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
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.