Newsletter No. 27 Ruswil - March 2001
Table of Contents
Foreword 1
The women religious of the Stirnimann family 2
The family of Stirnimann von Rothenburg 5
Our Vice President Prof. Dr. med. J. Stirnimann 7
Forum 8
Miscellaneous 9
Forward
Dear Relatives and Acquaintances
Dear Members and Friends of our Family Association
"The weather changes every hour, the people & in every generation". With this Chinese proverb, I would like to welcome you all in the new millennium. Yes, the weather changes every hour, but how about we humans? Are we only changing from generation to generation? When we look at our living environment, the question is, if we do not change faster, maybe we have to change. Our high standard of living is clearly taking its toll. There are changes everywhere today and at any time. New insights and inventions in economics, the humanities and natural sciences as well as in politics call for new systems and orders. Emerging problems must be tackled and situation- and timely solutions found. This is indispensable, because the complex structures in nature and technology, which could contain mischief, must not break. In short, there is less and less time to reorientate and adapt to new things.
Back then, when things were even more leisurely, the Far Eastern proverb was definitely valid, but today? The fact is that every person changes consciously or unconsciously during his life, his generation. Basically, that is a law of life, because what no longer changes is dead. Now, on the one hand, we have become objects in one of ourselves established and optimized social system with many advantages and disadvantages. We must and can live with that. On the other hand, man lives not only from the ratio, but also from the emotion. And that is, I think, a stroke of luck for humanity. For if we allow our minds and our souls to complement each other positively, we can change our way of acting and ideologically for the benefit of future generations. We owe that to our children, because they, too, will, by the way, in the third millennium have to take the weather as it comes.
Nobody doubts that changes belong to life. Also in the board of our association there have been some changes since the last newsletter. First of all, in the fall of 2000 we had to resign our esteemed Vice President Prof. Dr. Joseph Stirnimann take note. An appreciation of his work can be found in this newsletter. On behalf of the whole board I want Joseph for all his Thank you and wish him all the best. But also happy news is one of the changes. With Agnes Bensegger-Stirnimann, Oberrüti, we have gained a new board member who is ready to join the board of our family association. I would like to thank Agnes for that.
We are currently working on the development of a complete edition of all newsletters from 1974 to 2000. Franz Stirnimann has electronically recorded and processed all letters electronically. In addition, Josef Stirnimann, Rothenburg, has created an index. It is planned to offer these two works for sale at the next family meeting, which we will discuss soon.
For over a year, our association has been present on the Internet worldwide at the address "www.stirnimann-stirnemann.ch" thanks to our "PC specialists", Actuary Josef Stirnimann and Treasurer Gregor Stirnimann.
After the resignation of our Vice President Prof. Dr. Joseph Stirnimann we Unfortunately, lacks a specialist in family research. This change is painful and presents new facts to our association and, in particular, to the publication of the newsletter. Together we will have to look for solutions on the board. We, dear members of the association, also hope for your support. Do you have ideas and suggestions? Or maybe you know people who are involved in family research? Please inform a board member. Through this contribution, our family association can positively change. This is what I wish not only for our association, but also for all of us who live together on this earth. After all, fortunately, we do not have to change every hour, because it's better to leave too rapid a change to the weather!
Best regards
The President Beat Stirnimann
The Religious Women of the Stirnimann Family
(Part 2)
The first three of the women of the Stirnimann family mentioned in the following second part were biological sisters. Her parents were Joseph Stirnimann, Nottwil, July 20, 1840, and Maria Schwegler.
8. Sr. Maria Klara Stirnimann (1868-1951), Premonstratensian Monastery Maria Loreto on Mount Sion, 8731 Uetliburg near Gomiswald, St. Gallen
Maria Stirnimann was born on 29 March 1868 in Hübeli in the municipality Neuenkirch and christened on 30 March in the parish church in Hellbühl. Profession on September 30, 1894 in the monastery Maria Loretto on Mount Sion, Uetliburg near Gommiswald, St. Gallen. Sr. Maria Klara worked in the monastery for 40 years as a cook. She died on August 30, 1951.
9. Sr. Maria Elisabetha Stirnimann (1879-1963), Premonstratensian Monastery Maria Loreto on Mount Sion, 8731 Uetliburg near Gomiswald, St. Gallen
Born on September 2, 1879 in Winkelbach, municipality of Neuenkirch, and on September 3, 1879 in the parish church in Sempach baptized. Profession on June 22, 1906. Nurse. Died March 1, 1963.
