Peter Stirnimann ⁷¹

  General Notes:

FROM DR. JOSEPH STIRNIMANN

One of the most important personalities of the Ruswil Stirnimann family in the time before 1800 was Peter Stirnimann (1600-1709). He held the most important offices of the Twings (corresponds to the today's municipality), the administrative district and in the parish community Ruswil. Thirty-six years old, Peter Stirnimann was appointed or selected the Court Sergeant or District Governor of the Administrative District Ruswil and acknowledged again and again as such every two years up to its death. As an owner of the farms Etzenerlen (115 Jucharten) and Saal (116.5 Jucharten) was Peter Stirnimann one of the richest men of the Administrative district Ruswil. These few lines would like the substantial over this master father, from whom in the last year's newsletter the speech was, in memory call.

In the following we deal with the sons of the Court Sergeant Peter Stirnimann as well as with the division from the father inherited ourselves two farms. From the six sons only three grew up: Johann Jakob, Johann Sebastian and Johann Augustin. The first name Johann or of the Hans' three sons is located only in the baptizing book. In the other church books and in national writing e.g. in the mortgages and purchase logs, the sons or brothers become in each case with the names Jakob, Sebastian (Baschi) and Augustin mentioned. Thus we hold it also in the following statements.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Occupation: Governor of the Administrative District, Ruswil, Between 1696 and 1709, Ruswil, Luzern, Switzerland.

Peter married Anna Brunner in 1682 in Rothenburg, Switzerland. (Anna Brunner was born on 9 Apr 1665 in Ruswil and died on 19 Dec 1725 in Ruswil.)