BERTHA GERTRUDE DINGMANN
(née STIMMLER)

Born: March 8, 1869   Victoria, Carver County, Minnesota
Died: March 10, 1950   Clear Lake, Minnesota
Buried: St. Marcus Cemetery    Clear Lake, Minnesota


Parents:
 
 
Marriage:
 
 
 
 
Franz Anton Stimmler
Crescentia Sohn
 
John Henry Dingmann
May 14, 1889
Farming, Dakota, Minnesota
by her uncle, Father Valentine Stimmler
 
Bertha Gertrude Stimmler.
Children: Crescentia Maria Mar. 24, 1890 † Nov. 4, 1962
  John Anthony June 7, 1891 † Aug. 1, 1954
  Gertrude Sophie Oct. 11, 1892 † Feb. 22, 1923
  Mary Theresia Nov. 6, 1894 † Jan. 6, 1988
  William Maxwell Nov. 26, 1896 † Sept. 2, 1979
  Adolph Henry Sept. 13, 1898 † June 8, 1979
  Marcus Jerome May 28, 1900 † Feb. 13, 1989
  Aloysius Theodore June 21, 1901 † Dec. 27, 1974
  Minrot Paul Mar. 26, 1903 † Aug. 20, 1988
  Sylvester Louis July 4, 1905 † Sept. 20, 1964
  Francis Edward Mar. 1, 1907 † Nov. 25, 1974
  Carl George Aug. 16, 1908 † Oct. 4, 1993
  Robert Joseph Mar. 11, 1910 † Apr. 9, 1988
  Ralph Benjamin May 26, 1911 † Oct. 12, 1972
       
Notes:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
In the United States Census for 1900, Joseph Leander Kampa and Bertha's brother Paul Stimmler are both listed as boarders in the Dingmann household.
 
At the time of the April 2, 1930 census, Bertha was 61 years old and living with her husband John and sons Jerome, Robert and Ralph in their own home valued at $5,000 (approx. $50,000 in 2001 dollars) on Market St. in Clear Lake village. The family owned a radio. Bertha stated that she was born in Minnesota, her father was born in Germany in Alsace-Lorraine, and her mother in Germany in Baden. She said she was married when she was 21 and John was 26 years old. Her husband was the proprietor of a retail hardware store at which son Ralph worked as a helper. Son Jerome was a mail carrier on a rural route.
 
Ancestry: The Stimmler/Stimler Line
   
1870 Minnesota Census, Laketown in Carver County, June 17, 1870

1880 Minnesota Census, Clear Lake in Sherburne County, June 1880

Franz Anton and Crescentia Stimler and their Family, 1889

Kaufmann Family Farm, about 1900

F. Anthony Stimmler Farm, Clear Lake MN

Letter from John Wolf to Bertha Stimmler Dingmann relating his trip to Wilwisheim, dated March 20, 1926

Family Photographs from Delores Bartek (née Stimler)'s Album

Photos taken about 1937 at Bertha Dingmann's place at Clear Lake, Minnesota

Funeral, April 18, 1938

John Dingmann, Sr. and his eleven sons.
John Dingmann and his eleven sons in 1930
Left to right: John Sr., Adolph, William, John Jr., Al, Robert, Jerome, Paul, Ralph, Francis, Carl and Sylvester

Stimler Family Crest      Kampa Family Crest
Last modified: December 10, 2009
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