Family Photos
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- WHAT: Anna (Cordes) and Richard Fritsche marriage portrait.
- LEFT TO RIGHT: Richard Bruno Fritsche, son of Heinrich and Bertha Ernestine (Boehme) Fritsche; Anna Marie Cordes, daughter of Heinrich and Margaretha (Meier) Cordes
- WHEN: 28 Oct 1900 – date of marriage.
- WHERE: Farrar, Missouri – location of marriage.
- SOURCE: Ella (Kirmse) Krueger shared this photograph December 30, 2003.
- NOTES: When Anna Marie Cordes was born on February 3, 1876, in Farrar, Missouri, her father, Heinrich, was 26 and her mother, Margaretha, was 28. She married Richard Bruno Fritsche on October 28, 1900, in her hometown. They had four children during their marriage: Edwin Heinrich Max Fritsche (1901 – 1980), Otto Richard Walter Fritsche (1903 – 1983), Ida Florence Fritsche (1906 – 1906), Ella Martha Maria Fritsche (1907 – 1991).
Marriage Documents
Name: Richard B Fritsche; Marriage Date: 28 Oct Perry County, Missouri Marriage License. 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.
Name: Richard B Fritsche; Marriage Date: 28 Oct 1900 ; Marriage Location: Farrar, Perry, Missouri; Marriage County: Perry; Spouse Name: Anna M Cortes
Children of Anna (Cordes) and Richard Fritsche
- WHAT: Portrait of Edwin Heinrich Max Fritsche
- WHO: Edwin Heinrich Max Fritsche, son of Richard Bruno and Anna Marie (Cordes) Fritsche
- WHEN: Circa 1902
- WHERE: Frohna, Missouri – from the photograph
- SOURCE: Ella (Kirmse) Krueger shared this photograph December 30, 2003.
- WHAT: Portrait of Otto and Edwin Fritsche
- LEFT TO RIGHT: Otto Richard Walter Fritsche; Edwin Heinrich Max Fritsche, sons of Richard Bruno and Anna Marie (Cordes) Fritsche
- WHEN: Circa 1904
- WHERE: Frohna, Missouri
- SOURCE: Ella (Kirmse) Krueger shared this photograph December 30, 2003.
- WHAT: Portrait of Ella, Edwin and Otto Fritsche.
- LEFT TO RIGHT: Ella Martha Maria Fritsche; Edwin Heinrich Max Fritsche;Otto Richard Walter Fritsche children of Richard Bruno and Anna Marie (Cordes) Fritsche.
- WHEN: Circa 1910
- WHERE: Frohna, Missouri
- SOURCE: Ella (Kirmse) Krueger shared this photograph December 30, 2003.
- NOTES:
ELLA MARTHA MARIA FRITSCHE, daughter of Richard Bruno Fritsche and Anna Marie Cordes, was born on 09 Jun 1907 in Farrar, Perry, Missouri, USA. She died on 16 May 1991 in Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA. She married George Ferdinand Kaufmann, son of Ferdinand Kaufmann and Hulda Boehme, on 26 Apr 1931 in Farrar, Perry, Missouri, USA. He was born on 18 May 1899 in Altenburg, Perry, Missouri, USA. He died on 26 Jun 1982 in Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA.
EDWIN HEINRICH MAX FRITSCHE, son of Richard Bruno Fritsche and Anna Marie Cordes, was born on 26 Nov 1901 in Farrar, Perry, Missouri, USA. He died on 17 Aug 1980 in Perryville, Perry, Missouri, USA. He married Laura Lena Koenig, daughter of Gustav Emmanuel Koenig and Clara Emilie Weinhold, on 31 Aug 1924 in Farrar, Perry, Missouri, USA. She was born on 31 Mar 1901. She died on 31 Oct 1984.
OTTO RICHARD WALTER FRITSCHE, son of Richard Bruno Fritsche and Anna Marie Cordes, was born on 04 Sep 1903 in Seventysix, Perry, Missouri, United States. He died on 14 Oct 1983 in Perryville, Perry, Missouri, USA. He married Rosa Martha Mathilda Bachmann, daughter of Martin Bachman and Martha Steffens, on 07 Apr 1929 in Crosstown, Perry, Missouri, USA. She was born on 20 Mar 1908 in Crosstown, Perry, Missouri, USA. She died on 04 Jan 1991 in Union Grove, Racine, Wisconsin, USA.
