The naming tradition in Switzerland used about 20 male and female names. For males names like Heinrich, Johannes and Rudolf were extremely common. For women names like Lisabeth, Anna and Veronica were likewise common. So it is no surprise that Rudolf Jenta and Lisbeth Freÿ named their last child Anna Lisabetha.
In 1824 when Susanna Jenta married, her sister Anna Lisabeth was 12 years old. It is safe to assume Susanna's husband Johannes Sidler knew his wife's siblings including Anna Lisabeth. They were 27 miles apart and in spite of the distance it appears that getting to know your wife's siblings might be important. When Johannes died in 1834 Anna was 18 years old and her sister Susanna was 30. Anna may have come to help with fatherless Susanna's children.
In any case, eight years later in 1842 Anna was 26. Around this time Anna definitely came to visit Susanna because she met, fell in love and married Johannes Sidler from Ottenbach. Johannes is a cousin of Susanna's husband and they share the same name.
Anna's Johannes was born 10 July 1809 putting him 5 years older than Susanna and seven years older than Anna Lisabeth. They married 7 March 1842 in the Wetzikon Kirche.
Children: Johannes and Anna lived in Ottenbach and had two children:
Jakob Sidler born 22 January 1848, Jakob died 8 May 1864.He was 15 years 11 months 17 days old.
Elisabetha born 8 September 1853. Jakob's sister Elisabetha married Johannes Huber of Bonstetten, Zürich, Switzerland. We know nothing of Johannes Huber or his family at this posting. The town of Bonstetten is 4.5 miles north/east of Ottenbach. They have a train station with a travel time of about 23 minutes to Zürich. About 800 people lived in the village when they married.
Anna lived 64 years 9 months 19 days dying 27 May 1881 in Ottenbach. She lived 7 years 29 days without her husband Johannes.
Documents relating to Anna Lisabeth Jenta:
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| 1816 April 11 Regula Jenta baptism 8480741page 142 Twins |
Wolf:
Birth: 1816 geb(oren) d(en) 8 / get(auft) d(en) 11. April / Zwillinge Regula & Anna Lisabeth
Parents: Rudolf Jenta, Bek (= Bäcker) v(on) Etenhausen, g(etauft) d(en) 19 Maj 1771 / Lisabeth Freÿ v(on) Bir(r), K(anton) Aargäu
Godparents: Regula: H(an)S Rudolf Büeler v(on) Walfertshausen / Regula Wismer v(on) Robenhausen (i.e. identical to Regula born 1814)
Godparents: Anna Lisabeth: H(ans) Heinr(ich) Wolf(ens)perg(er) / Lisabeth Wolf / beÿde von Kempt(en).
Note: Regula Wismer FS: 94ZB-R3F
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| 1842 Anna Elisabetha Jenta marr Johannes Sidler Wetzikon film 008480741. Page 550 Page 535 is viewed below, next document |
Wolf:
Wetzikon:
27. Febr. (1842) Johannes Siedler v(on) Ottenbach
Elisabetha Jenta Rud(olfs) sel(ig) v(on) Ettenhausen, n(ata) 8.IV.1816 S(esshaft) in Ottenbach. The (535) might refer to a Bürgerregister. / cop(uliert) 7. III. (no mention, where)
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| Page 535 Jenta Familienregister film 008191940 page 354 Page 535 is referenced in the previous document |
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| 1842 Johannes Sidler and Lisabeth Jenta marriage Ottenbach film, 27 February Film 008126955 page 873 |
Ottenbach:
Febr. 27 (1842) Johannes Siedler v(on) Ott(enbach) u(nd) A(nna) Elisabeth Jenta v(on) Ettenhausen.
Note: The last column seems to give the parishes where the ceremonies were held - like St.Peter or Ossingen - but the one of interest here I cannot decipher.
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| Rudolf Jenta Family Civil record, Wetzikon E lll 139.21 p 1734 |
Anna Lisabeth's death date:
The FS records do not include 1881.
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| Johannes Sidler and Anna Lisabeth Jenta family from Sidler-Hegetschweiler Temple book by Julius Billeter |
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| 1842 Johannes Sidler and Lisabeth Jenta marriage Wetzikon, 27 February Film 008126955 page 873 |