When Johannes Schild was born in May 1788, in Wiler, Sigriswil, Bern, Switzerland, his father, Melchior Schild, was 37 and his mother, Magdalena Mueller Schild, was 29. He married Barbara Sooder on 17 February 1815, in Brienz, Bern, Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 24 November 1823, in Brienz, Bern, Switzerland, at the age of 35.