William Kirmse’s brothers, Joseph and Louis Kirmse, purchased a quarter section of land 4 miles east of the William and Martha’s homestead. They never lived there- instead they rented out the land.

Helen (Kirmse) Hacker says that her father, Louis Kirmse, did not accompany his brother, Joseph Kirmse, on the trip to Oklahoma to purchase land. Louis Kirmse had to stay home on the farm in Missouri to take care of the chores while Joseph came to Oklahoma and purchased the quarter of land that they divided into two 80 acre properties.

• WHAT: Note on front frame of photo: “Joe Kirmse Farm at Shattuck 1907”
• WHEN: Circa 1910 – The photograph was labeled as being 1907. However, the Case car shown in the picture was not produced until 1910.
• WHERE: Near Goodwin, Oklahoma. The farm owned by Joe Kirmse was 5 miles east of Goodwin, Oklahoma.
• SOURCE: Shared by Judy (Kirmse) Yordi, April 26, 2015.

There are several elements of the picture – a house with two women in front, a Case car with two men, two teams of horses/mules with drivers and farm buildings in the background.

On the left side of the picture, are a girl (probably the daughter of Anna Kahnert) and Anna Kahnert, the mother of August Kahnert:

A note on the back of the photograph reads “Grandma Anna Kahnert”. Also, a note that Ella (Kirmse) Krueger provided Donna (Kirmse) Martin on a separate August Kahnert family photo reads:  “August Kahnert was a friend of Dad who lived at Shattuck, OK. He helped my folks move to Alva. His mother, Anna Kahnert, was my sponsor. Art Kahnert stayed around Alva for a long time.”  I remember that Ella said that Grandma Anna Kahnert was the source of her first middle name, Anna.

On the right side of the picture are two teams of horses/mules:

In the middle of the picture is a Case car and two men, Joe and Louis Kirmse.

Where

The Joseph and Louis Kirmse properties are in section 14 of the following Ohio Township land owners map. This land is about 4 miles east of Wilhelm and Martha Kirmse’s lands in section 19.