Ottenbach ZH - baptism - 1771 - Sidler - Anna Barbara

Kent Gardiner

https://www.gatheringgardiners.com/2019/12/anna-barbara-sidler-1771-1774.html

WSeelentag

[1771 Januarius] den 21.N(atus) / den 27. Bapt(izatus)

Anna Barbara

Hans Rudolph Sÿdler, fourier, oben im Feld / Elisabeth Sÿdler.

Johanneß Stehli von Maschwanden / Frauw Amtmännin A(nna) Barbara Heß, Ehren gebohrne Römerin von Zürich.

Fourier = military official who was responsible for the maintenance (provisions) and accommodation of his soldiers (quartermaster).

Oben im Feld = "up there" im Feld: there are quite a few places with this name in the Affoltern district.

The godmother is interesting! Geborene = nee with "Ehren geborene" meaning the same - just a courtesy phrase for a person with high social status. She had married in Altstetten (today merged with Zürich) the widower Heinrich Hess, retired Amtmann "im Einsidler-Hoff" and quite a bit older than her. It was her first marriage and she had lived "vom Rennweger-Thor" (Rennweg being a shopping street in Zürich today). Found the couple on «Promptuarium genealogicum»:

Carl Keller-Escher:«Promptuarium genealogicum» Band 3 / Seite 663

Kent Gardiner

WSeelentag As you may know I am very interested in the witnesses for Rudolf and Elisabeth. Thanks for the extra research on Anna Barbara Hess. When we are done with this family I'm going to assemble a chart of the witnesses/godparents. I've done this before and it is very interesting. Here is what I found on FS:

When Heinrich Hess (ID: LY3V-WQ4) was born on 2 August 1702, in Zürich, Switzerland, his father, Hans Caspar Hess, was 30 and his mother, Susanna Werdmüller, was 30. He married Regula Escher (b 1704-1747) on 7 November 1724, in Zürich, Switzerland. They were the parents of 2 sons and 3 daughters.

 
Heinrich (b 1702-1783) married Anna Barbara Römer (b 1702-1788) 30 January 1748 in Altstetten, Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland. He died on 11 November 1783, in his hometown, at the age of 81.

You say keine Kinder, (small child). Is the child listed under Anna Barbara Römer's name? Can you translate? There is no child listed on FS. Regards to you! 😊

WSeelentag

Is the child listed under Anna Barbara Römer's name? Can you translate?

That's not a child - it's her father: Melchior Römer von Trüllen (there are several places with this name).

If she was born 1702 as well, she was 46 when getting married … children unlikely.

Kent Gardiner

WSeelentag

Thanks, my misunderstanding. KG

WSeelentag

Melchior Römer von Trüllen (there are several places with this name).

I have to correct myself: Trüllen is not a community - Melchior Römer was a merchant and as such a member of the guild "Zur Safran" and lived zur "Trüllen" - a house in the region of Seidenhöfe.

Carl Keller-Escher:«Promptuarium genealogicum» Band 6 / Seite 531