (oo Ottenbach 29.10.1667) und Anna Weiss (Wyss), + Ottenbach 12.11.1742.
oo Ottenbach 25.01.1701
Elisabetha Berli, ≈ Ottenbach 12.05.1667, Tochter von Hans Berli (oo Ottenbach 28.10.1662) und Elisabeth ("Elßi") Hegetschweiler, + Ottenbach 26.09.1713.
Kinder:
__.__.1701 Jacob
22.05.1705 Anna
31.03.1709 Anna, ooI Ottenbach 25.11.1732 Hans Ulrich Sidler, ooII Ottenbach 06.03.1747Hans Jacob Sidler
11.06.1713 Regula
Hug is pronunced Hooog. Hans and died 12 November 1742.
Documents related to Hans Hug:
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| 1667 Elisabetha Berli baptism 12 May Oattenbach Father Hans, mother Elisseli Hegetschweiler page 201 |
Kind: Elßbeth.
Elteren: Hannß Berli allhir / Elßeli Hegenschwÿlerin.
Zeügen: Hanß Ulrich Wißendanger Studiosus filius meg / Anna Brütschertin allhir.
Studiosus = student / filius = son / meg = ???
Marriage Ottenbach 23.06.1674: Hans Ulrich Wiesendanger, filius meus [son of the pastor in Ottenbach] …. compare spelling with marriage following Ludj Sydler:
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| 1670 Hans Hug birth Ottenbach 11 Dec page 207 Anna's father |
Kind: Hannß.
Elteren: Hannß Hug der Schmid [the smith] allhir / Anna Wÿßin [today Weiss],
Zeügen: Xander Gut der Krämer hir [Alexander Gut, the Grocer here] / Thrina Müllerin Leüthenampt [Leutnant] Gneesers Frauw hir. (Gneese's wife here.)
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| 1665 Grocer Alexander Gut marriage 22 Aug Ottenbach p348 |
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| 1716 Alexander Gut burial 10 Dec Ottenbach film 008014328 page 398 no mention of being a grocer |
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| 1698 Jakob Hug marriage to Elisabeth Berli Dec 12 Ottenbach This is Hans Hug b 1670's brother. see pedigree at the end of this post. |
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| 1700 Heinrich Hug baptism 11 Feb father Jageli Hug, mother Lisenbeth Berd page 270 This is the son of Hans Hugh 1670s brother who was born in 1672. |
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| Hans Hug and Elisabeth Berli marriage 25 January 1701 film 8014328 page 358 and Han’s brother Jakob Hug b 1672-? and Elisabeth Berli 1677-1732 marriage Dec 6 1698 |
Looking once more at this page from the marriage register, I feel the pastors were somewhat inconsistent with the spelling of surnames. On 25.01.1701 (#2) we have as bride Elsbetha Ber?lin - not sure what letter that should be between r and l … doesn't really look like a "German z" - but have no better suggestion. Two entries down (#4) we find that spelling again - for the groom. On 06.12.1698 we first have a Hans Jogel (=Jacob) Berlin (female form?) and then (same day) Jogel Huug/Haug(?) "Schmids" (likely a brother of Hans), married to another Lißabeth Berlin. We just have to keep in mind that spelling wasn't fixed then - the most common version (and also the spelling today) would be Berli. There are several marriages with Beerli in EDB - but they almost completely originated from a region today belonging to canton St.Gallen (parishes
then ruled by Zürich).
Kent: Hans Hug 1670–1742 and Elisabeth Berli 1667-1713 marriage Jan 25 1701 (first child born July 17, 1701 or illegitimate) and both listed on the same page.
Han’s brother Jakob Hug b 1672-? and Elisabeth Berli 1677-1732 marriage Dec 6 1698
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| 1701 Hans Hug marriage to Elisabeth Berli January 25 Ottenbach |
Hans Hug, occupation is a smith, from Ottenbach, and Elsbetha Berzli from Ottenbach.
Just a word of caution: Hans Hug may have been a smith - but this was not necessarily the case. Note that it doesn't say "Schmid" but "Schmids" - this is the line's "nickname" (Übername) to help identify the groom. This nickname certainly indicates that at least one ancestor had been a smith - and professions often were handed on to sons - but this was not always the case.
Note also that with just one exception (Chir. for Chirurgus, something special) professions were not mentioned for the grooms - but more identifications like "Altlis", "im Tobel", "Clausen Kilchmeyers Sohn" or "Schulmeisters Sohn"
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| 1708 Veronica Hug baptism Elisabetha Berli mother, Hans father 15 April Ottenbach page 293 |
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1708 Bevölkerungsverzeichnis film 007765851 page 659 |
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| 1713 Elisabetha Berli burial 26 Sep Ottenbach Death of Anna's mother film 008014328 page 597 |
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| Hans Hug death 12 Nov 1742 film 8014328 page 617 item 25 |
#25
12 9bris wurd begraben: Hans Hug zu Ottenbach, genannt Schmidhans at: 72 mind. 2 Monath
Was buried on November 12: Hans Hug from Ottenbach, nicknamed Schmidhans, (Smith) aged 72 and 2 months at least.
I could not decipher the exact cause of his death, probably some kind of epidemic.
Third entry down we have Pustulis (pustules) - I would say Hans died from the same or a related cause.
They show up when you have some sort of infection and your body is trying to fight it off with white blood cells. That can result in a mixture of infected fluid and dead white blood cells (pus).
When pus builds up under your skin or in a pore, it can cause a pustule.
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| 1670 Hans Hug and Elisbetha Berli b 1667 pedigree |