Looking for Casper Henrich Moeller of St Louis and Prussia
Casper H MOELLER was born in Prussia July 4, 1835 and died in St. Louis MO on Feb 22, 1912. His father was Conrad Moeller. Casper came to the US in 1857. He married Elizabeth (Elsie) BENTLAGE on Nov 5, 1864. They lived in st. Louis MO. Casper was reported to be a strong willed man who came to this country as a stowaway, hiding out on a hogshead.
This is also my line. I would be interested in the source of the story of Casper being a stowaway and other information you might be willing to share. I have only been able to identify 10 of his 11 children - one of which is my GG-Grandfather. Several sad stories in this family also.
I have the following children for Casper and Elizabeth: Elizabeth, 1866; Lillie (my great grandmother),1868;Henry, 1870; Anna, 1872; Katherine, 1874; Emma, 1876;Fred, 1878, Alvin, 1881; William, 1883; Edward, 1885. Who are you related to? Do you know if the Moeller's came from Lene, Germany? If so I may have a source for information on Conrad, father of Casper
What do you know about the Bentlage line? When I visited St. John's cemetery I found the following Bentlages but I don't know how they fit in the family....Ludwig, Cyrine,Dorathea, T George, Fred, Henry, and Alvin.
My email address is smcole214@yahoo.com if you want to write directly to me.....Susan
Ludwig is the husband of Ann Dora Pallenscheck. Cyrene, T. George, Fred & Henry are the children of Louis 1864-1930 and Mary Morrisse Bentlage Brown 1871-1951. They had a total of 11 children.