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SAVING WASHINGTON PARK
FIND YOUR FAMILY!
"The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living." Marcus Tulliuis Cicaro
We are currently working with the UMSL Geospatial Collaborative and many other Community Partners to complete an updated Digital Map and Survey of the Washington Park Cemetery. This resource will be accessible online to help families and descendants to located their loved ones at Washington Park Cemetery. ​​
There are many resources available to help find your family stone in the meantime, as well as information on how to learn more about other members of your ancestry and connections to Washington Park Heritage Site.
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Some families have been able to use the Find A Grave mobile application to locate loved ones with exposed headstones and grave markers.​
You can also contact the:
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​Missouri Historical Society Library & Research Center 225 S Skinker Blvd (314) 746-4500
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St. Louis Genealogical Society Maplewood, MO (314) 647-8547
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Or fill out this form and we may be able to help you.
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Full Name | Surname | Prefix/ Suffix | Death Date | Maiden Name | Age | Sex (M/F) | Section | Lot | Grave |
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Corine Nelson | Nelson | 03/28/1940 | 29 | F | 6 | ||||
Dee Nelson | Nelson | 12/28/1953 | about 60 | M | 15 | ||||
Dorothy Nelson | Nelson | 06/11/1984 | 69 | F | 6 | ||||
Douglas Wayne Nelson | Nelson | 12/01/1981 | 31 | M | 11 | 81 | |||
Edward Nelson | Nelson | 03/10/1936 | 70 | M | 1 | ||||
Edward Nelson | Nelson | 06/01/1929 | 65 | M | 8 | ||||
Eliza Nelson | Nelson | 03/07/1930 | 77 | F | 5 | ||||
Ella Nelson | Nelson | 06/16/1978 | 72 | M | 12 | ||||
Ella S. Nelson | Nelson | 03/31/1928 | 51 | F | 5 | ||||
Elmer Nelson | Nelson | 10/18/1965 | 67 | M | 12 | ||||
Elsie Nelson | Nelson | 07/06/1935 | 45 | F | 6 | ||||
Elsie Nelson | Nelson | 07/07/1967 | 57 | F | 2 | ||||
Emily Nelson | Nelson | 10/26/1981 | 78 | F | 11 | 48 | |||
Emma Nelson | Nelson | 10/22/1958 | 52 | F | 11 | ||||
Ernest Nelson | Nelson | 12/30/1972 | 68 | M | 11 | ||||
Ford Nelson | Nelson | 12/25/1948 | 34 | M | 14 | ||||
Georgia Nelson | Nelson | 12/08/1935 | 56 | F | 5 | ||||
German Nelson | Nelson | 06/22/1965 | 57 | M | 10 | ||||
Gracie Nelson | Nelson | 11/24/1948 | 67 | F | 14 | ||||
Green Nelson | Nelson | 06/14/1930 | 65 | M | 8 | ||||
Harry Buddy Nelson | Nelson | 08/04/1952 | 45 | M | 15 | ||||
Harry Nelson | Nelson | 02/07/1984 | 57 | M | 8 | ||||
Honor Nelson | Nelson | 11/28/1974 | 91 | F | 7 | ||||
Idell Nelson | Nelson | 01/30/1946 | 56 | F | 10 | ||||
James C. Nelson | Nelson | 12/23/1967 | 66 | M | 8 | ||||
James Nelson | Nelson | 07/04/1954 | 69 | M | 15 | ||||
James Nelson | Nelson | 11/15/1959 | 72 | M | 15 | ||||
Jessie Nelson | Nelson | 07/22/1957 | 67 | M | 15 | ||||
Joseph R. Nelson | Nelson | 11/15/1976 | 66 | M | 10 | ||||
