BORN: 11 September 1763 in Halifax, Nova Scotia
DIED: 13 June 1850 in Guysborough, Nova Scotia
MARRIED: 29 March 1791 in Halifax, Nova Scotia
SPOUSE: Mary Catherine Hirtle born 5 August 1770 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, died 14 March 1846 in Guysborough, Nova Scotia
CHILDREN:
- George Martin born 16 July 1792 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, died 5 October 1882 in Guysborough, Nova Scotia
- Mary born 1 October 1794 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, died 17 September 1866
- John born 14 February 1797 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, died 12 July 1883 in Nova Scotia
- Thomas born 12 June 1799 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, died 16 August 1853 in Halifax, Nova Scotia
- Elizabeth born 12 December 1801 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, died 5 December 1882 in Canning, Nova Scotia
- Christopher Francis born 22 July 1805 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, died 28 March 1884 in Guysborough, Nova Scotia
- James William born 10 June 1807 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, died 1 July 1880 in Sydney, Nova Scotia
- Edward N born 27 February 1811 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, died 10 October 1877 in Halifax, Nova Scotia
- Jeremiah Vickers born 5 January 1813 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, died 25 November 1890 in Charlottetown, PEI
NOTES:
John Casper was a shoemaker who lived and died in Halifax. Several of his children moved to Guysborough, which was opening up as an English-oriented port opposed to the nearby, formerly French fortress and port of Louisburg. His sons John and Christopher established J&C Jost store in Guysborough that continued there for about 200 years (later B & G Jost Ltd). Son Edward established Jost Mission in Halifax in 1866, now a series of Edward Jost Childrens Centres.