Huser family
Swiss Yenish musical family from the 18th-21st centuries
The Huser family is a Yenish musical family from Switzerland, first mentioned in historical records in 1737 in the canton of Obwalden. The family became Swiss citizens of Magliaso in the 19th century and achieved prominence in the 20th century as folk musicians, particularly through the musical group known as the Wandervögel and later as the Huserbuebe. The family's history illustrates the challenges faced by Yenish people in obtaining citizenship and the persecution they endured during the 20th century.
Early history and citizenship struggles
The Huser family's documented history begins with Josef Ludwig Remigius Huser (1757-1836), who was baptized in 1757 in Stans. His baptismal certificate bore the notation "vagi" (vagabond), indicating he was the son of parents without fixed residence. His father, Franz Josef Eustachius Huser (1737-1799), obtained provisional residence permission in Stans in 1799, which Nidwalden revoked in 1803 following the dissolution of the Helvetic Republic.
Josef Ludwig Remigius Huser, his second wife Elisabeth née Dietrich (1787-1868), and their descendants worked as itinerant pottery merchants, traveling between Piedmont, Lombardy, France, Aargau, and the canton of Zürich. Like other Yenish families, they married in Catholic communities that permitted unions without requiring proof of origin, circumventing marriage impediments. In 1836, the couple's eldest son, Josef Leodegar Huser (born 1813 or 1816), married Anna Maria Kiwiler (born 1813) in Magliaso.
Josef Leodegar Huser persistently sought citizenship rights in the cantons of Obwalden and Nidwalden.
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