Elisabeth
Frei or Lisabeth Frey was born on the 13 of December 1774 in Birr, Aargau,
Switzerland. Her parents were Rudolf Frey 1739 - 1785 and Anna Schoder 1734 -
1794. She had 8 brothers and sisters. Birr is 37 miles west of Ettenhausen. It
was a long distance at the time when most people traveled by foot. Ignoring
distance Elizabeth married Rudolf Jenta
from Ettenhausen, Zurich. Rudolf
Jenta married Elisabetha Frei on October 7, 1792 in St. Peter's in Zurich. The
church clock of St. Peter has the largest tower clock face in Europe, the outer
diameter of each of the four church clocks measures 8.64 metres (28.3 ft),[1]
the minute hand 5.73 metres (18.8 ft), the hour hand 5.07 metres (16.6 ft), and
the minute crack of the large pointer measures 0.455 metres (1.5 ft).
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Birr
Early Death
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Birr
After the secularization of the monastery in 1528 those rights transferred to Bern. The chapel, which was a subsidiary of Windisch, became a parish church during the Reformation. This parish includes; Lupfig, Birrhard, Scherz, Schinznach-Bad and Brunegg. The current reformed church was built in 1662 by Abraham Dünz.
The community is known for a star citizen namely Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi. In 1771, Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi bought a piece of waste land called Neuhof (New Farm), where he attempted the cultivation of madder. Pestalozzi knew nothing of business, and the plan failed. Before this he had opened his farm-house as a school, but that plan also met with failure. His later attempts at founding schools and education theory were more successful. However, following an 1815 rebellion among the teachers of his school, his last ten years were marred by weariness and sorrow. In 1825 he retired to Neuhof, the place of his youth, and after writing the adventures of his life, and his last work, the Swans Song, he died at Brugg. (Wikipedia)
Lizbeth Frei gave birth to Anna Elisabetha Jenta on the 8th
of April 1816. Ten days later she died on the 18th of April 1816. She had lived
41 years 5 months 5 days. Sad as it may seem, at the time of her death she had
already lost her first four children. A year later Rudolf Jenta married Mary
Hüber who raised Anna Elisabetha.
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 Elisabeth, Anna and Veronica were likewise common.
So it is no surprise that Rudolf Jenta and Lisbeth Frei named their last child Anna
Elisabetha.
Elisabeth Frey Jenta bore 12 children:
Barbara Jenta 1793-1814
Johannes Jenta 1795-Dec. young
Johannes Jenta 1797-Dec. young
Felix Jenta 1799-Dec. young
Anna Jenta 1804-1860
Susanna Jenta 1804-1858
Anna Barbara Jenta 1806-Dec.
Heinrich Jenta 1808-1863
Lisabeth Jenta 1811-Dec. young
Regula Jenta 1814-1814 Dec. young
Regula Jenta 1816-1816 Dec. young
Anna Elisabetha Jenta 1816-1881
Johannes Jenta 1795-Dec. young
Johannes Jenta 1797-Dec. young
Felix Jenta 1799-Dec. young
Anna Jenta 1804-1860
Susanna Jenta 1804-1858
Anna Barbara Jenta 1806-Dec.
Heinrich Jenta 1808-1863
Lisabeth Jenta 1811-Dec. young
Regula Jenta 1814-1814 Dec. young
Regula Jenta 1816-1816 Dec. young
Anna Elisabetha Jenta 1816-1881
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Birr Parish records where the following entry was found, Source: Gemeinde.Birr |
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Rudolf Jenta Family from Jenta Temple Record by Julius Billeter pages 1 and 2 |
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Rudolf Wetzikon E lll 139.21 p 1734 |