Obituaries
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Emily "Kirshman" Meier
DARROUZETT - Emily Meier, 95, died Wednesday, June 25, 2008, in Canadian.
Services will be at 2 p.m. today in St. Paul's Lutheran Church with the Rev. Phil Vickers officiating. Burial will be in Darrouzett Cemetery by Johnson's Good Samaritan Funeral Service of Booker.
Mrs. Meier was born Oct. 7, 1912, in Shattuck, Okla., to Theabolt and Mollie Kisson Kirshman . She married Reinhard Meier on Dec. 14, 1930, near Follett.
Survivors include two daughters, Julie Moore of Colorado City and LaVerta Schafer of Canadian; two sisters, Marie Estes of Salina, Kan., and Rosie Carter of Sulphur, Okla.; nine grandchildren; and several great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials be to Edward Abraham Memorial Home, 803 Birch St., Canadian, TX 79014; or Hemphill County Hospice, 1020 S. Fourth St., Canadian, TX 79014.
Amarillo Globe-News, June 27, 2008
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1930 census Lipscomb Co. TX. page 251
David Meier b. 1869 Russia immigrated 1923
son Reinhard Meier b. 1903 Russia
Kirschman, Da. b. 1879 Russia, immigrated 1906
Mollie b. 1882 ca. Russia
Theo b.1911 ca OK
Emily b. Oct 12, 1912
Hannah b. 1915 OK
Daniel b. 1918 OK
Maniul b. 1919 OK
Samuel b. 1921 TX
Benjamin b. 1923 TX
Mary b. 1925 TX
Rosa b. 1927 TX
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Lipscomb County Texas History Page 620
Theobold And Mollie Kirschman
Theobold was released from Russian Army in 1905
He married mollie Kisson on May 11, 1906 near Black Sea.
They immediately boarded a ship and were on their way to
America to make their home. They bought a homestead
southwest of Shattuck, Oklahoma and lived there until 1920
when they bought one half section of land one mile east of
Gaylord, Texas where they spent the remainder of their life.
Theobold Kirschman and Mollie were blessed with twelve
(12) children - six (6) boys and six (6) girls. They were sad-
dened with the loss of four (4) of their children, losing two of
their children while on their homestead in Oklahoma and two
after moveing to Texas. The 8 residing children are:
1 Theobold Jr. now living in Eads, Colorado.
2 Emily, (Mrs Reinhard Meier) Logan, Oklahoma
3 Hannah (Mrs Robert Yanke, Grover, Texas
4 Daniel married Eunice Booth, Los Animas, Colorado
5 Manuel married Lila Ginsman, Darrouzett, Texas
6 Marie (Mrs John Estes ) Salina, Kansas
7 Rosie ( Mrs Rosie Garbet) Oklahoma City, OK.
8 Emma ( Mrs. Glen Swedhin) Salina, Kansas
By Daniel Kirschman
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Lutheran Cemetery Ellis County Oklahoma
Kirschman, Tobe b. 7 April 1907 d. 21 March 1909
Kirschman, Alisa b. 4 Nov. 1908 d. 21 April 1913
Fairview Cemetery South of Follett, Lipscomb Co. Texas
Kirschman, Samuel b. 13 Jan. 1921 d. 24 Oct. 1931
Kirschman, Ben b. 28 Dec. 1922 d. 1 May 1935
Kirschman, Thebold b. 8 Nov. 1879 d. 31 Aug. 1955
Kirschman, Mollie b. 30 July 1886 d. 3 Jan. 1973
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Darrouzett Cemetery Lipscomb Co. Texas
Dave Meier b. 4 Sept 1879 d. 6 jan. 1933
Rienhard Meier b. 1 March 1903 d. 14 June 1981
Emily Kirchman Meier b. 7 Oct. 1912 ____________
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1910 Platt map: Ellis County Oklahoma
township 20 N. Range 26 W. Section 3 Ohio township
lots 1-2-3- 183.66 acres Diebold Kerschman
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1920,5th January; census of Ellis Co. Oklahoma page 81 B
77-fm-16-16 Kerchman, Deablt own Morgage 41 Russia Farmer
78 , Mollie 35 Russia
79 , Deablt 9 OK
80 , Amelia 7 OK
81 , Hanniah 5.4 OK
82 , Daniel 2.9 OK
83 , Manual 1.5 OK
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