GatheringGardiners: Margaretha Stierli 1684-1740

Margaretha Stierli KC18-RB1 was born 27 July 1684 and died 4 February 1740. Caspar Schneebeli married Margaretha Stierli 12 January 1706. The couple had four children.

Margaretha's parents:

are Joyli aka Jacob Stierli b about 1654 LH72-DXJ and Verena Sidler according to Margaretha's birth record. We have Verena's marriage and death record below. We also have Jakob aka Joyli Stierli birth records below. The 1858 entry is probably Jakob's brother who died in infancy and the 1666 record is Jakob Stierli, father to Margaretha.

Margaretha's mother:

Margaretha's mother Verena Sidler was born on 13 February 1658, in Ottenbach, Zürich, Switzerland, her father, Fridli Sidler, was 44 and her mother, Barbara Staehli, was 36. She married Jacob Stierli on 10 January 1682. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She died on 16 December 1724, at the age of 66, and was buried in Ottenbach, Zürich, Switzerland.

Margaretha's father:

Margaretha's father Jacob Stierli was born about 1654, in Ottenbach, Zürich, Switzerland. He married Verena Sidler on 10 January 1682. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters.

Margaretha's sister:

Margaretha had a sister names Susann born 26 Dec 1687.

Margaretha and Caspar had four children:

1. Verena Schneebeli 1707–1707 died at birth

2. Veronica Schneebeli 1709–1746 married Hans Kaspar Sidler 16 November 1728 so she is not with Casper and Margaretha in the 1733 Church Census, had five children including the famous Hans Rudolf Sidler of Ottenbach.

3. Hans Schneebeli 1716–1716 died at birth

4. Anna Schneebeli 17 Mar 1720–1796 is found in the 1733 census below. Anna married a Rudolf Sidler who was a Feldschreiber or a Field Recorder from Ottenbach. They had four children. See record below:

Death:
Margaretha's death record says she died from Hyrope.

Hyrope:

Endolymphatic hydrops may be either primary or secondary. Primary idiopathic endolymphatic hydrops (known as Ménière’s disease) occurs for no known reason. Secondary endolymphatic hydrops appears to occur in response to an event or underlying condition. For example, it can follow head trauma or ear surgery, and it can occur with other inner ear disorders, allergies, or systemic disorders (such as diabetes or autoimmune disorders).

Symptoms typical of hydrops include pressure or fullness in the ears (aural fullness), tinnitus (ringing or other noise in the ears), hearing loss, dizziness, and imbalance. (VEDA website)

How to pronounce Schneebeli

Documents related to Margaretha Stierli:

1658 Jacob Stierli baptism 3 Jan Ottenbach page 183,
mother Anna Gneeser, father Jagli Stierli aka Jacob

Kent:

Most likely this is Jakob Sterli's brother who must have died near birth.

1666 Hans Jacob Stierli baptism 28 January Mother
Anna Gneeser, father Hans Jakob Ottenbach page 198

Kent:

This is Margaretha's father.

Margaretha's parents: 1682 Jacob Stierli marriage to
Klein Verena Sidler 28 November Ottenbach page 239

Kent:

This one makes no sense to me but was indexed on FS.

1682 Jakob Sterli and Klein Verena Sidler marriage
10 Jan Ottenbach page 353

Kent Q: What is the word before Hans born 1641? Klein? meaning small?

Wolf A: Correct - small more in the sense of younger: Kleinhans is not an "official" name, but used in the family (or even the community) to differentiate him from another, older Verena - here most likely his grandmother.