Conrad William Kass ( Mothers Resting Place..)

Here is a photo that Dad actually took of his father.. 
They were visiting Conrad W Kass mothers grave.. at St Matthews Cemetery on Bates Street in South St Louis.   The reason for the visit was to sign the papers to have the grave moved to another part of the cemetery.  

He is standing over the grave.. it had a flat stone and that does not show in the picture.

In the background you can see the homes on Morganford.  The street was to be widened and this grave would be re-located.  St. Matthews has an office, maybe a trip would be instore to look up this grave site.. To find her first name and date of birth..

    More mysteries !

Conrad William Kass

This is Dad's ( Conrad Jr. ) father..  We don't know too much but there are a few details.

I love the following Photo Postcard.  The back is as interesting as the front if you are looking for some history.

The back of the post card.. tells the photographer and where they were located.

A knowledgeable person.. gave us the dates.  So the above photo would have been taken in 1888 in the Charles F Meier Portraits studio at 1406 South Broadway in St Louis.

Currently that address is about 2 blocks North from Soulard Market. There is a trucking company there now.

On the map guide of St Louis in the mid 1800's.. This part of Broadway was originally named Carondelet and it ran all the way from downtown to the Jefferson Barracks. This same street running north from the city was called Broad.  In 1886 the city changed the whole road both north and south to Broadway.
Here are some historic maps of St Louis in the 1800's 

Kind of fun to look at to see what St Louis looked like when our ancestors lived here..