Family Photos
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- WHAT: Wilhelm “William” and Martha (Cordes) Kirmse wedding portrait
- LEFT TO RIGHT: Martha Margaretha Cordes, daughter of Heinrich “Henry” and Margaretha (Meier) Cordes;Wilhelm “William” Kirmse, son of Julius and Barbara (Kraus) Kirmse
- WHEN: February 11, 1904
- WHERE: Farrar, Missouri
- SOURCE: Scanned from Dale’s Ancestors Album, February 2, 2015.
- NOTE: Wilhelm “William” Kirmse and Martha Margaretha Cordes had six children – Julius Heinrich Kirmse (1905 – 1998), Edna Barbara Kirmse (1908 – 1909), Alwin Karl Kirmse (1911 – 1928), Laura Helena Maria Kirmse (1913 – 1995), Ella Kirmse (1918 – 2010), and Norma Martha Kirmse (1924 – 2000).
- WHAT: Martha (Cordes) and William Kirmse – Wedding Party
- BACK ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: Johanna Katharina Kirmse, daughter of Barbara Kraus and Julius Kirmse. She is a sister of the groom, William; Immanuel “Emanuel” Hermann Meier, son of Maria “Mary” Bertha Eggers and Johann Heinrich Meier. He is a cousin of the bride, Martha Cordes; Louis Kirmse, son of Barbara Kraus and Julius Kirmse. He is a brother of the groom, William; Marie “Mary” Christina Cordes, daughter of Margaretha Meier and Heinrich “Henry” Cordes. She is a sister of the bride, Martha.; Joseph “Joe” Kirmse, son of Barbara Kraus and Julius Kirmse. He is a brother of the groom, William
- FRONT ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: Bride: Martha Margaretha Cordes, daughter of Margaretha Meier and Heinrich “Henry” Cordes; Groom: Wilhelm “William” Kirmse, son of Barbara Kraus and Julius Kirmse
- WHEN: February 11, 1904
- WHERE: Farrar, Missouri
- SOURCE: Helen (Kirmse) Hacker shared this photograph October 2003.
Children of Martha (Cordes) and William Kirmse
- WHAT: Portrait of Edna Barbara Kirmse and Julius Heinrich Kirmse.
- LEFT TO RIGHT: Edna Barbara Kirmse; Julius Heinrich “Henry” Kirmse
- WHEN: Circa 1908
- WHERE:Territory (future Ellis County) Oklahoma.
- SOURCE: Shared by Judy (Kirmse) Yordi, April 26, 2015.
- NOTES: Edna Barbara Kirmse was born on February 5, 1908, in Ellis County, Oklahoma. She died as a child on July 10, 1909, in Ellis County, Oklahoma, and was buried in Alva, Oklahoma.
- WHAT: William and Martha Kirmse children portrait at the time of Julius’s confirmation.
- FRONT ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: Ella Kirmse;Laura Helena Maria Kirmse
- BACK ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: Julius Henry Kirmse, Alwin Karl Kirmse
- WHEN: 1919
- WHERE: Alva, Oklahoma
- SOURCE: Shared by Donna (Kirmse) Martin, April 26, 2015
- WHAT: Portrait of Norma Kirmse
- WHO: Norma Martha Kirmse
- Circa 1926
- WHERE: Alva, Oklahoma
- SOURCE: Shared by Judy (Kirmse) Yordi, April 26, 2015.
- NOTES: When Norma Martha Kirmse was born on April 7, 1924, in Alva, Oklahoma, her father, Wilhelm, was 48 and her mother, Martha, was 45. She married Alwin Adam Rauh on January 25, 1948, in her hometown. They had two children during their marriage. She died on April 10, 2000, in Alva, Oklahoma, at the age of 76.
- WHAT: Julius Heinrich Kirmse – Confirmation portrait
- WHO: Julius Heinrich “Henry