71. Treuthardt, Jakob II and Margaritha Zumstein

Husband:  Jakob II Treuthardt
Wife:        Margaritha Zumstein

Jakob II and Margaritha were Friedrich's parents.
They are my great-great-grandparents.

Grandparents of Jakob II were the [Kirchmeyer] Bartolome and wife Katharina (Tritten) Treuthardt (see posts #35, 46).   Parents of Jakob II were [Carpenter and Musikant] Jakob I and Barbara Treuthardt (see posts #43, 44, 45).    Jakob II was born at Zweisimmen in 1801, and his parents moved to Thun.

The whole unknown story of why, when and how Jakob II moved to the Canton of Vaud has already been imagined and examined (see posts #58, 59, 69).  

In 1828, when Jakob II was 27 years old, and Margaritha was 22 years old, they were married at Lausanne, Vaud Canton.    Margaritha's parents were Andreas Zumstein and Anna Glauser.  I am guessing that Margaritha was a newcomer to the Canton of Vaud, as her family seems to have come from the area of Brienz, Switzerland (that is a subject for further research). 

Jakob II and Margaritha settled at Echandens, north of Lausanne, where three children were born to them, Louise, Charles, and Friedrich (the last child, who was born in 1834).


Note:  In previous research I had discovered the name "Zum Stein," written as two words.    However, this is incorrect, according to my Swiss resource, Ulrich Bretscher, and the Switzerland telephone directory.   Ulrich reported to me on September 25 that he "consulted the Swiss telephone register and found 972 Zumstein entries and zero Zum Steins."