When Magdalena Huber was born on 12 September 1691, in Neftenbach, Zürich, Switzerland, her father, Hans Jacob Huber, was 32 and her mother, Anna Verena Schurter, was 28. She married Hans Caspar Ammann on 31 October 1719, in Kurzdorf, Frauenfeld, Thurgau, Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 29 October 1747, in Weingarten, Friltschen, Thurgau, Switzerland, at the age of 56.