John Dingmann and his eleven sons in 1930
Left to right: John Sr., Adolph, William, John Jr., Al, Robert, Jerome, Paul, Ralph, Francis, Carl and Sylvester
| Parents: Education: Occupation: Military Service: Marriage: |
John Henry Dingmann Bertha Gertrude Stimmler One year of college [Source: 1940 U.S. Federal Census] Laborer at home [1910] Postmaster for U.S. Government [1917] Working in a general store [1920] Mail carrier for U.S. Government [1930] District carrier for U.S. Post Office [1940] A.E.F. in France during WWI Barbara Veronica Daiker June 26, 1917 |
| Children: | Lewis Joseph "Joseph" | March 27, 1921 | † Apr. 14, 1961 |
| Barbara Ann "Ann" | Apr. 25, 1925 | † July 8, 1984 | |
| Notes: | At the time of the June 1, 1900 U.S. federal census, John was 8 years old and living with his parents, six siblings, |
| Joseph L. Kampa (age 24), uncle Paul W. Stimmler
(age 20), and Matilda Sakry (age 18) in Clear Lake, Sherburne, Minnesota. His father was working as a blacksmith.
John was attending school at the time. On June 5, 1917, John was 25 years old, single and working as a postmaster for the U.S. government at Clear Lake, Sherburne, Minnesota. He was of medium height and build, with light blue eyes and light brown, slightly balding hair. John was in the A.E.F. in France during World War I. He returned home to Clear Lake, Sherburne, Minnesota in the summer of 1918 and was still living there in August 1919. The Clear Lake Times of Sept. 25, 1919 reported that John had resigned as postmaster of Clear Lake and gone into the general merchandise business at Big Lake, having purchased the C. L. McKean store in that village, taking possession of it that week. He and his wife Barbara left Monday, Sept. 22 for their new home in Big Lake [The Clear Lake Times, 25 Sep 1919, p. 5, col 2]. During his wartime absence Miss Rose Kirchenbauer was acting postmaster but did not care for Clear Lake, so upon John's resignation Miss Mabel Markham passed the civil service examination and received the appointment [Ibid, 9 Oct 1919, p. 5, col. 2]. John and Barbara returned to Clear Lake to visit friends on Nov. 9, 1919 [The Clear Lake Times, 13 Nov 1919, p. 5, col. 1]. During the Christmas holidays 1919, Paul Dingmann decided to quit his sophmore class of school and spend the rest of the year assisting his brother John at the Big Lake store [The Clear Lake Times, 25 Dec 1919, p. 5, col. 2]. At the time of the Jan. 29, 1920 U.S. federal census, John was 28 years old and living with his wife Barbara V. and his younger brother Paul in Big Lake, Sherburne, Minnesota. He was working in a general store and his brother was a laborer in a store. At the time of the April 2, 1930 census, John was 38 years old and living with his wife Barbara and two children in their home which they rented for $30 a month in St. Cloud, Stearns, Minnesota. The family owned a radio. John was working as a mail carrier for the U.S. government. At the time of the Apr. 13, 1940 U.S. Federal census, John was 48 years old and living with wife Barbara, 19-year-old son Joseph and 14-year-old daughter Barbara Ann in their own home valued at $6,000 in St. Cloud, Stearns, Minnesota. Barbara told the census enumerator that they had been living in the same house as of Apr. 1, 1935. John was employed as a district carrier at the U.S. Post Office, working for 40 hours the week of Mar. 24-30, 1940. He worked 52 weeks in 1939 and earned $1,950. John had completed one year of college and Barbara was a high school graduate. Both their children were attending school; son Joseph had completed one year of college and daughter Barbara Ann had graduated from the 8th grade. |
| Ancestry: | The Stimmler/Stimler Line |
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