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Anton (Pater Sigismund) Stirnimann

Person Chart

Parents

Father Date of Birth Mother Date of Birth
Jost Joseph Johann Stirnimann 19 Jul 1807 Anna Maria Elisabeth Weber 24 Mar 1810

Person Events

Event Type Date Place Description
Birth 18 Aug 1844 Neuenkirch, Luzern, Switzerland
Christening 18 Aug 1844 Neuenkirch, Switzerland
Occupation 1867 Hooded monk
Death 18 Jan 1904 Arth

Notes

Godparents were: Anton Wolfisberg & Maria Weber.

FROM JOSEPH STIRNIMANN

The 5th son of the couple Jost Stirnimann and Elisabeth Weber became on 18 August 1844 in the parish church Neuenkirch on the name Sigismund baptized. He became be like brother Klemens a Kapuziner. Brother Sigismund, how he was known as a Kapuziner, on 17 September 1867 his Ordens profess became, on 18 October 1870 he became the head priest. The stations of his 38 year lasting order life were the Klöster Sarnen, Dornach, Altdorf, Sursee, Mels, Rapperswil, Olten and since 1899 Arth where he died on 18 January 1904. The chronicler attests: "with P. Sigismund a soulful enthusiastic and dutiful priest was carried to his grave."

Sources

Description Page Quality Information Evidence
Verband derFamilien Stirnimann/Stirnemann 1999, page 5. Don't know Primary Don't know

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1844-08-18 Anton Stirnimann