FINKE CASPER

1846 - 1927  (81 years)

• Name	FINKE CASPER
  Born	16 Jan 1846	Hordingshausen,Hanover, Gem.;dob may be 1/6/1846;to USA with parents at age 11
  Gender	Male
  Died	3 Mar 1927	Hoyleton, Illinois
  Buried	North Prairie Cemetery, Washington County, Illinois
  Person ID	I00242	Gynzer's Genealogy Database
  Last Modified	4 Jul 2005

  
  

  Father	FINKE HEINRICH WILHELM G.,   b. 1814, Tombstone has 1815; From Hanover, Germany or Oldensdorf, Germany ,   d. 11 Jun 1858  (Age 44 years)
  Mother	HACKE ELIZABETH (MARIA C. ELSABEN),   b. 1 Jan 1807, Hanover, Prussia, Germany; tombstone has 1813 ,   d. 14 Jan 1897, Tombstone has Apr. 27, 1875; may be Apr. 26, (age 62?)  (Age 90 years)
  Married	19 Dec 1841	Pr. Oldendorf, Germany
  Family ID	F00519	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	KRUEGER MARY (MARIA),   b. 17 Dec 1850, Cairo, Illinois ,   d. 12 May 1935  (Age 84 years)
  Married	21 May 1868	Washington Co., IL; Geo. Buehner, Minister of Gospel
  Children	1. FINKE MARTHA M. C.,   b. 23 Apr 1870,   d. 11 Sep 1939, Buried North Prairie Cemetery, Washington County, Illinois.  (Age 69 years) + 2. FINKE GEORGE H.,   b. 5 Feb 1872,   d. 8 Sep 1911  (Age 39 years) + 3. FINKE WILLIAM (BILL),   b. 28 Oct 1873, dob may be Oct. 28, 1876 ,   bur. Nashville, Tennessee + 4. FINKE EMMA CHARLOTTE,   b. 13 Aug 1875,   d. 23 Jun 1951, East St. Louis hospital, Il.  (Age 75 years)   5. FINKE EDWARD (J. F. EDUARD),   b. 14 Feb 1879, Tombstone has 1872 ,   d. 17 Jun 1882, Infancy  (Age 3 years) + 6. FINKE JOSEPH C.,   b. 3 Oct 1888, Beaucoup Twp. ,   d. 4 Dec 1980, Nashville, Illinois  (Age 92 years)
  Family ID	F00092	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Casper and Mary Finke Casper and Mary (Krueger) Finke & Mr. & Mrs. Henry Krueger (Henry Krueger may be a brother or cousin of Mary?)
  		Casper and Mary (Krueger) Finke Casper and Mary (Krueger) Finke
  		Joseph Finke’s home Joseph Finke’s home – farm rented but formerly owned by Casper Finke, Joseph’s father.
  		Casper and Mary (Krueger) Finke Casper and Mary (Krueger) Finke

  
  

  Histories

  Finke, Whilhelm - Information on family arrival to the United States. This is the record of the arrival of the Whilhelm Finke family to the United States. The original link can be found at New Orleans Passenger List. If this page disappears, an edited copy is included in our notes here.

  
  

• Notes

  Casper Finke article from 1979 Washington County History book. Casper Finke was born in Germany on January 6, 1846 and came to this country at the age of eleven with his parents and brother, Henry. They settled in Washington County. In 1868 he married Mary Krueger, who was born December 17, 1850 at Cairo, Illinois, and came to Washington County with her parents while quite young. they were the parents of Martha, William, Emma, Edward, George, and Joseph. Casper died in March, 1927 and Mary died May 12, 1935. They are buried on the North Prairie Cemetery. Martha was never married. William and Mary Finke were the parents of one son and two daughters: Waldo, Ruth and Florence. Waldo and Viola Finke were the parents of one daughter, Mary Ann. Waldo passed away in the fall of 1978; Ruth Finke who also died in the fall of 1978; Florence and John Wildgen of Sunset Beach, Missouri are the parents of one son, John. Emma married Charles Brink and they were the parents of three daughters and one son: Eleanor, Helen, Delta and Raymond. Eleanor and Arthur Burnett were the parents of one daughter, Delores. Eleanor now lives in East St. Louis; Helen Friend is deceased. She and Percy Friend were the parents ot two children, Joan and Dale; Delta, who married Gardner Bride, and now lives in Lemon Grove, California and are the parents of Garda Jean and Gardner; Raymond and Mildred Brink were the parents of Charles and Wanda Lee. Raymond now lives in Centralia. Edward died in infancy. George married Lydia Queren and they were the parents of one daughter, Irma Finke, now living in Nashville. Joe married Emma Queren and they were the parents of one daughter, Vera. Joe is the only one living of the children of Casper and Mary Finke and now lives in Hoyleton. Vera married Orlin Luessenheide and they are the parents of Ron and John, both of Hoyleton, Illinois. By: Vera Luessenheide Casper and Emma Finke celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary probably in 1918. He was 72 and she was 67.