Saturday, December 14, 2019

Ulrich Sidler 1751-1800

Ulrich Sidler married Verena Häberling in 1782. They were married about 18 years. Ulrich and Verena had 2 children. Ludwig married, Heinrich did not. In fact Ludwig married three times and had one child who didn't marry ending this line. Ulrich himself 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 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:

Ulrich birth 20 June 1751 film 8014328 page 447


Sidler Hegetschweiler Temple record by Julius Billeter page  37


Sidler Hegetschweiler Temple record by Julius Billeter page  053

Sidler Hegetschweiler Temple record by Julius Billeter page  063


Ulrich Sidler death 17 April 1800 film 8126955 page 823