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| Missouri State Gazetteer and Business Directory for 1876-77 Image Credit: Missouri Digital Heritage |
About
Herman Murat (also known as Hermann Morath) was a Swiss-born luthier who was involved in a handful of musical instrument manufacturer and repairing firms in St Louis. He was born around 1840, immigrated to the United States in time to serve in the American Civil War, and settled in St. Louis, Missouri. By 1871, he was in business with a French luthier named Nicholas Lebrun (b.1819, d.1899). They were listed in the City directory as being manufacturers of musical instruments and were situated at the southeast corner of 6th and Pine Streets [7]. In 1872, the firm was located at 207 S. 5th Street but by 1876, Murat was listed as an instrument maker while Lebrun was working elsewhere with band instruments [8][9].
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| 1881 City Directory Image Credit: Ancestry.com |
By 1881, Herman was now in business with William Tischendorf and located at 320 Walnut Street. Tischendorf had been working as an instrument maker since 1879 [3]. But by 1887, Murat was working by himself again at 9 N. 6th Street and William no longer appears in the City directories by 1891 [6][10]. Herman died a year later in February of 1888 and was buried in Jefferson Barracks.
Sources
[1] https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/182251037/person/312370004155/facts
[2] https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2469/images/10551305?usePUB=true&_phsrc=zMK1092&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&pId=530965241
[3] https://cdm16795.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/api/singleitem/image/p16795coll7/14677/default.jpg?highlightTerms=William%20Tischendorf
[4] https://cdm16795.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16795coll7/id/20627/rec/1
[5] https://cdm16795.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16795coll7/id/22515/rec/3
[6] https://cdm16795.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16795coll7/id/32283/rec/8
[7] https://cdm16795.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16795coll7/id/570/rec/1
[8] https://cdm16795.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16795coll7/id/7937/rec/4
[9] https://cdm16795.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16795coll7/id/3575/rec/2
[10] https://cdm16795.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16795coll7/id/23535/rec/5
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