Born to Joseph Schmitt (1768-1834) and Marie Weber (1766-1834) in Alsace, Magdalena married Jean Stimmler (1791-1870) in their home village, Wilwisheim, on 25 November 1817. Their marriage record names them as Jean and Madeleine. The couple had eight children in Alsace before emigrating to the United States, arriving with six children on the ship Sully from Le Havre to New York City on 28 Nov. 1839. (Note: Magdalena is not the woman of the same name, Magdalena Schmitt, found in PA censuses in Philadelphia in 1801 and 1802.) Their eldest child, Marie Anne (b. 8 Oct. 1818 in Wilwisheim) either died young or remained in Alsace when the family emigrated. The second child, Maria (b. 1 March 1822 in Wilwisheim) is also not listed with the emigrants. (Since the family named their third daughter Marie also, it is most likely that her older sisters died young.) The last six children came with their parents to America: Marie Madeleine Kaufmann (1824-1903), Theresa Franciska Wolf (1827-1892), Jean (1829-1906), Nicholas Valentine (1832-1908), Franciska Cecilia (Frances) Schaaf (1835-1912), and Franz Anton (Anthony J) (1838-1906).
The 1840 census of Roxborough, PA, names only the head of household ("John Stemler") and the genders and ages of those in the family, but there are 10 (8 under the age of 20 and 2 ages 20-49) and it appears these are the Stimmlers.
By 1850, the family were in the census in Manayunk, Philadelphia, PA., and that census lists them by their names. They built a stone house about 1840 at Tower Lane and Shurs Street; the house still stands and is inhabited.
The family were industrious and prospered. The 1850 census lists John as a carter (someone who drove a vehicle transporting goods), son John as a machinist, and son Nicholas as a weaver. In 1860 the parents live with their son Anthony (Franz), a mason. His father is listed as a carpenter in the city directory that year. Their son John Valentine became well know as a builder and had many commissions, including work on some of Philadelphia's many mills. This son moved into the house his parents had built in 1840. Magdalena and her husband lived at 166 Oak Street in Manayunk in the 1860's - this row house and its neighbors were eventually demolished to build a parking lot for a brewery which itself no longer stands. In 1863, John became a sexton of their church, St. John the Baptist, in Manayunk.
In 1869, her husband and youngest son migrated to Carver County, Minnesota to homestead and she was too ill to accompany them. Her husband died of cholera there a few months before Magdalena herself died in Manayunk.
The 1840 census of Roxborough, PA, names only the head of household ("John Stemler") and the genders and ages of those in the family, but there are 10 (8 under the age of 20 and 2 ages 20-49) and it appears these are the Stimmlers.
By 1850, the family were in the census in Manayunk, Philadelphia, PA., and that census lists them by their names. They built a stone house about 1840 at Tower Lane and Shurs Street; the house still stands and is inhabited.
The family were industrious and prospered. The 1850 census lists John as a carter (someone who drove a vehicle transporting goods), son John as a machinist, and son Nicholas as a weaver. In 1860 the parents live with their son Anthony (Franz), a mason. His father is listed as a carpenter in the city directory that year. Their son John Valentine became well know as a builder and had many commissions, including work on some of Philadelphia's many mills. This son moved into the house his parents had built in 1840. Magdalena and her husband lived at 166 Oak Street in Manayunk in the 1860's - this row house and its neighbors were eventually demolished to build a parking lot for a brewery which itself no longer stands. In 1863, John became a sexton of their church, St. John the Baptist, in Manayunk.
In 1869, her husband and youngest son migrated to Carver County, Minnesota to homestead and she was too ill to accompany them. Her husband died of cholera there a few months before Magdalena herself died in Manayunk.
Born to Joseph Schmitt (1768-1834) and Marie Weber (1766-1834) in Alsace, Magdalena married Jean Stimmler (1791-1870) in their home village, Wilwisheim, on 25 November 1817. Their marriage record names them as Jean and Madeleine. The couple had eight children in Alsace before emigrating to the United States, arriving with six children on the ship Sully from Le Havre to New York City on 28 Nov. 1839. (Note: Magdalena is not the woman of the same name, Magdalena Schmitt, found in PA censuses in Philadelphia in 1801 and 1802.) Their eldest child, Marie Anne (b. 8 Oct. 1818 in Wilwisheim) either died young or remained in Alsace when the family emigrated. The second child, Maria (b. 1 March 1822 in Wilwisheim) is also not listed with the emigrants. (Since the family named their third daughter Marie also, it is most likely that her older sisters died young.) The last six children came with their parents to America: Marie Madeleine Kaufmann (1824-1903), Theresa Franciska Wolf (1827-1892), Jean (1829-1906), Nicholas Valentine (1832-1908), Franciska Cecilia (Frances) Schaaf (1835-1912), and Franz Anton (Anthony J) (1838-1906).
The 1840 census of Roxborough, PA, names only the head of household ("John Stemler") and the genders and ages of those in the family, but there are 10 (8 under the age of 20 and 2 ages 20-49) and it appears these are the Stimmlers.
By 1850, the family were in the census in Manayunk, Philadelphia, PA., and that census lists them by their names. They built a stone house about 1840 at Tower Lane and Shurs Street; the house still stands and is inhabited.
The family were industrious and prospered. The 1850 census lists John as a carter (someone who drove a vehicle transporting goods), son John as a machinist, and son Nicholas as a weaver. In 1860 the parents live with their son Anthony (Franz), a mason. His father is listed as a carpenter in the city directory that year. Their son John Valentine became well know as a builder and had many commissions, including work on some of Philadelphia's many mills. This son moved into the house his parents had built in 1840. Magdalena and her husband lived at 166 Oak Street in Manayunk in the 1860's - this row house and its neighbors were eventually demolished to build a parking lot for a brewery which itself no longer stands. In 1863, John became a sexton of their church, St. John the Baptist, in Manayunk.
In 1869, her husband and youngest son migrated to Carver County, Minnesota to homestead and she was too ill to accompany them. Her husband died of cholera there a few months before Magdalena herself died in Manayunk.
The 1840 census of Roxborough, PA, names only the head of household ("John Stemler") and the genders and ages of those in the family, but there are 10 (8 under the age of 20 and 2 ages 20-49) and it appears these are the Stimmlers.
By 1850, the family were in the census in Manayunk, Philadelphia, PA., and that census lists them by their names. They built a stone house about 1840 at Tower Lane and Shurs Street; the house still stands and is inhabited.
The family were industrious and prospered. The 1850 census lists John as a carter (someone who drove a vehicle transporting goods), son John as a machinist, and son Nicholas as a weaver. In 1860 the parents live with their son Anthony (Franz), a mason. His father is listed as a carpenter in the city directory that year. Their son John Valentine became well know as a builder and had many commissions, including work on some of Philadelphia's many mills. This son moved into the house his parents had built in 1840. Magdalena and her husband lived at 166 Oak Street in Manayunk in the 1860's - this row house and its neighbors were eventually demolished to build a parking lot for a brewery which itself no longer stands. In 1863, John became a sexton of their church, St. John the Baptist, in Manayunk.
In 1869, her husband and youngest son migrated to Carver County, Minnesota to homestead and she was too ill to accompany them. Her husband died of cholera there a few months before Magdalena herself died in Manayunk.
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