OUR SWISS MADARA / MADÖRI ANCESTORS
1545-1782
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Sebastian 'Bastian' Madöri (1545-1605) & Margreth Weibell (1545-1607)
​12th GGParents ​

The ancestors of Charles Franklin Madara can be traced back to our 12th Great-Grand-Father, Sebastian Madöri, who was born c. 1545 in the Basel Canton, Switzerland. The family line has been authenticated back to the year 1565, with the recorded marriage of Sebastian 'Bastian' Madöri and Margreth Weibell, on 13 February, in Sissach, and is proven by the marriage, baptismal and death records in the church registers of Sissach, as well as from the section books of the Province of Liestal, Switzerland. Sebastian & Margreth had 7 children over the next 13 years, living in Sissach all their lives, and dying there in 1605 and 1607, respectively. 

Madöri & Weibell Marriage - 1565

"Further back, in the middle of the 15th century before the Reformation, a Werli Madöri and twice a Clewe Madöri are mentioned in an old Almanac of Sissach, in which book the names, together with the sums, were registered, of those persons who gave donations to the Roman Catholic Church so that after the person's death, every year on the date of death, a Mass would be offered for the repose of that person's soul. Still a bit further back, on the 15th of September 1438, in the Register of the Province of Basel, a Hans Madöri is mentioned as a witness to a sale of property in Sissach."
(excerpt from The Medairy Family of Maryland, Pg 1)

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Sebastian 'Bashi' Madöri (1571-1640) & Anna Mundwyler (1581-1643)
11th GGParents

Bastian & Margreth's fourth child, Sebastian 'Bashi' Madöri, our 11th GGFather, was baptized on 9 Sep 1571, in Sissach, as recorded in the Evangelisch Church records at Sissach. Twenty-two years later, on 24 May 1593, Bashi married Anna Mundwylr from Itingen, a neighboring town of Sissach. During the next 13 years, Anna would give Bashi 6 children, all born in Itingen. They would live there until their deaths in 1640 and 1643.
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Sebastian Madöri Baptism 1571, Pg 1

Sebastian Madöri Baptism 1571, Pg 2

Madöri & Mundwylr Marriage 1593

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Jacob Madöri (1598-1658) & Elizabeth Ludin (1597-1657)
​10th GGParents

Our 10th GGFather, Jacob Madöri, was born in Itingen in 1598, and baptized in the Evangelisch Church in Sissach  on 21 May 1598, according to Church records. On 9 Oct 1620, Jacob married Elizabeth Ludin, who was born on 13 Dec 1597 in Ramlinsburg, a little town just over the mountain from Itingen. Jacob and Elizabeth would have 5 children in the next 18 years, living all their lives in Itingen, with Elizabeth dying on 13 Dec 1597, and Jacob just 5 months later, on 21 May 1598.

Jacob Madöri Baptism 1598, Pg 1

Jacob Madöri Baptism 1598, Pg 2

Madöri & Ludin Marriage 1620

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George Madöri (1602-1670) - 11th Great Uncle and brother of Jacob Madöri
Son of Sebastian Madöri & Anna Mundwyler - 11th Great GrandParents
(The first 3 paragraphs apply to our direct lineage)

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Martin Madöri (1630-1700) & Verena Schaubin (1630-1705)
9th GGParents

Jacob & Elizabeth's middle child, Martin Madöri, was born in Itingen in 1630, and baptized on 14 Feb 1630 at the Evangelisch Church in Sissach. The same year, Martin's future wife, Verena Schaubin, also born in Itingen in 1630, was baptized on 6 Jun/Jul. Twenty-two years later Martin & Verena married at the same family church on 13 Jan 1652. They had 8 children together during the next 18 years, and lived in Itingen until their deaths in 1700 and 1705. 

Martin Madöri Baptism 1630, Pg 1

Martin Madöri Baptism 1630, Pg 2

Madöri & Schaubin Marriage 1652

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Heinrich Madöri (1659-1749) & Barbara Bacher (1664-1740)
8th GGParents

Heinrich Madöri was the 4th of eight children born to Jacob & Elizabeth, in Itingen in1659, and baptized at the Evangelisch Church in Sissach on 30 Oct 1659. On 28 Sep 1685 Heinrich married Barbara Bacher, who was born in 1664 in Zunzgen, a neighboring town of Itingen and Sissach. During the next 20 years Heinrich & Barbara had 6 children, living in the Sissach region, and dying in 1749 and 1740, respectively.

