Kraatz and Spohr Photograph

I wanted to post a photo that was sent to me by Raymond Kraatz, a descendant of the Schaefer family (Ray’s great grandmother was Agnes Laura Schaefer Kraatz, the sister of William Albert Schaefer who was Amalie Spohr’s husband). This photo shows not only Kraatz family members, but also my 2nd great grandmother, Anna Marie Ott Spohr, and her son, Carl John Spohr. I think it’s cool to find ‘new’ family photos like this, and because I have quite a few photographs of Anna and her family, I was able to help confirm that the Anna and Carl in the photo were in fact Anna and Carl Spohr.

Here is what Ray wrote when he sent me this photo:
“Here is the picture I was telling you about, it was taken in front of their home at 7161 Wellington Ct. in St Louis, MO. in late 1909 or early 1910, I think Anna is Amalie's sister-in-law and her son Louis. The people from left to right are
Agnes Kraatz seated, Laura Kraatz, William Kraatz, Anna Spohr seated and Viola Fleschner standing, in front are Walter Kraatz, Louis Spohr and Arthur Kraatz.”

Here are a few photos of Anna Marie Ott Spohr in her younger years. (In the wedding photo, Anna is the one sitting and her husband, Ludwig is the one standing on the right, and I don't know who the other two people in the photo are).

And this photo is of Louis and Carl Spohr – Anna and Ludwig’s two surviving sons. (Carl was my great grandfather). Although Ray’s Kraatz family photo identified the boy as ‘Louis,’ I believe that it was really Carl in the picture, because of another set of photos that I found that were taken on the same day as the Kraatz family photo from Ray (I told Ray this, and he said that the names written on his photo were written by a family member later on in an attempt to identify the individuals, not at the time that the photo was taken).

This photo of Anna Marie Ott Spohr and her son, Carl Spohr (sr.), is the only other photo I have of my great grandpa Carl when he was a young child: