Melchior Sidler was born 1 May 1707 to Jakob Sidler and Verena Häberling. He married Anna Schneebeli 16 Nov 1728. The couple had 8 children one of whom married. Melchior died 5 Mar 1765 from a fever.
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 Schmid)
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)
1727 Ottenbach plans for the construction of a Reuss bridge which fails because of the resistance of Lucerne. Ottenbach can continue to ferry their goods and citizens beyond the Reuss. (Ottenbach Municipality website)
Clothing
In the 1700s most people made their own clothing using natural items such as wool, flax, or animal hides. They grew the flax plant to make the linen thread and raised sheep for the wool. A spinning wheel was used to make thread from the wool or flax which was then woven into fabric or knitted into socks, hats, scarves, or mittens. (Ferree Reunion Website)
Documents relating to Melchior Sidler:
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| 1706 Anna Schneebeli baptism 1 Aug Ottenbach film page 288 |
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| Melchior Sidler birth 1 May 1707 film 80914328 page 290 |
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| Melchior Sidler married to Anna Schneebeli 16 November 1728 film 8014328 page 364 number 11 |
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| Melchior Sidler b 1707 and Anna Schneebeli b 1706 in the 1733 Church Census film 8126955 page 479 |
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| Melchior b 1707 and Anna Schneebeli b 1706 in the 1749 Church Census film 8014124 page 104 top entry |
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| Melchior Sidler Anna Schneebeli film 1742 Household Register Ottenbach film: 8126955 page 393 |
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| Melchior Sidler Anna Schneebeli film 1742 Household Register Ottenbach film 8126955 page 393 second copy for clarity. |
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| 1763 Anna Schnebelli burial 4 March Ottenbach page 656 |
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| Melchior death 5 March 1765 Ottenbach film 8014328 page 663 |
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| Sidler Hegetschweiler Temple Record by Billeter page 38 |
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| Sidler Hegetschweiler Temple Record by Billeter page 178-179 |