When Elsbeth Ruesch was born in 1688, in Sankt Margarethen, Münchwilen, Thurgau, Switzerland, her father, Jacob Ruesch, was 28 and her mother, Magdalena Kaestli, was 24. She married Anton Künzler on 7 November 1708, in Sankt Margrethen, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 6 October 1751, at the age of 63.