| Parents: Marriage: Occupation: |
Franz Anton Stimmler Crescentia Sohn Bertha M. Goenner June 5, 1906 Sherburne County, Minnesota [Source: Sherburne County Marriage Index, 1902-1910, Q-Z] Hardware merchant Farmer in general farming [Source: 1930 U.S. Census, Clear Lake, Sherburne, Minnesota, Roll T626-1129, Page 5A, Enumeration District 8] Turkey farmer |
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| Children: | Donald Joseph | Jan. 7, 1911 | † May 18, 1971 |
| Marion Viola | Dec. 28, 1912 | † Dec. 16, 1990 | |
| John Henry | Apr. 20, 1915 | † June 2, 2007 | |
| Notes: |
In the United States Census for 1900, Joseph Leander Kampa and
Bertha Dingmann (née Stimmler)'s brother Paul Stimmler are both listed as boarders in
the Dingmann household.
Paul was raised and educated in Clear Lake, Minnesota. He owned Paul Stimmler & Co. Farm Implements in Clear Lake, and later was a turkey farmer. At the time of the Apr. 16, 1910 U.S. federal census, Bertha was 26 years old and living with her husband Paul in Clear Lake, Sherburne, Minnesota. Paul was working as an implement dealer. On September 12, 1918, Paul was 38 years old, of medium height, medium build, with blue eyes and light brown hair. He was an implement dealer in business for himself and living with his wife Bertha in Clear Lake, Sherburne, Minnesota [Source: WWI Draft Registration Card, Sherburne County, Minnesota; Roll 1682641, Draft Board 0]. At the time of the Jan. 31, 1920 census, Paul W. was 40 years old and living with his wife Bertha and three children in E.D. 172, Clear Lake, Sherburne, Minnesota. He stated his father was born in France and his mother was born in Germany. [Source: NA Film No. T625-861, p. 15A] At the time of the April 14, 1930 federal census, Paul W. was 50 years old and living with his wife Bertha and three children in District 8 of Clear Lake, Sherburne County, Minnesota. The family owned their own farm but did not have a radio. Paul said he was married when he was 26 and Bertha was 22 years old [Source: 1930 U.S. Census, Clear Lake, Sherburne, Minnesota, Roll: T626-1129; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 8]. Robert Mullally reminisces on his Uncle Paul, cousin John Stimmler, and the events of December 7, 1941: "We spent a lot of time at Uncle Paul's farm North of Clear Lake. He was one of the first turkey "ranchers" in Minnesota. John, as a young man, was Uncle Paul's turkey chaser spending many of his nights out among the turkeys protecting them from varmints. "Our family was at Uncle Paul's farm for Sunday turkey dinner of Dec. 7, 1941. We first heard about the bombing of Pearl Harbor from John when he came home from late Mass in Clear Lake. We then spent much of the afternoon sitting around, glued to the radio. "On that Sunday major storm was blowing in so dad packed all of us 7 kids, Grandpa and Grandma Dingmann and mother into our 1939 stretch Nash and headed for home. When we got on Hwy 10, the snow began falling so hard that the windshield wipers couldn't remove the snow and slush fast enough. Dad selected me to stand on the runningboard, hang on through his window and keep the wipers working all the way home. For a 12 year old, I did it pretty good. We made it home but that storm shut everything down for several days. Needless to say, that experience left an indelible impression of me." (from a Sept. 9, 2007 e-mail) |
| Ancestry: | The Stimmler/Stimler Line |
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