10. Sr. Trudberta Stirnimann (1881-1963), Institute of the Sisters of the Holy Cross, Ingenbohl
Admission to the monastery on January 9, 1905, l. Profession on September 3, 1907. Nurse at the St. Johann Children's Home in Klingnau 1907-1931. Gardener in the Bürgerheim in Mörschwil 1931-1950, cook and seamstress at Bürgerheim Engelberg 1950-1959.
11. Sr. Maria Hyazintha Stirnimann (1913-1990), Capuchin Monastery St. Anna, Lucerne, Gerlisberg
Sister Maria Hyazintha Stirnimann, christened Anna, was born on July 9, 1913, in Sempach, as the eldest of the four daughters of husband and wife Anton Stirnimann and Anna Baumann. The father came from Gettnau and was in Sempach many years official of the Federal Railways. The mother gave the family the example of genuine piety.
Anna Stirnimann was a gifted seamstress. She received her training in Zurich and worked in the same business for about four years. Her interior, however, increasingly urged her to become a religious profession. In the monastery of the Capuchin nuns on the Gerlisberg in Lucerne, she saw the goal and ideal of her life becoming ever clearer. The 23rd of October 1941 was the decisive day on which she chose the Order of the Capuchins. On September 30, 1946, she consecrated herself forever to God with the vows of chastity, obedience, and poverty. She worked mainly in the tailoring and in the Host bakery and was gatekeeper. Sr. Maria Hyazintha died on August 28, 1990 after an exemplary and fulfilled life at the age of 78 and in the
49th year of her profession.
Convent of St. Anna, Gerlisberg, Lucerne
12. Sr. Anne-Marie Stirnimann (1920-1946), Sister Community Seraphic Lieber- work, Solothurn
Anne-Marie Stirnimann was born on 26 May 1920 at the farm Frühauf in Lucerne's Oberkirch as the second youngest of the six children of the farmer Johann Stirnimann and his second wife Josephine Feyer. On January 25, 1923, the father died. The sons from their first marriage took over the farm. The widow moved with her six children to Beromünster, which became their permanent, esteemed homeland.
At the age of twenty, Anne-Marie joined the Association of Caregivers of the Seraphic Love Work of Solothurn in November 1940. During her candidature, she worked at the Boys' Nursing Home in Luthernbad, Lucerne. On October 4, 1942 she made her consecration. Afterwards she completed the one-year comprehensive social pedagogic women's welfare seminar, during which she was responsible for the study with great diligence. After passing her exams, she spent a year in the curative observatory Bethlehem in Wangen near Olten. In October 1944, she became the head of the household in the study home in Freiburg
transfer.
In January 1945, the hopeful caregiver's life and work took a painful turn. Anne-Marie became seriously ill. A spa stay in Davos was without the slightest success. The ever-worsening illness required the transfer to Solothurn. The most painful disappointment for the patient was her complete blindness. On September 26, 1946, the seriously ill returned her purified soul to the Creator.
13. Sr. Marie Stirnimann (1882-1933), Hospital Sisters Community of Besançon in Lucerne.
Sr. Marie Stirnimann was the daughter of Michael Stirnimann, who was born on 20 September 1851 in Oberkirch, Lucerne, as the son of Johann Stirnimann and Aloisia Hodel. Michael Stirnimann, by profession Dachdecker, married on 20 February 1882 in Herisau, Canton Appenzell, from Kappel, canton St. Gallen, coming Magdalena Künzle. The birth register B of the municipality Ruswil registers the following 4 sons born in Herisau and 2 daughters of the married couple Michael Stirnimann and Magdalena Künzle:
Louise Stirnimann, b. in Herisau 13. Sept. 1882 Theodor Michael, b. in Herisau 12 Sept. 1883
Ernst Stirnimann, b. in Herisau March 23, 1886
Lina Stirnimann, b. in Herisau June 25, 1887
Eduard Stirnimann, b. in Herisau 14th April 1890
Hans Michael, b. in Waldstatt am Marbach 8th July 1894
All four sons and daughter Lina are said to have emigrated to America. Of the six children, only the first, namely the daughter Louise, is said to have remained in Switzerland. According to the Ruswiler death book, the father Michael Stirnimann died on 6 June 1902 in Lucerne and his wife Magdalena Künzle on 6 December (without stating the place).
