JOHANN "John" STIMMLER

Born: August 6, 1829    Wilwisheim, Rhin-Bas, Alsace-Lorraine, France
Died: December 13, 1906    Manayunk, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Buried: December 17, 1906    St. John the Baptist Cemetery, Manayunk, Pennslyvania

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Johann Stimmler
Mary Magdalene Schmitt

Mary McAlernan
St. John the Baptist Church
Manayunk, Pennsylvania
by Rev. David Mulholland, Pastor
April 21, 1853

Carpenter in his youth
Cigar seller
Industrial contractor in later years
Most of the textile mills along the Manayunk Canal of the Schuylkill River were built or remodeled by him, according to his church centennial book

Children:	Mary	July 1857	† 1931
	Catherina "Kate"	Sept. 26, 1858	† Apr. 25, 1937
	Johann Valentine	Dec. 1859	† Oct. 25, 1878
	Anna "Annie"	Nov. 24, 1866	† May 3, 1940
	Joseph Peter Anthony	Sept. 3, 1867	† Dec. 15, 1943
	Nicholas	Mar. 10, 1870	† May 14, 1946

Notes:

Johann and Magdalena Stimmler and their family lived in Wilwisheim, Alsace, France. They immigrated to the

United States, departing LaHavre aboard the packet ship Sully under the command of Captain William C. Thompson and arriving in New York on November 28, 1839. Son Johann was 9 years old at the time [Source: N.A. Film No. M237-40, List 862]. He and his family were listed on the ship's manifest thusly:

Jean Stimler, age 48, M
Magd. Stimler, age 44, F
Magd. Stimler, age 15, F
Therese Stimler, age 11, F
Jean Stimler, age 9, M
Nicolas Stimler, age 6, M
Fransisca Stimler, age 3, F
Franz Stimler, age 1, M

With them they took two beds, a chest, a trunk and four bags.

Johann came to America with his parents who settled in Manayunk, Pennsylvania in 1839. During his long life he took a prominent part in all the organizations and societies connected with the Church. He was the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Total Abstinance Society [Source: Philadelphia History, 1609-1884, Chapter 38, p. 1486], never failed to attend High Mass and was one of the plate collectors in the old church for many years. He was very kind-hearted and generous in his dealings with others, and was the oldest member of St. John the Baptist parish at the time of his death.

Both John and Mary were living in Manayunk and John was working as a carpenter as of Feb. 23, 1860, when they had a transaction with The Philadelphia Savings Fund Society. The Philadelphia Savings Fund Society was a financial institution located on the SW corner of Walnut St. and 7th St. in Philadephia, Pennsylvania.

In October of 1878, John and Mary and their family lived at 4103 Main Street, 21st Ward, Manayunk, Pennsylvania.

At the time of the 1880 federal census, John was 46 years old and living with his wife Mary and five children in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA. He was working as a carpenter [Source: 1880 Federal Census, NA Film No. T9-1180, p. 12C].

In the Gopsill's Philadelphia City Directory for 1890, John's profession was listed as a carpenter living at 4118 Manayunk Avenue in Roxborough, PA.

John suffered from chronic cystitis and an enlarged prostate for over a year prior to his death and additionally from acute cystitis for the last six days of his life. He passed away at his home at 4118 Manayunk Avenue, Manayunk, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on December 12, 1906 at 12 p.m. He was 75 years and 4 months old.