When Martha Margaretha Cordes was born on March 20, 1879, in Farrar, Missouri, her father, Heinrich, was 29, and her mother, Margaretha, was 31. She married Wilhelm Kirmse on February 11, 1904, in her hometown. 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). She died on December 9, 1967, in Alva, Oklahoma, at the age of 88, and was buried there.
Marriage Documents
![Wilhelm "William" and Martha (Cordes) Kirmse Marriage License[1]](https://pressbooks.pub/app/uploads/sites/3932/2018/08/KirmseWilliamMarthaCordes-11Feb1904-1024x815_500.jpg)
![Wilhelm "William" and Martha (Cordes) Kirmse Marriage License[1]](https://pressbooks.pub/app/uploads/sites/3932/2022/09/KirmseWilliam_CordesMartha_MissouriMarriageRecords180520023.jpg)
![Marriage Records. Salem Lutheran Church, Farrar, Missouri. [2]](https://pressbooks.pub/app/uploads/sites/3932/2022/09/20030921_DSCN2419_Salem_Lutheran_Records.jpg)
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 20 MAR 1879 • Farrar, Perry, Missouri, USA
– DEATH 9 DEC 1967 • Alva, Woods, Oklahoma, USA
Wilhelm “William” Kirmse
Wilhelm “William” Kirmse was the son of Julius and Barbara (Kraus) Kirmse.
– BIRTH 21 MAY 1875 • Farrar, Perry, Missouri, USA
– DEATH 14 AUG 1968 • Alva, Woods, Oklahoma, USA
Children of Martha Margaretha (Cordes) and Wilhelm Kirmse
Julius Heinrich Kirmse
When Julius Heinrich Kirmse was born on January 20, 1905, in Ellis, Oklahoma, his father, Wilhelm, was 29 and his mother, Martha, was 25. He married Hilda Ida Brunken and they had four children together. He then married Hildegard Frieda Kletke on August 19, 1951, in Alva, Oklahoma. He died on December 4, 1998, in Alva, Oklahoma, at the age of 93, and was buried there.
BIRTH 20 JAN 1905 • Goodwin, Ellis, Oklahoma, USA
DEATH 4 DEC 1998 • Alva, Woods, Oklahoma, USA
Edna Barbara Kirmse
When Edna Barbara Kirmse was born on February 5, 1908, in Ellis, Oklahoma, her father, Wilhelm, was 32, and her mother, Martha, was 28. She had two brothers and three sisters. She died as a child on July 10, 1909, in home near Goodwin, Oklahoma and was buried in Alva, Oklahoma.
BIRTH 5 FEB 1908 • Goodwin, Ellis, Oklahoma, USA
DEATH 10 JUL 1909 • Goodwin, Ellis, Oklahoma, USA
Alwin Karl Kirmse
BIRTH 6 JUN 1911 • Alva, Woods, Oklahoma, USA
DEATH 28 SEP 1928 • Cherokee, Alfalfa, Oklahoma, USA
When Alwin Karl Kirmse was born on June 6, 1911, in Alva, Oklahoma, his father, Wilhelm, was 36 and his mother, Martha, was 32. He had one brother and four sisters. He died as a teenager on September 28, 1928, in Cherokee, Oklahoma and was buried in Alva, Oklahoma.
Laura Helena Maria Kirmse
BIRTH 31 OCT 1913 • Alva, Woods, Oklahoma, USA
DEATH 7 DEC 1995 • Alva, Woods, Oklahoma, USA
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. She married Roland Ferdinand Schmidt on August 21, 1938, in her hometown. They had three children in 11 years. She died on December 7, 1995, in Alva, Oklahoma, at the age of 82, and was buried there.
Ella Anna Paulina Kirmse
BIRTH 28 JAN 1918 • Alva, Woods, Oklahoma, USA
DEATH 7 JUN 2010 • Hutchinson, Reno, Kansas, USA
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. She married Herbert Gilbert Arthur Krueger on March 2, 1941, in her hometown. They had three children during their marriage. She died on June 7, 2010, in Hutchinson, Kansas, at the age of 92, and was buried in Alva, Oklahoma.
Norma Martha Kirmse
BIRTH 7 APR 1924 • Alva, Woods, Oklahoma, USA
DEATH 10 APR 2000 • Alva, Woods, Oklahoma, USA
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, and was buried there.
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