When was Caspar born? According to FamilySearch he was born 7 February 1686. Armed with that information I searched for him in the 1733 census. A Casper Schneebeli born 1686 was found. But was he our relative?On my fourth time through the Census I found Caspar Schneebeli born 9 October 1679 and Margaretha Stierli born 1684. Bingo. They had a child named Anna Schneebeli born 17 March 1720. That made complete sense. I have discarded the 1686 birth date in favor of the information provided in the 1733 Census. The couple married 12 January 1706 in Ottenbach. Pastor Johann Heinrich Zwingli performed the marriage in the Ottenbach Kirche. Casper lived 68 years 3 months 14 days. The name Schneebeli is found in the in Affoltern am Albis (not Affoltern proper) Zürich, Switzerland.
To pronounce Schneebeli you pronounce the initial e's as a long ē. (Sh-nē-belly)
Caspar married Margaretha Stierli 12 January 1706.
Caspar married Margaretha Stierli 12 January 1706.
Caspar and Margaretha Stierli's children:
1. Verena Schneebeli 1707–1707 died at birth
2.
Veronica Schneebeli
1709–1746 married Hans
Kaspar Sidler 16 November 1728 so she is not with Casper and Margaretha in the 1733 Church Census, had five
children including the famous Hans Rudolf
Sidler of Ottenbach.
3. Hans Schneebeli 1716–1716 died at birth
4. Anna Schneebeli 1720–1796 is found in the 1733
census below, Anna married a Rudolf Sidler who was a Feldschreiber or a Field
Recorder in Ottenbach. They had four children. Only one married. See record below:
How to pronounce Schneebeli (they use a long e)
Notes: On 25.09.1670 Veronica Häberling, daughter of Hans Heinrich Häberling zu Bickwil and Veronica Gut, later wife of Jacob Sidler, is baptized in Ottenbach:
Ottenbach-Baptism-1670-0925-Häberling-Veroneck.jpg
The witness is (master or miller?) Hans Heinrich Müller zu Rickenbach-Schneeweli. The addition refers to the Schneeweli/Schneebeli family - but is not mentioned as a place name in https://ortsnamen.ch/.
In the typescript of the Rickenbach mill near Ottenbach one finds:
1667 Hans Schneebeli marries in 2nd marriage Elsbeth Stolz of the pastor Max Stolz v. Affoltern.
Bill of sale January 2, 1668: Jagli Frey Müller zu Rickenbach has given Hans Schneebeli the miller there to buy the entire trade as described in the 42nd and 43rd sheets of this book. The total is 3783 fl sh (florins, shillings) Purchase price 6050 fl
Ottenbach-Mill-Rickenbach.jpg
So a Hans Schneewely bought this mill in 1668: is that why this surname was used as a place name? Was the witness Hans Heinrich Müller related to the seller Jagli Frey Müller? Or is “Müller” here not a family name at all (my guess), but the profession of Hans Heinrich (possible as a family name, but according to the family name book not in the canton of Zurich) and of Jagli Frey/Frei (citizen of Ottenbach since before 1800)?
Hans Caspar Schneebeli oo 1706 Margaretha Stierli
Schneebeli Hans Caspar, ≈ Ottenbach 09.11.1679, Sohn des Jakob Schneebeli und der Veronika Frick, ■ Ottenbach 23.01.1748
oo Ottenbach 12.01.1706
Stierli Margaretha, ≈ Ottenbach 27.07.1684
Kinder:
18.01.1707 Verena, + 1707
22.01.1709 Veronika, oo 1728 Hans Kaspar Sidler
nn.nn.1716 Hans, + 1716
17.03.1720 Anna, oo 1744 Rudolf Sidler
Documents related to Caspar Schneebeli:
ANNO 1679 den 9. 9bris
Hanß Caspar
E: Jogli Schneeweli / Vronica Frickin
Z: M(eiste)r Hanß Caspar Füßli, Pfister (baker) in Zürich / Adli (Adelheid) Buchmännin von Dachelßen (today Dachlissen?)
See Geneal-Forum.
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| Caspar Schneebeli birth 9 October 1679 film 8014328 page 232 first entry. His parents are Joyl Schneebeli and Veronica Freiberg. |
Hanß Caspar
E: Jogli Schneeweli / Vronica Frickin
Z: M(eiste)r Hanß Caspar Füßli, Pfister (baker) in Zürich / Adli (Adelheid) Buchmännin von Dachelßen (today Dachlissen?)
See Geneal-Forum.
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| Caspar Schneebeli b 1679 and Margaretha Stierli b 1684 marriage 12 January 1706 film 8014328 page 361 |
Ehe-Leüth 1706
Den 12. Jenner hielten Hochzeit (got married, two words)
Hans Caspar Schnebli
Margreth Stierli, beide von Ottenbach (both from Ottenbach)
Note: Thode says Jenner means January and Den means "The." So they married on "the 12th of January."
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Verena Schneebeli birth 18 January 1707 film 8014328 page 289 item 3 1708 Hans Caspar Schneebeli burial 17 Mar film 008014328 page 394 |
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| Veronica Schnebelli birth 22 Jan 1709 Ottenbach film 8014328 page 295 |
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| Anna Schneebeli birth 17 March 1720 film 8014328 page 314 |
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| Hegetschweiler and Sidler Temple Record by Julius Billeter pages 40 and 41, Rudolf Sidler b 1719 and Anna Schneebeli b 1720 |
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| Caspar Schneebeli and Margaretha Stierli in the 1733 Ottenbach Haushaltungsrodel E 88.13 film 8126955 page 464 entry 17  Kent: Cause of death was Hemiplegia or translated means Hemiplexia orparalysis on one side of the body
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