sentences:  Born 22 December 1818, he was baptized with the name of John, the son of Bartholomäus Birndorfer and Gertrude Niedermayer, and was born on the family farm in Parzham, now a part of the town of Bad Griesbach, then in the Kingdom of Bavaria, now part of Germany.Baptized Johann Evangelist, he was the second youngest of 12 children, five of whom died in infancy.At the age of six, he started elementary school in nearby Weng.