Heinrich Madöri Baptism 1659, Pg 1

Heinrich Madöri Baptism 1659, Pg 2

Madori & Bacher Marriage 1686

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Martin Madöri (1688-1764) & Maria M Jauslin (1685-1752)
​7th GGParents

Martin Madöri was the second of six children born to Heinrich & Barbara in Zunzgen, and baptized in the Evangelisch Church in Sissach on 2 Jun 1688. At the age of 24, on 27 Jan 1710, Martin married Maria Jauslin, who was born in 1685 in Kanerkinden, just over the mountain from Zunzgen, where they settled and raised their family of 4 children. Maria died in 1752, and Martin 12 years later in 1764.

Martin Madöri Baptism 1688, Pg 1

Martin Madöri Baptism 1688, Pg 2

Madöri & Jauslin Marriage 1710

Martin Madöri Death 1764

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Niclaus Matheri Madöri (1720-1782) & Maria Elizabeth Wannemacher (1739-1815)
6th GGParents

Niclaus Matheri Madöri, our immigrant ancestor, was born in January of 1720 in Zunzgen, Basel Canton, Switzerland to Martin Madöri (1688-1764) and Maria M Jauslin (1685-1752). He married Elizabeth Trimmler in 1743. Elizabeth was born in Brombach, Switzerland in 1726. They immigrated to Philadelphia, arriving on 28 Sep 1749, aboard the ship ANN, with Captain Spurrier commanding. Accompanying them were their children Simon (1744-1809), Anna Maria (1746-1783), and Elizabeth (1748-1783).

They stayed only briefly in Philadelphia before settling in Reading. They had one more child together, Jacob (1750-1800) before Elizabeth (assumedly) passed away. Niclaus later married Maria Elizabeth Wannemacher (1739-1815, 6th GGMother), and together they had Casper (1755-1832), Michael (1756-1833), Christian (1757-1822, 5th GGFather), Nicholas (1763-1857) and Frederick (1779-1802) who were all born in Reading, PA. Of Niclaus' seven sons, four of them, Simon, Michael, Nicholas & Christian, served during the Revolutionary War. 

Niclaus and his family lived in Reading, in a house that he built on Duke Street, which is now called Seventh Street. The house sat on Lot 137, which is now the southeast corner of Seventh & Cherry Streets in Reading. Niclaus died on 15 Apr 1782 in Reading, PA and was buried in the Schwarzwald UCC Cemetery in Jacksonwald, Berks County, PA.

Nicolas Madöri Baptism 1721, Pg 1

Nicolas Madöri Baptism 1721, Pg 2

Niclaus Motheri (Nicholas Madery) listed on next page

Niclaus Motheri listed 2nd column, 4th name down

Nicolas Matheri Intestate Filing 1782

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​NICHOLAS MADERY from ZUNZGEN, SWITZERLAND
From: The Medairy Family of Maryland, 1565-1971
by Bernard John Medairy, Jr.

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Nicholas Madöri from Zunzgen, Switzerland, 1720-1782​ (6th GGFather)
Father of:
Christian Madery, 1757-1822 (5th GGFather)
Father of:
Christian Madara, 1781-1857 (4th GGFather)
Father of:
Michael Madara, 1801-1870 (3rd GGFather)
Father of:
Uriah Madara, 1829-1903 (2nd GGFather)
Father of:
Franklin Louis Madara, 1857-1934 (Great-Grandfather)
Father of:
Charles Franklin Madara, 1885-1974 (Grandfather)
Father of:
Joseph, Ralph, Elizabeth & Violet Madara (Parent)

Pictures of Zunzgen, Itingen, Sissach, Ramlinsburg and Kanerkinden, in Switzerland, taken by Robyn in April 2013.
​All are towns in which our Madara ancestors lived.