Madlena or Magdalena Knutti

1621 -

• Name	Madlena or Magdalena Knutti
  Birth	of Zwischenflüh, Diemtigen, Bern, Switzerland
  Christening	4 Nov 1621	Diemtigen, Bern, Switzerland
  Gender	Female
  Person ID	I2006	Petersen-de Lanskoy
  Last Modified	21 Jun 2026

  
  

  Father	Michael Knutti,   b. Abt 1590, of, , Switzerland
  Mother	Margaretta?
  Marriage	Bef 1618	of, , Switzerland
  Family ID	F1258	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hans Wampfler,   c. 10 Nov 1616, Diemtigen, Bern, Switzerland d. Bef 1714, of Zwischenflüh, Diemtigen, Bern, Switzerland (Age ~ 97 years)
  Marriage	15 Oct 1647	Diemtigen, Bern, Switzerland
  Children	1. Peter Wampfler,   c. 18 FEB/FEB 1648/1649, Diemtigen, Bern, Switzerland bur. 5 FEB/FEB 1724/1725, Diemtigen, Bern, Switzerland (Age ~ 75 years)   2. Hans Wampfler,   c. 7 Jul 1651, Diemtigen, Bern, Switzerland d. Bef 7 Oct 1660, of Zwischenflüh, Diemtigen, Bern, Switzerland (Age ~ 9 years)   3. Christian or Christen Wampfler,   c. 3 Dec 1654, Diemtigen, Bern, Switzerland d. Bef 29 JAN/JAN 1714/1715, Sparsbach, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France (Age ~ 60 years)   4. Johannes Hans Wampfler,   c. 7 Oct 1660, Diemtigen, Bern, Switzerland bur. 24 Oct 1750, Diemtigen, Bern, Switzerland (Age ~ 90 years)   5. Anna Wampfler,   c. 29 Jul 1666, Diemtigen, Bern, Switzerland
  Family ID	F785	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Jun 2026

  
  

• Notes

  RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Also known as Magdalena. 2. Book, "Wampler Family History 1500s - 1700s," by Fred B. Wampler, Ph.D., pp. 29-51 provides copies and detailed discussion of various mortgages contracted in the late 1600's by Hans Wampler and his sons with the Diemtigen Church funds which acted as a local bank. Using these mortgages, one can prove that Hans did in fact have three sons: Peter, Hans, and Christian. Several of the mortgages were redeemed in 1720 by Jacob Klossner and his sister Barbara Klossner - there was a Barbara Klossner who married the son Hans Wampfler. The Swiss named every piece of land and these names still survive - using these mortgages one can locate Schuopis, Geisegg, and Meniggrund. Specifically we learn the family home was on the Geisegg in Oeyen which is in Zwischenflüh and can be walked today. (The book contains a photo of this piece of land in a panoramic view of the large alpine valley.) The book has recreated some plot maps and there appears as adjoining neighbors: Christen Knutti, Peter Klossner's hiers, Hans Herren, Peter Knutti, and Niclaus Klossner - all related surnames even though the book does not provide any relationships. 3. Book, "Wampler Family History 1500s - 1700s," by Fred B. Wampler, Ph.D., pp. 54-55 contains an enumeration of the various clans holding citizenship rights in Diemtigen and how many children of each appear in the local christening registers covering the time periods 1659-1712 and 1713-1766 as well as how many appear in the death register 1713-1766. The enumeration was in the back of the local church records book "Diemtigen Taufrodel, 1713-1766. Of the 49 family names, the following have interest: Herren: 32-2-23. Klossner: 61-94-51. Knutti: 58-61-56. Wampfler: 9-16-9. 4. FHL film 1638364, it. 16, newsletter "Wampler Ancestors & Descendants in America," by Barbara S. Wampler, v. 5 (1979), "Bern, Diemtagen, Switzerland Wampflers," copied by Dorothy Hamm and sorted into families by editor: "Hans Wampgler married 1647 Magdalena Knutti, born Nov. 4, 1621, dau. of Michael and Margaretta Knutti. (Their children, not in order): Peter born Feb. 18, 1649. Hans born July 2, 1651. Christian born Dec. 3, 1654. Johannes born Oct. 7, 1660. Anna born July 29, 1666." SOURCES_MISC: 1. Book, "Wampler Family History 1500s - 1700s," by Fred B. Wampler, Ph.D.