CRESCENCIA STIMMLER (née SOHN)

Born: May 21, 1840   Altwiesloch, Rhein-Neckar Kreis (Heidelberg), Germany
Died: February 20, 1918   Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota
Buried: February 22, 1918   St. Mary's Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota

Parents:
 
 
Marriage:
 
 
 
 
 
Occupation:
Johann Sohn
Gertrude Brib
 
Franz Anton "Anthony" John Stimmler
August 21, 1865
St. Mary's Church
Manayunk, Pennsylvania
By Rev. Father Gunder

Mother and housewife
Crescencia Stimmler (née Sohn)
Children: Johann W. June 19, 1866 † Jan. 19, 1871
  Franciska G. Feb. 10, 1868 † Jan. 15, 1871
  Bertha Gertrude Mar. 8, 1869 † Mar. 10, 1950
  Sophia Theresa Aug. 27, 1870 † Oct. 14, 1955
  Anthony Valentine Apr. 16, 1872 † Apr. 17, 1936
  John Maxmillian Nov. 29, 1874 † May 21, 1959
  George Aloysius Aug. 14, 1876 † July 27, 1927
  Anna Maria "Mary" Jan. 2, 1878 † Dec. 8, 1951
  William Paul Jan. 13, 1880 † June 9, 1944
  Daniel Nicholas Feb. 10, 1882 † Nov. 7, 1962
  Anna Crescentia Dec. 10, 1884 † Feb. 21, 1961
       
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Crescentia was born round about midnight at Altwiesloch and baptised according to the Christian faith in the Unter church on Sunday afternoon at two o'clock. Her godfather was Anton Rieger and godmother was Crescentia Laeng, both from Wiessloch. Also in attendance was Jacob Berg, a local teacher.
 
Crescentia's mother was Evangelical (Protestant) and died in Germany. She had a stepmother. Crescentia came to America in 1852 when she was 12 years old.
 
In 1880 Anton and Crescentia were living on a rented farm in Clear Lake, Sherburne County, with their seven children. By 1900 Anton and Crescentia were living in Minneapolis with two of their children -- Mary, a seamstress, and Anna, a "tobacco stripper." Two of their sons, George L. and Daniel, were hardware merchants in Clear Lake, and "among the successful men in Sherburne County" according to the "Compendium of History and Biography," written in 1905.
 
The family farm at Clearlake consisted of 400 acres of land on Section 16 of Clear Lake. This property had an eight-room brick residence, and a barn 46 by 60 feet with a 50-foot gable.
 
On April 28, 1910, Crescentia was widowed, 69 years old and living with her youngest daughter Annie, her husband George and their two young sons in Robbinsdale Village, Hennepin, Minnesota. She stated that she had her own income. Her son-in-law George was working as the manager of a wholesale house [Source: 1910 U.S. Census, Robbinsdale, Hennepin, Minnesota; Roll T624_699, Page 7B, Enumeration District 5].
 
Crescentia passed away from chronic heart disease at the home of her daughter, Mary Stimmler McDonald, at 2107 Lyndale North, Minneapolis. She is buried next to her in St. Mary's Cemetery, in Minneapolis, Hennipen County, Minnesota. Crescentia was 77 years and 9 months old.

Ancestry: The Stimmler/Stimler Line [through marriage]
   

Anthony J. and Crescence (Sohn) Stimmler, charcoal drawing by their granddaughter, Marie Dingmann.
Anthony J. and Crescence (Sohn) Stimmler
charcoal drawing by their granddaughter, Marie (Stimmler) Dingmann

Comment on above photograph:
"THIS IS A DIGITAL PHOTO TAKEN OF THE 15" X 20" PICTURE OF ANTHONY J. & CRESCENCE (SOHN) STIMMLER WHICH HANGS ON MY OFFICE WALL. I REMEMBER UNCLE GEORGE DINGMANN TAKING A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE PICTURE IN THE EARLY 1930'S. I THINK THE PICTURE WAS DONE IN CHARCOAL BY MY MOTHER MARIE DINGMANN DURING THE TIME (3 SUMMERS) SHE SPENT AT THE CHICAGO ART INSTITUTE. I THINK THE CHARCOAL WAS APPLIED OVER A PHOTOGRAPH. ANTHONY DIED IN 1906 SO I WOULD GUESS THE PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN IN THE LATE 1890'S. MOTHER SAID THAT HER GRANDMOTHER NEVER WENT OUT IN PUBLIC WITHOUT HER HAT." -- e-mail from Robert R. Mullally dated April 19, 2004.
Baptismal Record of Crescentia Sohn, Alt Wiesloch, Germany

Travelling in Steerage, 19th Century

Reise im Zwischendeck, 19. Jahrhundert

Some Pictures to Illustrate the Situation of Emigrants in the 19th Century

Einige Bilder zur Situation der Auswanderung im 19. Jahrhundert

Who are Wanted in Minnesota, June 21, 1851

Wer wird, in Minnesota gebraucht? 21. Juni 1851

1870 Minnesota Census, Laketown in Carver County, June 17, 1870

Grave of Johann Stimmler,
Johann W. and Franciska G. Stimmler

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

Franz Anton and Crescentia Stimmler and their Family

F. Anthony Stimmler Farm, Clear Lake MN

Plat Map of Laketown Town Road, Hennepin Co., MN

Detail of Plat Map of Lake Town, MN [showing Stimmler and Schaaf properties]

Detail of Plat Map of Lake Town, MN [showing Stimmler and Kaufmann properties]

Map of Hennepin County Park, Maple Plain, MN [showing location of old Stimmler homestead]

Biographical Vignettes of Some Other Parish Founders

Anthony Stimmler Civil War Pension File (including Widow's Pension File)

Death Certificate of Crescence Stimmler

Obituary of Mrs. Crescence Stimmler

Home of Anton and Crescentia Stimmler

Stimmler McDonald Grave Marker, St. Mary's Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota
Stimmler McDonald Grave Marker

Crescencia Stimmler (née Sohn) Gravestone
St. Mary's Cemetery
Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota
Photograph courtesy of C. Casey © 2011
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Last modified: September 17, 2012
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