- WHAT: Portrait of Edwin, Otto and Ella Fritsche
- LEFT TO RIGHT: Edwin Heinrich Max Fritsche; Otto Richard Walter Fritsche; Ella Martha Maria Fritsche -children of Richard Bruno and Anna Marie (Cordes) Fritsche
- WHEN:Circa 1918 – a guess from Ella’s apparent age
- WHERE: Frohna, Missouri
- SOURCE: Ella (Kirmse) Krueger shared this photograph December 30, 2003
- WHAT: Edwin Fritsche and Laura Koenig marriage portrait
- LEFT TO RIGHT: Edwin Heinrich Max Fritsche, son of Richard Bruno Fritsche andAnna Marie Cordes;Laura Lena Koenig, daughter of Gustav Emmanuel Koenig and Clara Emilie Weinhold.
- WHEN: August 31, 1924
- WHERE: Farrar, Missouri
- SOURCE: Shared by Judy (Kirmse) Yordi, April 26, 2015.
- NOTES: Edwin Heinrich Max Fritsche and Laura Lena Koenig had five children in 18 years. He died on August 17, 1980, in Perryville, Missouri, at the age of 78, and was buried there. She died on October 31, 1984, in Perryville, Missouri, at the age of 83, and was buried there.
- WHAT: Rosa (Bachmann) and Otto Fritsche marriage portrait.
- LEFT TO RIGHT: Rosa Martha Mathilda Bachmann, daughter of Martin Bachmann and Gesche Martha Steffens; Otto Richard Walter Fritsche, son of Richard Bruno Fritsche andAnna Marie Cordes.
- WHEN: April 7, 1929
- WHERE: Crosstown, Missouri
- SOURCE: Shared by Judy (Kirmse) Yordi, April 26, 2015.
- NOTES: Otto Richard Walter Fritsche and Rosa Martha Mathilda Bachmann had three children during their marriage. He died on October 14, 1983, in Perryville, Missouri, at the age of 80, and was buried in Altenburg, Missouri. She died on January 4, 1991, in Union Grove, Wisconsin, at the age of 82.
- WHAT: Wedding party portrait.
- BACK ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: Ella Fritsche, Mr Hoenig
- FRONT ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: Rosa Bachmann, Otto Fritsche
- WHEN: April 7, 1929
- WHERE: Crosstown, Missouri
- SOURCE: Shared by Judy (Kirmse) Yordi, April 26, 2015
- WHAT: Ella (Fritsche) and George Kaufmann marriage portrait.
- LEFT TO RIGHT: Ella Martha Maria Fritsche, daughter of Richard Bruno Fritsche and Anna Marie Cordes;George Ferdinand Kaufmann, son of Ferdinand Gottfried Kaufmann andHulda J. Boehme.
- WHEN: April 26, 1931
- WHERE: Farrar, Missouri.
- SOURCE: Shared by Judy (Kirmse) Yordi, April 26, 2015.
- NOTES: When George Ferdinand Kaufmann was born on May 18, 1899, in Altenburg, Missouri, his father, Ferdinand, was 42 and his mother, Hulda, was 31. He married Ella Martha Maria Fritsche on April 26, 1931, in Farrar, Missouri.When Ella Martha Maria Fritsche was born on June 9, 1907, in Farrar, Missouri, her father, Richard, was 34 and her mother, Anna, was 31.They had four children during their marriage. He died on June 26, 1982, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, at the age of 83, and was buried in Altenburg, Missouri. She died on May 16, 1991, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, at the age of 83, and was buried in Altenburg, Missouri.
Marriage Documents
Ella (Fritche) and George Kaufmann Family – 1948
- WHAT:Visiting the Ella (Fritche) and George Kaufmann family.
- FRONT ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT:Curtis Kaufmann, Betty Wilma Kaufmann.
- BACK ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: Fremont Kaufmann, George Kaufmann, Ella (Fritsche) Kaufmann, Martha (Cordes) Kirmse, William Kirmse .
- WHEN:Fall 1948.
- WHERE:Altenburg, Perry, Missouri – In front of George and Ella (Fritsche) Kaufmann’s house.
- SOURCE:Scanned from negatives of pictures taken by Julius Henry Kirmse during a visit to Missouri relatives.
- NOTES:Ella was a niece of Martha (Cordes) Kirmse. Pictures taken while Julius Henry Kirmse and his parents, Martha (Cordes) and William Kirmse, were visiting relatives in Missouri during the fall of 1948. Many thanks to Helen (Kirmse) Hacker who provided identifies of individuals in the pictures.
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.