The daughter Louise became a member of the Congregation of Hospital Sisters in Besançon (Congrégation Religieuse hospitalière à Besançon). She joined on September 22, 1902. From then on she called herself Sister Marie. She began her novitiate on June 2, 1903. She made her temporary profession on July 4, 1905, the eternal one on October 7, 1924. Sr. Marie sought and maintained contact with her relatives in Ruswil. The members of our family knew that Sr. Marie visited them immediately when one of us was in the hospital. Sr. Marie fell ill early and died in the canton hospital Lucerne on 19 February 1933 at the age of 51 years.
14. Sr. Gertrud Stirnimann (b. 1925), Hospital Sisters Association of Lucerne, Elisabethenheim, nursing home, Oberhochbühl 23, 6003 Lucerne
Sr. Gertrud Stirnimann saw the light of day on August 6, 1925 in Schüpfheim as the first of the five daughters of Kaspar Stirnimann and Martha Müller. The father, born on 18 March 1898 in Nottwil as a citizen of Ruswil, was recently a full-time teacher on a field station in Schüpfheim. In 1926 he was commissioned to found in Hildisrieden the secondary school, which he then looked after for twenty years. Then he was called to the Agricultural School in Sursee.
Gertrud Stirniman was herself after the termination conclusion of the second school in class that the community of nurses of the Lucerne Cantonal Hospital, their direction in Besançon was that Goal and ideal of her life.
On 2 July 1946 took place with the Admission to Lucerne Cantonal Hospital enters the monastery. On January 30, 1947, Gertrud made her trip to the motherhouse in Besançon. On 2 October 1947 she began her novitiate in France. On October 2, 1948 her first profession was in Besançon. In January 1949 Gertrud returned to Lucerne. During school, her education took place at the nursing school with stays in various departments. She spent about 25 years in the medical history archive of the medical clinic.
In 1977, the Lucerne hospital sisters of Besançon broke up and became independent. Sr. Gertrud retired since 1987. She was busy at the gate of the nurses' house. In September 1994 she retired to the Elisabethenheim. We wish Sr. Gertrud continued good health and a happy retirement.
Joseph Stirnimann
The Family Stirnimann of Rothenburg
Jakob Stirnimann-Krauer, 1749-1826, native of Ruswil, Etzenerlen is considered the progenitor of Stirnimann of Rothenburg. The family lived in Rothenburg in the 19th century. Son Mathias was even strongly connected with the public affairs of the municipality Rothenburg.
However, until 1984 the family register of the community Rothenburg no longer contains families of Stirnimann.
Hans Jakob Stirnimann was born in 1749 in Ruswil, Etzenerlen. He married Anna Maria Krauer von Eschenbach on February 16, 1789 in Ruswil. The first five children were born in Ruswil: Maria 1790, Katharina 1791, Johann Alois 1792, Mathias 1793, Jakobea 1795. The birth of the son Kandid 1798 is neither in the parish registers of Ruswil nor in those of Rothenburg, Hochdorf, Ballwil Hilly-satisfied, Römerswil, Sempach to find. In Rothenburg, Ottenrüti, the daughter Franziska Barbara Aloisia was born on April 10, 1800.
The children of the married couple Stirnimann-Krauer: Maria married in l. Marriage Josef Suter of Rain, in second marriage Josef Sticher of Hochdorf. Katharina married Johann Georg Müller von Hochdorf.
Johann Alois probably died as a child. In the then death book of Ruswil the numerous funerals of children are registered only with "Puer" or "Puella" (boy / girl), without name and without giving the parents' names.
Mathias married in l. Marriage Emerentia Widmer von Eschenbach, in second marriage Elisa Villiger von Sins.
Jakobea married in l. Marriage Johann Brunner von Eschenbach, in second marriage Kaspar Hutz von Hochdorf.
Kandid died unmarried on July 19, 1853, in the Lucerne Cantonal Hospital. He lived in Rothenburg, Thurm, probably with relatives of his sister-in-law. He used to own the property Ottenrüti together with Brother Mathias. He had himself bought out on the 6th of November, 1837, for the amount of CHF 5,000 .—.
A passage from the purchase contract: "Kund and to know be herewith that Kandid Stirnimann Othenrüti to enjoy his remaining years of life unconcerned and in peace and to be able to spend with his brother Mr. Orphan Mathias Stirnimann there received from their to after all, to let friendly, lying and moving assets be bought out together ". Kordid, at his death, possessed a fortune of £ 18,000.
Franziska died on April 20, 1806 in Rothenburg, Ottenrüti.
Anna Maria Stirnimann-Krauer died on May 4, 1826 in Rothenburg, Ottenrüti, her husband Jakob on 2 July 1826 also in Rothenburg, Ottenrüti.
