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Marriage
Martha Margaretha Cordes married Wilhelm Kirmse on February 11, 1904, in the Salem Lutheran Church in Farrar, Missouri.
Notes
- Source Information – Ancestry.com. Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007. Original data: Missouri Marriage Records. Jefferson City, MO, USA: Missouri State Archives. Microfilm.
- Source: Marriage Records. Salem Lutheran Church, Farrar, Missouri. Copied September, 2003.
Martha Margaretha Cordes
Martha Margaretha Cordes was the daughter of Heinrich “Henry” and Margaretha (Meier) Cordes.
– BIRTH
When Martha Margaretha Cordes was born on March 20, 1879, in Farrar, Missouri, her father, Heinrich, was 29, and her mother, Margaretha, was 31.
– DEATH
Martha died on December 9, 1967, in Alva, Oklahoma, at the age of 88, and was buried in the Alva Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery.
Wilhelm “William” Kirmse
Wilhelm “William” Kirmse was the son of Julius and Barbara (Kraus) Kirmse.
– BIRTH
When Wilhelm Kirmse was born on May 21, 1875, in Farrar, Missouri, his father, Julius, was 40 and his mother, Barbara, was 33.
– DEATH
William died on August 14, 1968, in Alva, Oklahoma, at the age of 93, and was buried in the Alva Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery.
Children of Martha Margaretha (Cordes) and Wilhelm Kirmse
They had six children in 19 years – Julius Heinrich Kirmse (1905 – 1998), Edna Barbara Kirmse (1908 – 1909), Alwin Karl Kirmse (1911 – 1928), Laura Helena Maria Kirmse (1913 – 1995), Ella Anna Paulina Kirmse (1918 – 2010), and Norma Martha Kirmse (1924 – 2000).
Julius Heinrich Kirmse
– BIRTH
When Julius Heinrich Kirmse was born on January 20, 1905, in Ellis, Oklahoma Territory, his father, Wilhelm, was 29 and his mother, Martha, was 25.
– MARRIAGE
Julius married Hilda Ida Brunken in the Zion Lutheran Church in Lahoma, Oklahoma and they had four children together. He then married Hildegard Frieda Kletke on August 19, 1951, in the Zion Lutheran Church in Alva, Oklahoma.
– DEATH
He died on December 4, 1998, in Alva, Oklahoma, at the age of 93, and was buried in the Alva Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery.
Edna Barbara Kirmse
– BIRTH
When Edna Barbara Kirmse was born on February 5, 1908, in a sod house in Ellis County, Oklahoma, her father, Wilhelm, was 32, and her mother, Martha, was 28.
– DEATH
Edna died as a child on July 10, 1909, at home near Goodwin, Oklahoma and was buried in the Alva Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery.
Alwin Karl Kirmse
– BIRTH
When Alwin Karl Kirmse was born on June 6, 1911, in Alva, Oklahoma, his father, Wilhelm, was 36 and his mother, Martha, was 32
– DEATH
Alwin died as a teenager on September 28, 1928 from a ruptured appendix in Cherokee, Oklahoma and was buried in the Alva Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery.
Laura Helena Maria Kirmse
– BIRTH
When Laura Helena Maria Kirmse was born on October 31, 1913, in Alva, Oklahoma, her father, Wilhelm, was 38, and her mother, Martha, was 34.
– MARRIAGE
Laurae married Roland Ferdinand Schmidt from Altenburg, Perry County, Missouri on August 21, 1938, in the Zion Lutheran Church in Alva, Oklahoma. They had three children in 11 years.
– DEATH
Laura died on December 7, 1995, in Alva, Oklahoma, at the age of 82, and was buried in the Alva Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery.
Ella Anna Paulina Kirmse
– BIRTH
When Ella Anna Paulina Kirmse was born on January 28, 1918, in Alva, Oklahoma, her father, Wilhelm, was 42, and her mother, Martha, was 38.
– MARRIAGE
Ella married Herbert Gilbert Arthur Krueger from Farrar, Perry County, Missouri on March 2, 1941, in the Zion Lutheran Church in Alva, Oklahoma. They had three children during their marriage
– DEATH
Ella died on June 7, 2010, in Hutchinson, Kansas, at the age of 92, and was buried in the Alva Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery.
Norma Martha Kirmse
– BIRTH
When Norma Martha Kirmse was born on April 7, 1924, in Alva, Oklahoma, her father, Wilhelm, was 48, and her mother, Martha, was 45.
– MARRIAGE
Norma married Alwin Adam Rauh, Jr from Alva, Oklahoma on January 25, 1948, in the Zion Lutheran Church in Alva, Oklahoma. They had two daughters during their marriage.
– DEATH
Norma died on April 10, 2000, in Alva, Oklahoma, at the age of 76, and was buried in the Alva Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery.