| Parents:
Education: Marriage: Occupation: |
John Joseph Smith Mary "May" Lee Assumption Grade School General Excellence award Graduated 1924 Hunter College High School New York, NY Attended 1924-1926 Raven Hill Academy Chestnut Hill, PA Mount Saint Joseph Academy Chestnut Hill, PA Graduated 1928 Leo "Leon" Stimmler May 16, 1936 Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Stenographer in private club Worked for the telephone company |
| Children: | Paul T.J. | Feb. 10, 1939 | † May 6, 2013 |
| Leo Vincent | Nov. 17, 1942 | ||
| Francis "Frank" X. | Aug. 17, 1944 | ||
| Joseph J. | Aug. 18, 1946 | ||
| Mary Louise | Mar. 31, 1948 | † June 30, 1948 | |
| Mark Stephen | Oct. 25, 1949 | † Oct. 5, 2018 | |
| Notes: | At the time of the April 16, 1910 federal census, Louise was 8 months old old and living with her parents at |
| 117 E. 119 St. in New York City. They
had been married for two years and her father was working as a tile
layer in the building line.
In 1917 Louise's father was working at the Arrow Head Garage located at 4162 Broadway. Their family was living at 220 W. 69th in New York City at the time. [Source: 1917 NYC Directory.] Louise's father died January 28, 1918, and she and her sister Gertrude were orphaned by the death of their mother in March 1924, just before Louise completed eighth grade. At the time of the January 6, 1920 U.S. Federal Census, Louise was 11 years old, attending school and living with her 38-year-old mother Mary and 6-year-old sister May at 620 W. 135th St. in New York City, New York. Her mother was working as a janitor at the home address. She immigrated to the United States in 1908 and become a naturalized citizen in 1918. At the time of the April 26, 1930 U.S. Federal Census, Louise was 20 years old, single and boarding at the Convent of St. Dominic and Boarding House for Working Girls in the 1800 block of Green Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was working as a stenographer in a private club. She stated she was born in New York, her father was born in the Irish Free State and her mother was born in England [Source: 1930 U.S. Federal Census, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Roll 2098, p. 1B, E.D. 346]. At the time of the April 1, 1940 U.S. Census, Louise was 30 years old and living with her husband Leo V. and children Margaret and Paul at 620 Gerhard St. in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The family had been living in the same location in April 1935. Leon was working as an insurance agent for Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. He worked a 60-hour week, 52 weeks a year in 1939 and earned $2,200. Louise stated that both her husband and she were high school graduates. Stepdaughter Margaret was attending school and had completed the 3rd grade. Paul Stimmler regarding location of Stimmler family in 1940 U.S. Census: "I think it was #620 Gerhardt St. in the Roxborough section of Philadelphia. In 1942 my Dad and Mother bought a run down vacant, rat infested big old 3 story mansion at 105 Rochelle Ave. in the Wissahickon section of Philly that they converted ino 5 apartments. We would be found there in the next census released in 1950 I suppose." [from an e-mail to Rae Bordua, April 4, 2012] Mark Stimmler's memories of his parents: "My parents worked very hard - my father sold life insurance in Manayunk - very stressful - at the time it was a door to door kind of business. Manayunk is very steep hills. . . . . Anyway, he got sick with heart and kidney problems at a young age - my mother then had to go out and work. They both died fairly young - my father 1905-1964; my mother 1909-1977. They were big on education for their 6 kids. Because of that, I can say we have the luxury that they never had - choice - we work only with people we enjoy. . . . We have a great life thanks to them." Paul Stimmler's memories of his mother: "She was born in NY city and came to Pennsylvania in 1924 with her sister Gertrude (1913-present) when they were orphaned upon the death of their mother (their father died 2 years earlier). Both of our mother's parents were Irish immigrants." |
| Ancestry: | The Hennessy Line [through marriage] |
| The Stimmler/Stimler Line [through marriage] | |
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