Verena Schaad 1706-

 

 When Verena Schaad was born in January 1706, in Niederbipp, Bern, Switzerland, her father, Urs Schad, was 28 and her mother, Elsbeht An der Egg, was 24. She married Barthlome Gygax in July 1723, in Aarwangen, Bern, Switzerland.

The children of Verena Schaad and Barthlome Gygax include:

Urs Gygax 1725- no more information has been found

Bartholome Gygax 1729-1730 (infant)

Bartlome Gygax 1732-1734 (infant)

*Barthlome Gygax 1734-

Elsbeth Gygax 1738-1767 She married Ulrich Freüdiger 13 Aug 1762 in Niederbipp.  They had two children Johannes (1763-1763) and Anna Maria (1765-1765

Fridrich Gygax 1747- no more information has been found

My direct line descendents include:

Barthlome Gygax and Verena Schaad, 6Great

.....Barthlome Gygax and Verena Magdalena Rueff, 5Great

..........Samuel Gygax anbd Anna Barbara Friedli, 4Great

...............Samuel Gygax and Anna ZurLinden, 3Great

....................Anna Gygax and Johannes Andres Huber, 2Great

.........................Anna Maria Elizabeth Huber and John George Hafen, Great Grandparents

..............................Eliza Anna Hafen and Edmund Gubler, Grand parents

..................................Edna Gubler and Ivin Elmer Hunt

.......................................Allyson Hunt Wood

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"Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:68VP-BL3H : Sat Mar 09 21:23:29 UTC 2024), Entry for Verena and Durs Schad, 24 Jan 1706.  Image 126 of 551 of Aarwangen Christenings

Verena Schaad was christening 24 Jan 1706, recorded in Aarwangen but shows them living in Schwarzhäusern.

She is the daughter of Durs Schad and Elssbeht an der Egg.  Witnesses to the christening were:  Jacob Obrist, Verena Sagister, and Anna Leinhardt.

Screen clipping from search.ch

 

 

Schwarzhäusern is just across the river from Aarwangen and because they do not have their own church they went in to Schwarzhausern for church.  As I drove through the village quickly it seemed to be very small - nothing like the houses on the map. In 2020 they had 533 residents but in 1764 there were 156.  It was originally known as Rufshausen in 1100 A.D.  By 1677 it had changed its name. Agriculture is the leading industry and cottage weaving (weaving from home for sale) supplemented their incomes.

Photo by Dietrich Michael Weidmann -