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Madlena or Magdalena Knutti

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  • Name Madlena or Magdalena Knutti 
    Born of Zwischenflüh, Diemtigen, Bern, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christened 4 Nov 1621  Diemtigen, Bern, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Person ID I2006  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Father Michael Knutti,   b. Abt 1590, of, , Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Margaretta? 
    Married Bef 1618  of, , Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1228  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Hans Wampfler,   c. 10 Nov 1616, Diemtigen, Bern, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1714, of Zwischenflüh, Diemtigen, Bern, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 97 years) 
    Married 15 Oct 1647  Diemtigen, Bern, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Peter Wampfler,   c. 18/18 Feb 1648/9, Diemtigen, Bern, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 5/05 Feb 1724/5, Diemtigen, Bern, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 76 years)
     2. Hans Wampfler,   c. 7 Jul 1651, Diemtigen, Bern, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 7 Oct 1660, of Zwischenflüh, Diemtigen, Bern, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 9 years)
     3. Christian or Christen Wampfler,   c. 3 Dec 1654, Diemtigen, Bern, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 29/29 Jan 1714/5, Sparsbach, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 60 years)
     4. Johannes Hans Wampfler,   c. 7 Oct 1660, Diemtigen, Bern, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Anna Wampfler,   c. 29 Jul 1666, Diemtigen, Bern, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F774  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • 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.