Casper M. Neher

1841 - 1902  (60 years)

• Name	Casper M. Neher
  Birth	29 Apr 1841	Germany
  Gender	Male
  _UID	214AC0007E51493AA24DBECB3B2701439B69
  Death	1902	Banff, Alberta, Canada
  Burial	St. Joachim's Cemetary, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
  Person ID	I1503	Gary and Connie Genealogy
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2013

  
  

  Family	Barbara Herreth,   b. 13 Oct 1852, Vienna, Austria d. 1 Jul 1930, Portland, OR (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	Chippewa Falls, WI
  _UID	02912C86980F465580EBBC81D448E4E2117F
  Children	1. Frank Neher,   b. 19 May 1872   d. 17 Sep 1929 (Age 57 years)   2. Elizabeth Clara Neher,   b. 12 Aug 1874, Augusta, WI d. 7 Dec 1958, Bridgewater, SD (Age 84 years)   3. Will Neher,   b. 30 Sep 1876, Augusta, WI d. 17 Jan 1968, Tacoma WA (Age 91 years)   4. Henry Neher,   b. 10 Jun 1880, Dakota Territory McCook County d. Edmonton Canada   5. Joseph Neher,   b. 3 Sep 1882, Salem SD d. 10 Sep 1976, Edmonton Canada (Age 94 years)   6. Josephine Neher,   b. 19 Mar 1885, Salem SD d. 1969 (Age 83 years)   7. Mary Neher,   b. 28 Jun 1887, Salem SD d. 15 Apr 1967 (Age 79 years)   8. John Neher,   b. 13 Mar 1891   d. 20 Feb 1962 (Age 70 years)   9. George Neher,   b. 30 Nov 1893   d. 30 Mar 1975 (Age 81 years)   10. Clara Neher,   b. 14 Dec 1896
  Family ID	F149	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Jul 2017

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 29 Apr 1841 - Germany Death - 1902 - Banff, Alberta, Canada Marriage - - Chippewa Falls, WI  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Casper came to America with his parents when he was 11 years old(1852) (another source says 1849, but that source also says he was 11at the time). The ship arrived in Baltimore MD. Casper's parents were wine makers in Germany and grew their own grapesnear the Rhine River. When the sons became eligible to go into thearmy, Casper and his family came to America where each tried to findhis own place to work and live. One son went to California andstarted a winery. One went to Chicago and became a jeweler. Twosisters had a Kimona shop in Milwaukee. Casper lived in Eau Claire Wisconsin, where he built a brewery andmanufactured beer. On one of his trips to nearby Chippawa Falls, hemet and eventually married Barbara Herreth and they lived in Augusta,Wisc. They had a boy, Frank, and a girl, Elizabeth. They were doingfine until the state voted to go dry and selling alcohol was illegal.They sold the business and his home at a great loss. He had almostnothing left, certainly not enough to buy what he needed to move hisfamily to the Dakota Territory. So he agreed to work for his brother(Melchior) in Creek, Nebraska until he had earned enough to buy thenecessary equipment. This was in 1878. In return for a year of work,Casper's brother fixed up a covered wagon and filled it with thesupplies he needed, along with a team of horses and a cow. In the spring of 1879 they loaded up their belongings, left Creek, andheaded for South Dakota with a group of settlers coming to the newlyopened lands. It was slow going with the cow tied on behind, but theyneeded her milk for food. In the evenings, while Barbara cooked theirsupper, Casper staked the team and the cow out to eat grass. Thechildren gathered fuel for cooking and warmth. At last they reachedand crossed the Missouri River by ferry at Yankton. Casper was elected commissioner and was especially interested inbuilding country schools. The first school was built five miles fromtheir home. In 1900 the Neher family moved to Canada. Casper built a soda popfactory in Edmonton. Everything was going well until Casper cut hisarm on a broken bottle. He somehow developed blood poisoning, whichkilled him.