Anton (Pater Sigismund) Stirnimann^[1]

1844 - 1904  (59 years)

• Name	Anton (Pater Sigismund) Stirnimann
  Birth	18 Aug 1844	Neuenkirch,,,Luzern,Switzerland
  Christening	18 Aug 1844	Neuenkirch,,,,Switzerland   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	18 Jan 1904	Arth,,,   [3]
  Person ID	I708	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	30 May 2023

  
  

  Father	Jost Joseph Johann Stirnimann,   b. 19 Jul 1807, Mittelarig,,,Luzern,Switzerland d. 15 Jul 1893, Neuenkirch,,,Luzern,Switzerland (Age 85 years)
  Mother	Anna Maria Elisabeth Weber,   b. 24 Mar 1810, Neuenkirch,,,Luzern,Switzerland d. 04 Aug 1893, Neuenkirch,,,Luzern,Switzerland (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	10 Apr 1837	Sursee,,,Luzern,Switzerland   [2, 4, 5]
  	FROM JOSEPH STIRNIMANN It was of a large rarity that two became or even three sons of the same family priests or into an order a fraten. This was the case in the fore generation two Kapuzinern P. Karl and P. Sigismund Stirnimann and in the Benediktiner P. Leodegar Stirnimann. All three were sons of the husbands Jost Stirnimann and Elisabeth Weber in Neuenkirch. Jost Stirnimann, born on the 19th July 1807 in Mitelarig in Nottwill as a son of the couple Joseph Stirnimann and Agatha Hüsler, married on 10 January 1837 in the parish church Sursee Elisabeth Weber, the daughter born on 24 March 1818 in Neuenkirch of the couple Kaspar Weber and Ellsabeth Wüest. Jost Stirnimann took his wife's residential in Neuenkirch. The original shoemaker developed himself through the years to a adroit and wealthy leather merchant., Of the 10 sons a farmer, a court clerk and proprietor in Sempach, one Postillon in Sempach, four was became exercised the occupation of a businessman.
  Family ID	F181	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  1844-08-18 Anton Stirnimann

  
  

• 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

  [S17] Verband derFamilien Stirnimann/Stirnemann, 1999, page 5. (Reliability: 3). [32290367] "Neuenkirch, Lucerne, Switzerland records, May 19, 2023," images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS51-XGD7?view=explore : May 25, 2023), image 13 of 72; Katholische Kirche Neuenkirch (Luzern). [S18] Prof. Josehp Stirnimann, Luzern. [S14] Neuenkirch Catholic Church Records, 1837 Marriage records No. 6. (Reliability: 3). [S17] Verband derFamilien Stirnimann/Stirnemann, 1999, Page 5. (Reliability: 3).