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Barbara Stauffer (17th c.)

? – ?, married at Eggiwil 15 May 1663

Christopher’s 8th great-grandmother · ancestor no. 1537 · generation 11
Evidence: identity documented

Family

Life and evidence

Marriage found in the original register (2026-10-31)

Eggiwil marriages (K Eggiwil 17, Eherodel 1648–1800), image 7, 15 May 1663: “Ulli Ramseyer und Barbli Stauffer”. The same couple, “Ulli Ramseyer und Barbli Stauffer”, had Christen baptized at Eggiwil on 26 May 1672 (K Eggiwil 1, p. 148).

On 25 Sept 1663 a Peter Ramseyer married Elsbeth Stauffer in the same parish: possibly a brother marrying a sister (unproven). A later “Ulli Ramseyer und Elsbeth Stauffer” marriage (1693) may be a second marriage of Ulli after Barbli’s death, or another man.
Link to Hans (1594) still unproven: a marriage in 1663 fits a birth about 1635–40, but the Signau baptism register has a gap from 1618 to 1650, so Ulrich’s own baptism cannot be checked there.

Wife in Staker’s early Ramseyer chain (compiled lead, uncited).

Six children baptized at Eggiwil, 1664–1679

Anna (1664), Elsbeth (1668), Ulli (1669), Christen (1672), Hans (1675), Barbara (1679), at the farm Diepoldsbühl. See Ulrich Ramseyer + Barbara Stauffer (m. unknown).

Sources

Candidate relative: Uli Stauffer of Eggiwil, 1653 — added 2026-10-31 by Claude

One of the twelve Bernese ringleaders of the 1653 Peasants’ War who escaped abroad was “Uli Staufer, von Eggiwyl, im Amte Signau” (Vock 1831, pp. 411–412). Barbara married at Eggiwil ten years later. Same surname and parish only; no record links them. The rebels’ property inventories (Staatsarchiv Bern A IV 187–188; transcription DQ 805) are the place to test it. See 1528, 1653 and the Anabaptist files - family-name matches.

Narratives and research

Research log

  • 2026-10-31: Marriage found in the original register (2026-10-31): Eggiwil marriages (K Eggiwil 17, Eherodel 1648–1800), image 7, 15 May 1663: ‘Ulli Ramseyer und Barbli Stauffer’. The same couple, ‘Ulli Ramseyer und Barbli Stauffer’, had
  • 2026-10-31: Candidate relative: Uli Stauffer of Eggiwil, 1653: One of the twelve Bernese ringleaders of the 1653 Peasants’ War who escaped abroad was ‘Uli Staufer, von Eggiwyl, im Amte Signau’ (Vock 1831, pp. 411–412). Barbara marrie
  • 2026-10-31 (from 1528, 1653 and the Anabaptist files - family-name matches): Uli Stauffer of Eggiwil was one of twelve Bernese ringleaders who escaped arrest and fled abroad (Vock 1831, pp. 411–412). Ten years later, on 15 May 1663, Barbara Stauffer (17th c.) married Ulrich Ramseyer at Eggiwil. Candidate r
  • 2026-10-31 (from How far back each line goes): 11 | Ulrich Ramseyer (17th c.) × Barbara Stauffer (17th c.) | married Eggiwil 15 May 1663 | ⚠ compiled lead: the weakest link. Signau baptisms are missing for 1618–1650 |

Record compiled 31 October 2026.

About this research

Supporting documentation is linked throughout. This project is an exercise in AI-assisted research and development, and I haven’t manually verified every link or conclusion. All transcriptions and translations of Swiss parish records were made with AI, and their accuracy should be treated accordingly.

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