Elisabeth Stirnimann ⁶⁶

  General Notes:

Godparents were: Raphael Schurtenberger & Elisab. Heini.

FROM DR. JOSEPH STIRNIMANN

Walter Meyer And Elisabeth Stirnimann

In the year 1668 from Luternau near Buttisholz Walter Meyer in Nottwil above the Sempacher lake, at the north slope of the Nottwil mountain have been situated two farms Upper-Hupraechtigen to the extent of 200 Jucharten country and 28 Jucharten the forest - after today's values of the number approximately 83 Hektaren - acquired tightened judges at the price of 6,500 gulden. This amount was expensive the larger section that or dowry, which the wealthy transferred farmer Hans Jakob Stirnimann in the Rot into Ruswil to his only daughter Elizabeth, who married Walter Meyer in the same year. After at that time valid right Walter Meyer on his two farms established a "impact". Impact one called at that time a type of mortgages, which are established only by Ehemannern for female's property on their real estate properties, referred by them.

As already notices, the 6,500 gulden was not outer-expensively the bride the whole. Like her twin brother Pater Jost Stirnimann, Brother of the Benedictine abbey Muri in the Aargau free office, in his diary (page 54) reported, amounted to "her main property, this is called fortune, which inherited her from her father and her mother and from me and her husband Walter Meyer brought, 10,076 gulden 23 Schilling and 3 lump," after today's value full 2 million Swiss Francs.

Nottwil, where Huprächtigen is situated, is only since 1801 its own parish, beforehand belonged Nottwil to the large parish Sursee. Walter Meyer and Elizabeth Stirnimann closed therefore their marriage in the parish church Sursee and this on 1 October 1668.

The large farmer Walter Meyer provided the office of the judge, i.e. the chairman of the Twing or village court in the Twing Ruswil, to which Huprächtigen belonged. As such it decided deputy, the Court Sargent, in last instance on things, with the Administrative district constable or its those the value of 99 guldens not exceeded. The judges were with the jurors also the official appraisers of properties and were responsible with their fortune for the correctness of the estimate.

The married couple Meyer-Stirnimann had only one son named Joseph and two daughters Anna Maria and Elisabeth, obviously their only children, who grew up with the large child number of deaths at that time. Walter Meyer died on 7 May 1686. The brother of its wife, the Benedictine Jost Stirnimann, reported in his diary (pg.54), like the responsible officials, i.e. the Court Sargent Johannes Wüöst of Ruswil, the church of Sursee, i.e. Jakob Bucher, the Ruswil office recorder Jost Süöss and some cousins, under this above all Peter Stirnimann to Etzenerlen (the son of Sebastian Stirnimann) and young Peter Stirnimann in the Rot an inventory of the active ones and liabilities of the deceased Walter Meyer created. It did not take place division, because the widow with her children took over the household and the whole operation, in the view, it can this with the help of their district would assist to probably manage. The widow a second marriage with Bernhard Dobmann, the past master farmhand closed about two years after the death of her man in Ober -Huprächtigen. From the administrative district of the office Ruswil it is evident that this connection, probably particularly due to the large registration, was everything else as pleasant. Heavy voltages and arguments came between Dobmann and the relatives of his wife. The baptizing book of the parish Sursee registers only one child from this marriage on 28 March 1689, i.e. the daughter Elizabeth. The mother died already on 6 October 1692. On 5 November of the same year the inventory and division of their deduction took place in Ober - Huprächtigen. As inheriting the will4 calls the four children, who were represented by their guardians as persons under age. The two farms with their altogether 212 Jucharten open country and approximately 28 Jucharten forest, two houses, barns and granary by the office jurors " gewürdiget, diser Zit wol wärt zue sin namblichen 19'500 Gulden." The farm lease of the two farms or the order of a guardian, who would have taken the responsibility for the two farms up to the majority of the children, was obviously out of the question. They decided on the sale.

Elisabeth married Walter Meyer on 1 Oct 1668 in Sursee, Luzern, Switzerland. (Walter Meyer died on 7 May 1686 in Nottwil, Luzern, Switzerland.)

Elisabeth next married Barnard Dobmann.

Elisabeth next married Bernhard Dobmann in 1688 in Willisau, Luzern, Switzerland.