Joseph S. Nelson | Nelson | 06/03/1965 | 44 | M | 7 | ||||
Joseph Nelson | Nelson | 11/17/1960 | 79 | M | 15 | ||||
Julia Nelson | Nelson | 04/27/1939 | 63 | F | 3 | ||||
Larry Alexander Nelson | Nelson | 08/07/1951 | 2 hours | M | 15 | 1 in 5 | |||
Lenore Nelson | Nelson | 05/27/1976 | 78 | F | 6 | ||||
Leroy Nelson | Nelson | 08/13/1982 | 86 | M | 12 | ||||
Lillian Nelson | Nelson | 04/11/1970 | 65 | F | 3 | ||||
Lucille Hortense Nelson | Nelson | 11/03/1934 | 34 | F | 6 | ||||
Lucious Nelson | Nelson | 02/17/1948 | 54 | M | 2 | ||||
Lucy C. Nelson | Nelson | 07/27/1970 | 78 | M | 3 | 710 | |||
Lula Nelson | Nelson | 06/02/1965 | 83 | F | 12 | ||||
Mable Nelson | Nelson | 05/07/1968 | 70 | F | 3 | ||||
Malachi Nelson | Nelson | 01/25/1939 | 30 | M | 6 | ||||
Margie Nelson | Nelson | 09/03/1976 | 76 | F | 10 | ||||
Mary Nelson | Nelson | 02/10/1941 | 106 | F | 7 | ||||
Mary Nelson | Nelson | 12/07/1968 | F | 10 | |||||
Mary Nelson | Nelson | 08/06/1937 | 45 | F | 7 | ||||
Mary Nelson | Nelson | 10/21/1940 | 48 | F | 6 | ||||
Mary Nelson | Nelson | 03/15/1966 | F | 15 | |||||
Mary D. Nelson | Nelson | 07/28/1962 | 42 | 15 | |||||
Mary L. Nelson | Nelson | 01/20/1962 | 76 | F | 3 | ||||
Mattie Nelson | Nelson | 08/21/1936 | 70 | F | 6 | ||||
Monroe Nelson | Nelson | 02/14/1933 | 55 | M | 6 | ||||
Nannie Nelson | Nelson | 07/11/1966 | 72 | F | 12 | ||||
Nellie Nelson | Nelson | 06/28/1954 | 73 | F | 15 | ||||
Nellie Pryor Nelson | Nelson | 07/31/1959 | 79 | F | 7 | ||||
Oliver E. Nelson | Nelson | 12/29/1962 | 56 | M | 15 | ||||
Oscar Nelson | Nelson | 07/29/1950 | 73 | M | 5 | ||||
Paul Nelson | Nelson | 05/04/1939 | 67 | M | 6 | ||||
Peter Nelson | Nelson | 01/06/1939 | 50 | M | 6 | ||||
Phelma Nelson | Nelson | 11/20/1965 | 70 | F | 12 | ||||
Pherida Nelson | Nelson | 12/04/1931 | 27 | F | 8 | ||||
Ralph Nelson | Nelson | 02/17/1963 | 42 | M | 15 | ||||
Reginald Nelson | Nelson | 01/05/1980 | 23 | M | 12 | ||||
Reginald Eugene Nelson | Nelson | 12/13/1973 | 2 days | M | 5 | 583 | |||
Robert Nelson | Nelson | 02/07/1979 | 95 | M | 3 | ||||
Robert Nelson | Nelson | 05/27/1969 | 73 | M | 7 | ||||
Robert Nelson | Nelson | 03/21/1957 | 85 | M | 15 | ||||
Roosevelt Nelson | Nelson | 05/10/1975 | 40 | M | 15 | ||||
Rosie Nelson | Nelson | 12/11/1965 | 60 | F | 12 | ||||
Ruth Nelson | Nelson | 04/09/1948 | 29 | F | 14 | ||||
Sallie Nelson | Nelson | 01/15/1956 | 79 | F | 15 | ||||
Sam Nelson | Nelson | 05/26/1974 | 74 | M | 11 | ||||
Samuel D. Nelson | Nelson | 06/28/1957 | 74 | M | 7 | ||||
Samuel T. Nelson | Nelson | 01/26/1977 | 66 | M | 7 | ||||
Savanah Nelson | Nelson | 07/16/1931 | 51 | F | 8 | ||||
Sealy Nelson | Nelson | 04/22/1933 | 26 | M | 6 | ||||
Sherry M. Nelson | Nelson | 04/17/1984 | 33 | F | 8 | ||||
Travis Nelson | Nelson | 07/31/1966 | 63 | M | 10 | ||||
William Nelson | Nelson | 10/17/1938 | 58 | M | 8 | ||||
Willie Mae Nelson | Nelson | 08/18/1949 | 47 | F | 14 | ||||
Willie Nelson | Nelson | 07/14/1980 | 77 | M | 11 | ||||
Zena Nelson | Nelson | 08/18/1936 | 17 | M | 6 | ||||
Zora Nelson | Nelson | 03/20/1983 | F | 11 | |||||
Joe Nelter | Nelter | 02/03/1951 | 52 | M | 15 | ||||
Lottie Nero | Nero | 01/05/1972 | 73 | F | 7 | ||||
