We know very little of Anna’s young life, but we know that she and her family remained close through the years. The children each grew to adulthood, which was a rare occurrence in this day and age. The oldest child Anna Maria passed away at the young age of 25, before any of the other children had married and left home. The family lived in Schwarzhaüsen most, if not all, of Anna’s early years.

While all of the children’s christenings are found in Aarwangen, some of Anna’s siblings are shown to be in Neiderbipp. Samuel, his wife Anna and their children remained close to their extended family as well. Schwarzhaüsern, although it is closer to Aarwangen, (about 1 ½ km), it is only about 5 ½ km from Neiderbipp.

Anna fell in love with a young man by the name of Johann Andreas Huber, of Biel.  He was born just one year before Anna on 23 Apr 1835 in Buch-Uesslingen, Thurgau and he later moved to Hüttwiler, Thurgau.   Eventually he moved to Biel, Bern Canton on the north eastern shores of Lake Biel.  Somehow their paths crossed, they dated and fell in love.  They were married in the Evangelical Church of Aarwangen on March 22, 1862 when Anna was 26 and Andreas was almost 27 years old.