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William, using his carpenter trade skills, built a wooden frame house in 1909.

Kirmse Family on Homestead near Goodwin, Oklahoma
Kirmse Family on Homestead near Goodwin, Oklahoma
  • WHAT: The second home of William and Martha (Cordes) Kirmse
  • LEFT TO RIGHT: William Kirmse, Julius Henry Kirmse, Martha (Cordes) Kirmse, and Margaretha (Meier) Cordes.
  • WHEN: Circa 1910
  • WHERE: Goodwin, Ellis County, Oklahoma – Homestead 1 mile east – about 7 miles southeast of Shattuck, Oklahoma
  • SOURCE: KIRMSE, WILHELM (WILLIAM) family biography, from “Pioneer Footprints Across Woods County 1893-1975” by the Cherokee Strip Volunteer League, 1976. p.138.
  • NOTES: Note the dog in the picture – it seems to have  the same markings as the dog in the “Oklahoma Harvest” picture.

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