Rulet Nero | Nero | 01/09/1941 | 54 | 6 | |||||
Willie Nero | Nero | 12/16/1950 | 55 | M | 7 | ||||
Alfred Leonard Nesbit | Nesbit | 10/16/1965 | 60 | M | 12 | ||||
Erving Nesbit | Nesbit | 08/04/1941 | 61 | M | 5 | ||||
Martha Ellen Nesbit | Nesbit | 03/31/1970 | 55 | F | 6 | 954 | |||
Mollie Nesbit | Nesbit | 06/15/1944 | 56 | F | 10 | ||||
Rosa Smith Nesbit | Nesbit | 09/15/1942 | about 70 | F | 11 | ||||
Amanda Nesbitt | Nesbitt | 04/29/1951 | 55 | F | 15 | ||||
Amanda Nesbitt | Nesbitt | 09/21/1936 | 57 | F | 8 | ||||
Beatrice F. Nesbitt | Nesbitt | 09/23/1971 | 66 | F | 7 | ||||
Bennie H. Nesbitt | Nesbitt | 07/29/1976 | 70 | M | 7 | ||||
Carrie Nesbitt | Nesbitt | 08/15/1961 | 64 | F | 5 | ||||
Frances Nesbitt | Nesbitt | 08/03/1982 | 63 | F | 12 | ||||
James Nesbitt | Nesbitt | 09/14/1959 | 43 | M | 15 | ||||
Lula Nesbitt | Nesbitt | 01/13/1977 | 67 | F | 2 |
FOR RELOCATION & REINTERMENT INFORMATION
1996 - 2000
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In 1996, the City of St. Louis acquired part of Washington Park for "aviation obstruction removals and land use compatibility" relating to Lambert Airport's longest runway. (11,018 ft) Estimated cost for the project was $40 Million. The "Cemetery Project" included the disinterment, transportation, and reinterment of the human remains buried in the affected area.
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Stlouiscityrecorder.org has information on the reinterment of 11,974 deceased persons, including 165 persons indexed under "Doe" - Baby Doe 5, Jane Doe 88, John Doe 76.
Missouri Historical Society
There are 71 original boxes of cards stored at the Historical Research Center in St. Louis, Missouri. They have been uploaded here. You can also contact the Research Library (west of Forest Park) at (314) 746-4500. They would love to help you!
FindAGrave.com -
Washington Park Cemetery
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This database is updated with a photo and sometimes the GPS coordinates for each exposed headstone. You can check for your relative to see if their location has been updated. If it hasn't you can use the other resources to attain the location, and then use the mobile application to narrow down the physical location while looking!
Obituaries
Many St. Louisans who were buried here were reported in the St. Louis Globe Democrat. Search there first for an obituary., This will include names of close family members, the church where the funeral took place and the time of day when the burial took place.
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This information can be powerful when connecting with lost ancestries! They can be found here!
Death Certificates
You can search Death Records from 1910-1969 here. For all other records, the Vital Records Department provides assistance in obtaining birth or death certificates recorded anywhere within the State of Missouri. State and You can call or visit their website for forms and information.
Join and follow the Saving Washington Park Facebook page. You can connect with local descendants, share pics, ask questions and even help others reconnect with lost loved ones!
