I was wondering if anyone knows the name of the church that was located at 11th and Trendley Ave in 1923 in E. St. Louis. My relative's obit reads that the funeral will leave the home on Piggott Ave and proceed to the Hungarian Church at 11th and Trendley with Rev. Kardos officiating. The Belleville Diocese does not have a church listed at list address in their archives and does not recognize the name Rev Kardos. Perhaps, this was not a Catholic Church. I have tried to find a church at this location in 2005 without success. Any assistance would be aprreciated.

I didn't find the name of the church, but I found an article in the Edwardsville Intelligencer that mentioned Reverend Joseph Kardos, Hungarian Presbyterian minister in E. St. Louis. But now at least you know his first name, and you know that the church was Presbyterian. Here is the relevant paragraph: February 10, 1921: ... Rev. Elliott in his talk told how Rev. Joseph Kardos, Hungarian Presbyterian minister, single handed saved his church from the rioters who were destroying property in the race riot in East St. Louis two years ago. At 12:39 PM 10/23/2005 -0500, dorothy norland wrote: >I was wondering if anyone knows the name of the church that was located at >11th and Trendley Ave in 1923 in E. St. Louis. My relative's obit reads >that the funeral will leave the home on Piggott Ave and proceed to the >Hungarian Church at 11th and Trendley with Rev. Kardos officiating. >The Belleville Diocese does not have a church listed at list address in >their archives and does not recognize the name Rev Kardos. Perhaps, this >was not a Catholic Church. I have tried to find a church at this location >in 2005 without success. Any assistance would be aprreciated. Carrie ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ...Then they filled, with clear, shallow water, the whole breadth of this broad canal, and set little whirlpools turning in the depths, and for the first time mirrored the green banks and distant calls of birds -- while in the sky the starry nights of another, sweeter country blossomed above them and would never close. Tombs of the Hetaerae, by Rainier Maria Rilke Translation by Stephen Mitchell

My 1928 edition of the __East St. Louis, Fairmont, National City, Washington Park Directory, 1928__, by Huber Directory Co., Alton, Ill shows p. 284 - Rev. Jos. Kardos, pastor Hungarian Presbyterian Church; resides 1131 Trendley ave. ----- Original Message ----- From: "dorothy norland" <dnorland@earthlink.net> To: <ILSTCLAI-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2005 12:39 PM Subject: [ILSTCLAI] Church >I was wondering if anyone knows the name of the church that was located at >11th and Trendley Ave in 1923 in E. St. Louis. My relative's obit reads >that the funeral will leave the home on Piggott Ave and proceed to the >Hungarian Church at 11th and Trendley with Rev. Kardos officiating. The >Belleville Diocese does not have a church listed at list address in their >archives and does not recognize the name Rev Kardos. Perhaps, this was not >a Catholic Church. I have tried to find a church at this location in 2005 >without success. Any assistance would be aprreciated. > >