Occupation:
Julia M. Sakry
Worked in farming
Station helper for Northern Pacific Railroad in Clear Lake, MN [3 Sep 1917 to 31 Dec 1917]
| Parents:
Occupation: |
George Aloysius Stimmler Julia M. Sakry Worked in farming Station helper for Northern Pacific Railroad in Clear Lake, MN [3 Sep 1917 to 31 Dec 1917] |
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| Notes: | At the time of the June 1, 1900 U.S. Federal Census, Gilbert was a year old and living with his parents, paternal |
| 68-year-old grandfather Anthony Stimmler (here indicated as being divorced), 18-year-old uncle
Daniel Stimmler, and a 18-year-old single boarder, Mary A. Halfman,
who was working as a servant on his father's farm in Clear Lake, Sherburne, Minnesota.
At the time of the June 10, 1905 Minnesota state census, Gilbert was 5 years old and living with his parents and three younger brothers in Clear Lake, Sherburne, Minnesota. His father was working as a farmer. At the time of the Apr. 25, 1910 U.S. Federal census, Gilbert F. was 9 years old and living with his parents and five younger siblings in Clear Lake, Sherburne, Minnesota. His father was working as a farmer in general farming. Gilbert was attending school, as were his three younger brothers. Gilbert was 18 years old when he worked as a station helper for the Northern Pacific Railway at Clear Lake, MN from Sept. 3, 1917 until he resigned on Dec. 31, 1917. His rate of pay was $42.50 per month and his work was deemed satisfactory. On September 12, 1918, Gilbert was 18 years old and living in Clear Lake, Sherburne, Minnesota where he worked in farming. He was 5'11" tall and weighed 130 pounds, with dark brown hair and gray/blue eyes. In its Thursday, June 19, 1919 edition, The Clear Lake Times reported that Gilbert Stimmler and Joseph Gohman were grading some of the streets in Clear Lake that week. [The Clear Lake Times, 19 Jun 1919, p. 5, col. 1.]. Sunday morning, Oct. 4, 1919, a Ford touring car overturned opposite the Stimmler home, throwing out the occupants and severely injuring a child, who was taken to Dr. Gumper in Becker for treatment. They were westbound passengers and no one learned their names [The Clear Lake Times, 9 Oct 1919, p. 5, col. 2]. Two weeks before his death, Gilbert visited St. Cloud. On a hunting trip with Francis Strand enroute to the northern part of Minnesota to locate a place for trapping, Gilbert was mortally wounded while stopped in front of his uncle's garage in Foley, Benton, Minnesota shortly after dinner the day before Thanksgiving, 1919. As he got out of the car and pulled the gun toward him, it became entangled in the seat robes and accidentally discharged into his right side six inches below the arm, tearing a big hole in his chest. Gilbert was taken to his uncle's where he died in a half-hour; he was 19 years old. His parents were immediately notified and arrived at Foley at 2 AM the following morning, returning home to Clear Lake later on that afternoon. The body was taken back home by automobile. |
| Ancestry: | The Stimmler/Stimler Line |
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