It is strange that the ancestral citizen village Ruswil of the family Stirnimann-Krauer is never mentioned in Rodenburg. In the parish registers of Rothenburg, each Hochdorf is registered as a place of residence, in the mortgage records Rothenburg is named as the place of origin.
Mathias Stirnimann was born on August 23, 1793 in Ruswil. His children: from l. Marriage with Emerentia Widmer von Eschenbach, all born in Rothenburg, Ottenrüti:
Emerentia, b. June 25, 1835, married to Josef Ottiger, Councilor, Rüti, Rothenburg. Anna Maria, b. August 4, 1836, died Sept. 17, 1837.
Anna Maria, b. March 18, 1838, died March 22, 1838.
Johann Alois, born July 21, 1839, died February 2, 1840.
Candidate, b. July 21, 1839, married to Anna Duke of Römerswil.
Franz Xaver Alois, b. March 14, 1841, died November 24, 1841.
From 2nd marriage with Elisa Villiger:
Martina Elisabeth, b. April 20, 1844, married to veterinarian Xaver Scherer of Rain in Rothenburg, died October 12, 1913.
Chapel Rüeckringen, Rothenburg
Dr. Franz Zelger mentions in 1931 in his Rotenburger book that the present-day chapel in Rüeckringen was built in 1839 by the wealthy bachelor Mathias Stirnimann von Ottenrüti. However, the chapel donor must clearly deal with Mathias Stirnimann-Widmer, who was at that time an orphan, judge and councilor. The records and protocols of the parish archives of Rothenburg reveal nothing about the chapel building and the donor. The church bill was not burdened with the construction of the chapel in any way. In Rüeckringen stood the parish church of Rothenburg, which was demolished in 1729 with the approval of the Council of Lucerne and with the consent of the auxiliary bishop of Constance and the monastery of Beromünster. The stones were used in the construction of the church in the patch. The ossuary to the cemetery had to be preserved (condition of the demolition permit). In memory of the old parish church Rüeckringen, Mathias Stirnimann had the chapel, which is still well preserved today, built. Unfortunately, there is no information about the motives for the foundation of the chapel or the construction and construction costs. It can be assumed that the place of the old church in Rüeckringen together with the surrounding old cemetery with the ossuary did not look very well-kept. Mathias Stirnimann, whose church path passed by this site, may well have stayed there. Emerentia Stirnimann-Widmer died on 9 December 1842 in Rothenburg, Ottenrüti. Mathias Stirnimann married the widow Elisa Villiger, born on July 31, 1843 in Lucerne. 17.11.1802, by Sins. This was in l. Marriage married to Josef Moser of Sins AG. From the Before Moser-Villiger, the children were Moser Paul, later in Tinzigen, Littau, and Moser Martina, later married to Councilor Balthasar Ottiger von Rothenburg. Elisa Stirnimann-Villiger died on May 3, 1869 in Rothenburg. Mathias Stirnimann acquired on March 1851 a property in Bertiswil, Rothenburg. It can be assumed that he moved to Bertiswil and at the same time sold the property Ottenrüti. Unfortunately, both the acquisition and the sale of the beach chairs Ottenrüti in the mortgage records of Rothenburg not detectable. At the beginning of the 19th century, the official "manufacturing" of a hand change was only made when a buyer of foreign descent had deposited a home permit at his place of residence. Mathias Stirnimann died on March 7, 1869 in Bertiswil. He left over CHF 100,000.
Son Kandid Stirnimann, b. July 21, 1839, married on August 26, 1867 in Sursee with Anna Duke of Römerswil. He took over the paternal property Bertiswil. From the marriage of Stirnimann-Herzog came only the daughter Anna Katharina, b. May 5, 1869, who married on April 9, 1888 with Josef Schmidli of Ruswil residing in Holzhüsern, Rothenburg. At the death of Kandid Stirnimann-Herzog on March 23, 1908, his daughter no longer lived. She left the children:
Josef Schmidli, b. November 28, 1892, died April 12, 1915.
Anna Maria Josefa Schmidli, b. February 6, 1889.
We see that the original trunk of Stirnimann of Rothenburg died out at the beginning of the century. Most of those living in Rothenburg in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries had been citizens of Nottwil.
Josef Stirnimann-Greber, Rothenburg.
For reasons of space, the imprint of the extensive source list is dispensed with. Interested parties can obtain this from the author.
