Oberbuchsiten SO - Death - 1833 - Studer&Schweitzer - in Naples

SwaniJo

Hello good people,

I'm new to this group and looking forward to sharing many geneaological adventures with you all and I hope to meet some of you with family connections. The last couple of months I've been learning to read the latin passages in old Swiss church records and I feel I'm doing pretty good so far however, I ran into the death record below dated 14 December 1833 and wondered if someone could review my translation below and offer your expertise.

This struck me as interesting because it is a death record from 1833 that's entered into the Church death register around mid 1835. Also interesting is the fact that Philippus Studer, his family was from Oberbuchsiten SO, was living in and possibly died in Naples, Italy.

My Transcription: The honerable Philippus Studer son of Francisi and Mariae Ursulae Schweitzer of Oensingen born 20 May 1812 baptised by his parents in Oensingen, "died in Naples"? Maybe he was a "Council administrator"? from 1 January 1834 to 1 August 1835.

WSeelentag

My Latin is a bit rusted (60 years ago) but I'll give it a try - both with a transcription and interpretation.

NB Superius / 1833 Decembris 14

H[onestus] Juv[enis] Philippus Studer filius Francisci et Mariae Ursulae Schwizer ex Oesnsingen, natus 20 Maji 1812 Oensingen bapt[isatus] ut poti parentibus ibidem habitantibus, miles neapolitanus Neapoli obiisse dictus testimonio Consilii administratorii de 1 Januarii 1834 accepto die 1ma Augusti 1835.

Nihil memoratus un Sacramenti murituus sit.

The honourable young man Philipps Studer, son of Franciscus and Maria Ursula Schwizer, born 20 May 1812 in Oensingen and baptised there, as were as his parents, also living there. He died as mercenary in neapolitan service in Naples and was declared death by the Council administration on 01 Jan 1834, and accepted (confirmed) on 01 Aug 1835.

So Philippus Studer died during military serve in Naples (see https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schweizer_Truppen_in_neapolitanischen_Diensten) on 14 Dec 1833, was declared death on 01 Jan 1834 - but this was confirmed as late as 01 Aug 1835 … an then reported home and noted in the death register.

BTW - we had another discussion on Oberbuchsiten records recently: were you the one (indirectly) behind it?

WSeelentag

Studer is a fairly common name in the region - citizens (amongst other places) of both Oensingen and Oberbuchsiten..

You write "I hope to meet some of you with family connections." … On https://www.geneal-forum.com/phpbb/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=11396 someone had asked (some time ago) about a Peter Studer born 1818 in Oberbuchsiten. You are welcome to post info about your connection to this family to this thread. Registration is free and without any obligation.

SwaniJo

Dear Wseelentag,

I'm very grateful for your assitance per the transcription and translation you provided above. This is very interesting and exciting information about Phillip. Also, thanks for linking the wikipedia page for more information. I see that my attempt at translating the text wasn't as close as I had hoped.. so I will continue practicing.

The discussion on various cross symbols found in Oberbuchsiten baptism records was indeed posted by a very kind lady who has been helping me access Swiss records. She also introduced me to this forum.

Yes, my surname is quite common in the Canton Solothurn and the Peter Studer b: 1818 mentioned in the forum post you linked is a half brother to the Swiss immigrant from which my family line decends. Both my GGGGrandfather Urs Joseph and his half brother Peter Dominik immigrated to the USA in the 1800's. The tendancy to migrate must be in our blood because I moved to the Netherlands 26 years ago.

Thanks again.

WSeelentag

It is nice to see that Geneal-Forum actually led to some connection 😊. How about posting your information as "answer" to the existing post? Registration is free and without obligation - and English is fine.

Re emigration: this is not a feature or just your relatives. There were several famines in Switzerland during the 19th century. As a consequence, Switzerland was an emigration country, not immigration as today.