Wilhelm "William" and Martha (Cordes) Kirmse

Wilhelm "William" and Martha (Cordes) Kirmse

Who

• Martha Margaretha Cordes, daughter of Heinrich "Henry" and Margaretha (Meier) Cordes

Martha Margaretha Cordes

• Wilhelm "William" Kirmse, son of Julius and Barbara (Kraus) Kirmse

Wilhelm "William" Kirmse

Story

When Wilhelm "William" Kirmse was born on May 21, 1875, in Farrar, Missouri, his father, Julius, was 40 and his mother, Barbara, was 33. He married Martha Margaretha Cordes on February 11, 1904, in his hometown. They had six children - 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).

The top photograph is their marriage portrait.

Marriage Documents

Wilhelm "William" and Martha (Cordes) Kirmse Marriage License[2]

[3]

Salem Lutheran Church Marriage Certificate

Missouri Certificate of Marriage

Date

11 Feb 1904 - marriage date.

Location

Farrar, Missouri - where married.

Notes

1. Scanned from Dale's Ancestors Album, February 2, 2015.
2. 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.
3. Source: Marriage Records. Salem Lutheran Church, Farrar, Missouri.  Copied September, 2003.