This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Koster, Frances, Meister, Cooley Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Jm.2ADE/44 Message Board Post: I am trying to find my husbands family from Kansas and St. Joe, Missouri area. Some of the names are Benjamin Barnhard Koster born Sept. 5, 1871 and died July 19, 1937 and married Lidia Belle or Lidya Belle born March 21, 1878 and died March 19, 1938 both buried at Mt. Mora in St. Joe, Missouri. And from the 1880 census of Marysville, KS in Marshall Co. we found: Nick Koster age 35 born in Luxemberg, Germany and parents were born there too Gertrude Koster age 33 born in Prussia Katie Koster age 12 daughter born in IL Bennie "Benjamin" Barnhard Koster age 8 son born in IL Bertha Koster age 5 daughter born in IL Frank Koster age 3 son born in IL Charlie Koster age 1 son born in Kansas---some other names we have are Jeannine Meister, Gertrude Meister, Leona Pearl Koster-Carter, Ray Wolfe, Roy Francis Koster, Leo Allen Koster. Arthur Barnard Koster born Sept. 9, 1908 in Elwood, Kansas and died Aug. 9, 1975 and was married in Troy, Kansas to Geraldine Francis. Anyone who knows anything about these people mentioned email me at lkoster@alltel.net