Our Vice President Prof. Dr. Joseph Stirnimann
Dear members of the association
Who does not know him, our esteemed Prof. Dr. Joseph Stirnimann, Lucerne, initiator and founding member of the board of our family association, he, a family researcher who has researched our family back to the late Middle Ages. His passion has become a stroke of luck for us. Because it is not without pride that we today claim to be the name bearer of one of the best-researched genders in our home countries.
Joseph Stirnimann was born on 10 July 1915. His parents, father Joseph Stirnimann (merchant) of Ruswil and mother Maria Greber of Buttisholz (staltenmühle) lived in Nottwil. Here Joseph Stirnimann spent his youth and attended primary school. This was followed by eight years of training, four years each at the middle school in Sursee and at the high school of the convent school in Einsiedeln. After graduating, Joseph Stirnimann began studying theology, which first led him to the Faculty of Theology in Lucerne, then to the Anglican in Rome, the theological college of the Dominicans. Back in Switzerland, he attended a one-year consecration course at the Priest Seminary in Solothurn, where he was ordained a priest on 2 July 1941. Then Joseph Stirnimann worked as a curate in Willisau for a year, and from there again moved to Rome, where he continued his studies in theology and graduated with a doctorate in theology and licentiate in canon law.
Back home, he was a chaplain in Grosswangen for two years and editor of the Schweizerische Kirchenzeitung from 1954 to 1963. In 1959 he was appointed professor of canon law and foundational theology at the Faculty of Theology in Lucerne. Finally, Joseph Stirnimann was appointed choirmaster of St. Leodegar, Lucerne.
Joseph Stirnimann has been working in the research of our family since his student years, and what he has given us with exact, scientific work deserves the highest recognition. What it means to do family research is only known to those who do it themselves. In addition to knowing where to fetch information, language and history skills are indispensable, old fonts have to be read, and finally, all the research is like a giant puzzle pieced together in detective mini-work become must, although perhaps there are missing some important parts here and there. Certainly, a pinch of luck and chance may help with research, but ultimately everything depends on a precise and disciplined working attitude in order to achieve a desired goal.
For example, Joseph Stirnimann published the book "The Families Stirnimann in the Cantons of Lucerne and Aargau" in 1973. In addition, since 1975, to this day, he has published in the Association Newsletter various research results on individual families of the association.
Last autumn, Joseph Stirnimann announced his resignation from the board at a board meeting. With great regret, we took note of his decision, which he had taken for reasons of age. The board understands his decision. But comforting is the knowledge that you can always ring at your door if expert advice is needed. On the occasion of a modest celebration in December last year, the Board expressed its heartfelt thanks on behalf of the association. We wish you, dear Joseph, continued good health and God's blessing.
On behalf of the Board The President
Beat Stirnimann
FORUM
The origin of the harpsichord (music connects ...... our family name with an instrument maker)
Jacob Stirnemann (born 1724) was a citizen of Gränichen in the canton of Aargau. In 1769 his footsteps are found in Alsace, where he was commissioned with the restoration of the organ of the church of Bouquenom (now Sarre-Union). The presence of Jacob Stirnemann in Lyon is evidenced by the construction of a harpsichord in 1777 and various documents. So he appears, for example 1779 on the list of instrument makers from Lyon. Apart from the harpsichord, which can be heard on this CD, he built another instrument two years later, which is now located in Toronto, Canada.
The stay of Jacob Stimemann in Turin is also documented. There he made an inventory of the necessary repairs to the organ of 1514, which belonged to the "most beautiful on this side of the mountains". Most likely it was restored by Stirnemann and later brought to Salin; today it is located in the Abbey de la Lucerne in Normandy.
In 1781 Stirnemann returns to Lyon, where he builds a table piano (inscription: Stirnemann fait à Lyon 1781), which is now in Austria. In the same year he repairs the second organ of the Hôpital de la Charité, and until 1786 he is responsible for the ongoing maintenance of the organs of this institution. In 1783 he builds a piano organ, which he signs with "Stirnemann à Lyon 1783" and which is presented at the Paris World Fair in 1889. In addition, he built in Lyon a pianoforte with the inscription Jacobus Stirnemann-fecit-Lugd-1786, which can be seen today in Moutiers (Savoy).
The name Stirnemann is still in 1790 among the instrument makers in the register of the city. After that there is no further reference to the work of Jacob Stirnemann. An entry in the archive of Gränichen documents his death on 5 August 1790.
The rich and elaborately decorated instrument is now exhibited in the Geneva Musée d'art et d’histoire.
Interested harpsichord lovers can purchase this CD through the retailer.