Chris & Julie Petersen's Genealogy

Christian or Christen Wampfler

Male 1654 - Bef 1715  (~ 60 years)


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  • Name Christian or Christen Wampfler 
    Born Zwischenflüh, Diemtigen, Bern, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christened 3 Dec 1654  Diemtigen, Bern, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died Bef 29/29 Jan 1714/5  Sparsbach, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2004  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Father 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) 
    Mother Madlena or Magdalena Knutti,   c. 4 Nov 1621, Diemtigen, Bern, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 15 Oct 1647  Diemtigen, Bern, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F774  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mrs. Christian Wampfler,   d. Bef 1715, of Sparsbach, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married Abt 1684  of Sparsbach, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Johann Christian Wampfler,   b. Abt 1685, of Sparsbach, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1763, of, York, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 79 years)
     2. Anna Magdalena or Madlen Wampfler,   b. 1692, Sparsbach, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Jun 1725, Keskastel, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 33 years)
     3. Johannes or Hans Wampfler,   b. Feb 1695/6, Sparsbach, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Mar 1776, Herbitzheim, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 80 years)
     4. Hans Peter Wampfler,   b. 1701, Sparsbach, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Apr 1749, Lebanon Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 48 years)
     5. Johann or Hans Michael Wampfler,   b. From 1702 to 1703, Sparsbach, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Dec 1760, Sparsbach, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 58 years)
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F780  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. Book, "Wampler Family History 1500s - 1700s," by Fred B. Wampler, Ph.D., p. 4 discusses the Diemtigal (Diemtig Valley). Diemtigtal consists of several places: Diemtigen, Wampflen, Zwischenflüh - each of which are within walking distance of the other. The church that served these hamlets was at Diemtigen (the old church our ancestors attended was in the exact same location as the new church of which the book contains a photo.) For the earliest eras that we have written records, Zwischenflüh was the principal home of our Wampfler ancestors. The church records of Diemtigen which church included all of Diemtigtal.

      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. Book, "Wampler Family History 1500s - 1700s," by Fred B. Wampler, Ph.D., pp. 56-57 contains the following geographical information on Alsace: "No place in Europe has been subjected to more boundary changes than Alsace (in German this region is called Elsass). Today Alsace is part of France. It has changed hands between Germany and France many times. The culture of Alsace is German. Although it is part of France today, German is stll spoken freely in the smaller villages ... Alsace consists of the departments [states] of Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin ... It is the department of Bas-Rhin [Low Rhine] that will be of particular interest to us ... [The book includes maps.] ...the distance between Keskastel to Hinsingen is about 2 miles. The French government has changed some of the German sounding village names to something that is easier to pronounce in French. The only name change that will concern us is Altweler. Today this village is called Altwiller. After wars between Germany (or, to be more exact, what was to become part of unified Germany) and France, boundaries in Alsace were often ill-defined. It is more meaningful to speak of our ancestors as being Alsatian, rather than German or French. To state that they were French is misleading, because their culture and language were German. To state that they were German is not in accord with the present boundaries of Germany. Please note that Alsace does border on the German states of Rheinland-Pfalz (Rhineland-Palitinate) and Saarland. Thousands of Swiss emigrated into the Rheinland (including Alsace) following the Thirty Years War (1618-1638). Most of this movement took place in the last half of the 1600's. Among these immigrants was Christian Wampfler of Diemtigtal, Zwischenflüh, Switzerland who was to settle in Sparsbach, Alsace." [Note: the villages of Keskatel, Hinsingen, Altwiller, Zollingen, and Diedendorf all appear to be within a 4-5 mile radius of Altwiller; however, this whole grouping of villages appear to be 20 or so miles west of Sparsbach and about 8 miles southwest of Herbitzheim.] The book contains photos of Sparsbach, Keskastel, Herbitzheim, and Hinsingen (home of Hans Peter Wampfler) as they appeared in the 1980's. Much of these villages have remained unchanged over the last several centuries.

      5. The book, FHL 929.273 w181wf, "A Wampler Family History," by Roy H. Wampler, Chevy Chase, MD, 1999, relying on Fred Wampler's work notes on p. 5: "Fred Wampler found documents (mortgages and records of the 'Anzugsgeld.' or departure tax) related to Christian Wampfler's emigration from Bern Canton. Once the Bernese government was satisfied that an emigrant had been accepted elsewhere and was still an adherent of the Reformed religion, he was allowed to liquidate his Bernese assets and remove them from Bern Canton, provided that a 10 percent departure tax was paid."

      6. 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."

      CHRISTENING:
      1. Book, "Wampler Family History 1500s - 1700s," by Fred B. Wampler, Ph.D., pp. 26-27 has the following translation of the christening record from "Diemtigen Taufrodel 1613-1659" (Church Records of Diemtigen, Bern Canton, Switzerland): "1654, 3 December, a child christened named Christen, parents are Hans Wampfler and Madlena Knutti. Witnesses: Anna Clossner (Klossner), Jacob Widmer, Petter Agistein - Enetchirell (= Peter's place of residence)."

      DEATH:
      1. Death mentioned in book, "Wampler Family History 1500s - 1700s," by Fred B. Wampler, Ph.D., p. 63, Marriage Records for Diedendorf in Alsace: "1715, On May 14 were joined together (in holy matrimony) Johann Christian Wampfler, linen weaver of Sparsbach leg. son of the deceased Christian Wampfler former citizen of the same place (and) the maiden Anna: legitimate daughter of Jacob Trittten seigneurial servant at Herbitzheim."

      2. Book, "Wampler Family History 1500s - 1700s," by Fred B. Wampler, Ph.D., p. 61 has the following record extract from the Staatsarchiv in Bern, Switzerland from "Wimmis Amtsrechnung, March 1716 - March 1717" giving the 4 heirs (children) of Christian Wampfler who had reached the age of majority (14) and who were receiving part of their deceased father's assets that had not previously been converted to capital and moved out of Switzerland: "The 5th of February 1716 District Treasurer Mani paid in the name of Hans Peter Wampfler, surviving son of a citizen and district subject, living in Sparbach, and for his brother Christian, married and living at Herzheim in the Nassauw Saarbrüggishen territory; additionally, for a single brother Hans, plus their sister Madlen living in Castel, married to Samuel Methauwer in the above county. Together 12 Kronen." According to the book, the following spelling corrections need to be made from that record:
      Sparbach = Sparsbach.
      Hertzheim = Herbitzheim.
      Castel = Keskastel.
      Madlen is equivalent to Magdalena.
      Mathauwer = Mettauer.
      Hans, Johannes, and Johann were often used interchangeably.

      SOURCES_MISC:
      1. Book, "Wampler Family History 1500s - 1700s," by Fred B. Wampler, Ph.D.

      2. Rootsweb.com Worldconnect database ":480580" 22 Feb 2003.

      3. The book, FHL 929.273 w181wf, "A Wampler Family History," by Roy H. Wampler, Chevy Chase, MD, 1999.