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Note: 1860 Jefferson County, Missouri U.S. census records Wencer ( Wenceslaus ) Casper and Mary Casper : Casper, Wencer 47 M W Farmer 200 100 Bohemia Mary 47 F W Bohemia Albert 15 M W Farm Hand Bohemia Rosa (Ross) 12 F W Bohemia Hannah 8 F W Bohemia Civil War Service Records Casper Wenzel E 40 Missouri Inf. Private Private Casper Wanzel Union 1870 Jefferson County, Missouri U.S. census records : Kasper, Vencil 57 M W Farmer 500 200 Frgn Born , Maria 57 F W Keeps Hse " " Ehrenberger, Francis 42 M W Catholic Pastor 100 " " The 1870 records at St. John Nepomuk Church show Wenceslaus Kasper, occupation farmer, as the father of Anne Kasper and also shows his residence at that time as Rock Creek Township, Jefferson County, Missouri. That same record shows Anne's mother as being Mary Kasper. 1870 Land Owners in Jefferson County, Missouri : Probate Court Case # 992 Kasper, Wenzell 1876 Historical Atlas Land Owners, Jefferson County, Missouri Casper, A. 80 Acres T-43- R-5e- Sec.- 28 - Survey 1974 - Building - yes Casper, W. Est. 40 Acres T-43 R-5e- Sec.- 30 Let the record show the 1870 U.S. census records a Vencil ( Wenceslaus ) Kaspar and Maria Kaspar as residents of Rock Township ( Hillsboro Post Office ) Jefferson County, Missouri, on the 22nd day of August 1870. Wenzel ( Wenceslaus ) Kasper is buried at St. John's old Catholic Cemetery on Rock Creek Road in Jefferson County Missouri. The hrad stone was very hard to read, and Joseph Lipic III and I visited the grave site, once I had located it. Wenzel was born September 8, 1813 in Bohemia and died June 9, 1871 in Jefferson County, Missouri. ( copies in Lipic Family Archives. ) St. John's Cemetery (organized 1871) is divided into two sections, the old and the new. These two sections are seperated by a C.S.P.S. Cemetery. They are located on Old Rock Creek Road, approximately 2-1/2 miles east of Highway 21 and 2-1/2 miles west of Highway 30 in Rock Township, Jefferson County, Missouri. (Copied by Lisa Barnhart, Norma Hohl, Sheri Hutchens, Mona Sayers, June Sommer, Susan Stohl and Judy Vining, in the fall of 1982) Rock Creek was an early Czech (Bohemian) and German settlement with the majority of it's population Catholic. Some of the residents joined the Cesko-Slovanskych Podporajicich Spolku (C.S.P.S.), or Czech-Slav Benevolent Society, and founded their own cemetery, which is located between the old and new St. John's Cemeteries. It is not marked in any way, but can be identified because none of the stones will have a cross. The stones in all three cemeteries are written in Czech, German, and English, or a combination of the three. Every attempt was made to translate them correctly, and they are listed with the English translation. St. John's Catholic Church and Rectory (where the cemetery records are kept) are now located in Imperial, Missouri. The location of the C.S.P.S. Cemetery records is unknown, to the compilers of this publication. A brief overview of St. John's Parish is contained in 'Along Old Gravois' by Della Lang. (St. Louis, MO. : Beaumont Graphics Ltds., 1983, pp. 85-86) A copy is available in most public libraries in the St. Louis area. A copy is also in the Lipic Family Archives. 1880 - The 1880 U.S. census shows Mary (K) Casper, widow, living at the residence of George Straka at 910 Shenandoah in St. Louis. George's wife was the former Anne Casper child of Wenceslaus and Mary Kasper of Jefferson Counrty, Missouri. 1880 United States Census, St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri Household: George Straka Self M Male W 32 BOHEMIA Works In Brewery BOHEMIA BOHEM Annie Straka Wife M Female W 27 MO Keeping House BOHEMIA BOHEMIA Mary Strak Dau S Female W 6 MO BOHEMIA MO Annie Straka Dau S Female W 2 Mo BOHEMIA MO Mary Casper Mother W Female W 67BOHEMIA Asisting Keeping House BOHEMIA BOHEMIA The Last Will and Testament of Wenzel ( Wenceslaus ) Kasper, is as follows; I Wenzel Kasper of the County of Jefferson, of the State of Missouri, do make and publish this my last will and testament. I give and bequeath unto my blessed wife, Marie Kasper, all my personal estate consisting of all my household and kitchen furniture and _____live stock there may be on the premises after my decease, with all my farming utensils. I also give and devise unto my said beloved wife, Marie Kasper, all my real estate stuated in the County of Jedderson, State of Missouri____ ten acres of land, more or less, in the South west corner of the North West g of the North East gr of section thirty ( 30 ) Town _____ ? Forty Three 9 43 ) of range 5 East ( 5 ). Said piece or parcel of land is more fully described in a deed from Henry Porto & wife to me, dated October 18th, 1855. Recorded on book N pages 1 & 2 ; also forty acres being the North West gr of the South East gr of section 30 T 43 R 5 E _____ 40 acres, the same being acquired of Francis Slavik & wife. Deed dated April 4th 1838, recorded in the records office in Jefferson County, Mo. in book S page 489, to have and to hold the same to her, the said Marie Kasper for the term of her natural life in lieu and in full satisfaction of her droves in and out of all the lands and easements whereof lie (?) seized. I also give and devise to my daughters Rosa and Annie each eighty acres of land to which I have given them deeds as follows: to my daughter Rosa Kasper, Now Rosa Duchek, the South half of a certain piece of land conveyed to me Wenzel Kasper by Frank Fuchs & wife, in survey N 8 1974 containing 80 acres. To my daughter Anna Kasper the North half of a certain piece of land conveyed to me, Wenzel Kasper, by Francis Fuchs & wife in survey N contaimg 80 acres, and I hereby appoint my beloved wife, Maria Kasper, my sole executor of this my last will and testament, with full power to dispose of all herein specified property at her pleasure. Signed by me this Tenth day of April, 1870. WENZEL KASPER Confirming deed copies on file. ( see Lipic Family Archives for copies ) Source Research by Jack Underwood Census Records Ancestry.com 1870 Jefferson County, Missouri U.S. census records 1870 Land Owners in Jefferson County, Missouri 1870 records at St. John Nepomuk Church Probate Court Case # 992, will of Wenzell Kasper
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