First name has been seen with a number of different spellings: Casper, Kasper, Kaspar, Jasper, etc.
Records conflict on date of death. Delores Snider gives 5 Mar 1908, however, Casper Muth has been found in census records after that date. All other sources give 20 May 1937. It is beleived that the 1908 date is the date of his second marriage to Louisa Singer.
Kaspar's father Franz Muth wanted him to stay and work on the farm at Noble County OH on Pawpaw Creek. Kaspar refused and moved to Pittsburgh where he spent the rest of his life. He worked at Faust Bakery in Pittsburgh, PA and lived on Ohio Street. In early 1906 he bought a store in McKeesport, PA. and his wife Melani were going to operate it, but she died. Kaspar asked his brother Anton Joseph Muth to send his daughter Louvina and son Rinehart Anton to help him. Rienhart ran the store for a year until he sold out. He then returned to Marietta, Ohio. Louvina stayed in Pittsburgh.
Casper Muth has not been found in the 1900 census.
At the time of the 1910 census, 48 year old Casper (or Jasper -- unclear) Muth and his wife Louisa (25) rented a home at 917 Chestnut St. in Pittsburgh's 23rd Ward. Casper worked as a laborer in a sheet mill (difficult to read first word.) According to the census, this was Casper's second marriage and Louisa's first. The couple had been married for two years. The children living in the house were Clara (10), Paul (4), and Walter (1 yr 2 mos). Clara attended school. Information in the census including relationship to head-of-household, number of children Louisa gave birth to, and parents place of birth indicates that Clara and Paul are the children of Casper's first marriage, and Walter is the son of Casper and Louisa. However, Paul is known to have been born several months after the death of Casper's first wife.
In 1920, 50 year old Casper (or Jasper or Kasper, unclear) rented a house at 5 Salter Way in Pittsburgh's 23rd Ward. Casper worked as a millwright in a machine shop. Other members of the household were Casper's wife Louise (36), and children Paul (14), Walter (11), Elenora (9), Mary Louise (7), James (4) and Raymond (1). The four oldest children attended school. According to the census, everyone in the home was a native of Pennsylvania, as were their parents. (This is known to be incorrect.)
In the 1930 census, the family still lived in the 23rd Ward of Pittsburgh. At that time, they rented a house at 1100 River Ave. for $20 a month. Members of the household were Casper V. Muth (65), his wife, Louise M. (46), and children Walter F. (21), Elenor M. (18), Mary L. (16), James H. (13), Raymond J. (11) and Virginia A. (9). The youngest three children attended school. Casper was not employed. According to the census, he could not read or write. The three oldest children all worked... Walter as a sawyer in a box factory; Elenor and Mary as packer and a bottler in a brewer (?) factory.
Casper and his family attended Holy Name Church, Trot Hill, Pittsburgh, PA. Kaspar is buried in St. Mary`s Cemetery, Mt. Troy, Pittsburgh, PA.
Kaspar`s first wife came from Germany and arrived in Pittsburgh at the same time as the great flood of Johnstown (May 31, 1889)
Franz was the second son & the third of five children. He imigrated to the U.S. in 1849 at the age of 30, on the Hamburg America line of Steam Ships. Franz & Margareth lived in the Dutch area of Pittsburgh on the corner of Chestnut & Ohio. On 12 Nov 1853 He bought a 40 acre farm from Nathan & Elsa Hollister for $6.25 an acre. This farm was located on Rado Ridge, Enoch Township, in Noble county, Ohio between Middleburg & Fulda.
In 1860, 44 year old Hessian-born farmer "Francis Muet" lived in Stock Twp., Noble County, Ohio with is 44 year old wife, Margaret and five children: John (8), Andrew (6), Francis (4), Matilda (3), and Adam (1). The children were all born in Ohio; and the oldest three attended school. The neighboring farms in the census were those of Joseph Crum and John Roehrig.
In 1869 he moved to Paw Paw Creek near Harrietsville, Ohio where he & John (his oldest son) had 226 acres that he bought.
At the time of the 1870 census "Frank Moot" and his family were living on a farm worth $1000 in Elk Twp., Noble County, Ohio. The household consisted of Frank (51), Margaret (43) and seven children: John (18), Andrew (16), Adam (11), Casper (9), Ludmira (5), Marion (4) and Barbara (3) Moot, as well as 82 year old widower Joseph Kayser, who was described as "infirm, lives with daughter." Only Adam and Casper attended school. Frank was a native of Prussia, Margaret and her father were from Baden (Bavaria), John was born in Pennsylvania, and the rest of the children were natives of Ohio. Frank was a United States Citizen; his father-in-law was not. All of the adults in the houshold could read and write.
The Muth family helped build St. Henry`s church in 1894 by hauling stones to the site for 2 yrs. Franz sold 80 acres of his farm to his son Anton Joseph and Franz lived on the remainder until he got too old to work.
Alternate date of birth (1860 census): 1816
The 1860 census states that Margaret was born in Baden. Frank and Margaret (Kaiser) Muth moved the family from Fulda, OH to Harrietsville, OH in 1869.
In 1900, widow Margaret Muth (71) lived with the family of her daughter and son-in-law, Barbara and Joseph Biedenbach. At that time, nine of her eleven children were still living. Margaret and her parents were born in Baden, but her date of immigration is "unknown."
Alternate dates of birth
Don Whittingham -- 12 Jul 1828
1860 census 1816
1900 census Jul 1828
Records conflict on date of death. Delores Snider gives 25 Nov 1864. J. Wright gives 25 May 1864.
According to first cousin Edward Schweinberg, Paul Muth was the son of Louisa Singer from a relationship that preceded Louisa's marriage to Casper Muth. Ed recalls that Paul's older step-sister Clara was not happy when he joined the family as a two-year old in 1908. Growing up, Clara was often quite mean to Paul.
Dates of birth and death from Social Security Death Index have not been proven.
Dates of birth and death (from Social Security Death Index) are not proven.
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Psychiatrist in Pittsburgh
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Dates of birth and death (from SSDI) have not been proven.
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Bernard Timm was confined to a wheelchair later in life due to arthritis.
In 1900, teamster Frank Calmelet (48) owned a home in Nimishillen Twp., Stark Co., OH where he lived with his wife Esther (42) and son Harold (19). Harold attended school. Two of the couple's three children died prior to 1900. Frank and Esther's parents were all natives of France.
Esther's mother and father were born in France.