Barbara (Kraus) Kirmse Family
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Title Page
Title page of the New Testament owned by Barbara Kraus.
Birth Record
Barbara kept a record of the births of her children on the back of the title page of her New Testament.
Maria Kirmse – 7 February 1868
Johann Kirmse – 3 October 1869 – died 29 October 1869
August Karl Kirmse – 2 September 1870
Joseph Kirmse – 18 January 1873
Wilhelm Kirmse – 21 May 1875
Louis Kirmse – 9 November 1877
Johanna Katherina Kirmse – 13 June 1880
Salem Lutheran Church – Baptism Records
- Maria Kirmse – Born: 7 Feb 1868 to Julius Kirmse & Barbara (Schuetz); Baptized: 24 Feb 1868; Sponsors: Georg & Mrs. Schuetz and Georg & Mrs. Krause.
- August Karl Kirmse – Born: 3 Sep 1870 to Julius Kirmse & Barbara (Kraus); Baptized: ; Sponsors: Friedrich A. & Katharina Schoenborn.
- Joseph Kirmse – Born: 18 Jan 1873 to Julius Kirmse & Barbara (Krause); Baptized: 22 Feb 1873; Sponsors: Andreas & Anna Stuebinger.
- Wilhelm Kirmse – Born: 31 May 1875 to Julius Kirmse & Barbara (Kraus); Baptised: 28 May 1875; Sponsors: Heinrich Bachmann, Caroline Boehme and Hermann Koenig.
- Louis Kirmse – Born: 9 Oct 1877 to Julius Kirmse & Barbara (Krause); Baptized: 12 Nov 1877; Sponsors: Georg & Kathar. Stubinger.
- Johanna Katharina – Born 13 Jun 1880 to Julius Kirmse & Barbara (Krause); Baptized 27 Jun 1880; Sponsors: Claus Detjen, Catharine Krause and Christiane Newberry.
Information Source
Perry County Historical Society Book Committee. Lutheran Churches of Bois Brule & Salem Township. Salem Lutheran Church – Baptism Records, p. 69.
Notes
- The printing date of the Bible/New Testament is 1862. Barbara may have obtained her Bible/New Testament before she immigrated – possibly a going away gift?
- The birth dates of the Bible/New Testament birth record and the Salem Lutheran Church baptism records agree except for Louis Kirmse. Helen (Kirmse) Hacker said that her father, Louis Kirmse, who had always celebrated his birthday on November 9 but was surprised when he applied for Social Security to find his baptism record had his birth date as being October 9. While, Louis’s confirmation record has his birth date as being November 9, the church baptism record was the only recognized record he had of his birth date, and that is what is his birth date is on his Social Security record and his gravestone.