May Evelyn (Sperry) Considine (1847 - 1930)

Born 13 Dec 1847 in Pike, Illinois, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Patrick Considine — married 2 Dec 1867 in Illinois, United States

Died 30 Jan 1930 at age 82 in Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, United States

Biography

Eva was born in 1847 to Ira Sperry and Ann Case in Illinois.

In 1867, Eva married Patrick Considine in Illinois. In 1867, they moved to Audrain County, Missouri, where they had six children.

In 1904, Patrick passed away, and Eva moved to Omaha, where she lived with her son, Joe. Her daughter, Lottie Harl, lived in St. Louis.

In 1930, Eva passed away in Omaha.

The Centralia Courier (Centralia, Missouri) 6 Feb 1930, Thursday, page 1

Mrs. M. E. Considine Dies

Funeral Services Held at Christian Church by Rev. Burrus

Mrs. May Evaline Considine about 83-years old, died in Omaha, Nebr. Wednesday, January 29, 1930, after an illness extending over fifteen months. She was stricken with paralysis on November 3, 1928 and since that time had been confined to her bed.

The body was shipped here and funeral services conducted at the First Christian Church Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock by Rev. C. Allen Burrus, after which the body was laid to rest in the City Cemetery.

Deceased whose maiden name was May Evaline Sperry, was born in Pike County, Illinois, on December 13, 1847. She was the daughter of Ira and Ann Case Sperry prominent and well-to-do people of that section of Illinois (her mother being a sister of J. I. Case, the internationally known implement manufacturer). She was married to Patrick Considine, a native of Ireland, who came to the United States in 1849; [They married] On December, 2, 1867. They came immediately to Audrain county locating on the present site of the trading post of Gant. She lived in that community and about three and one-half miles southeast of this city until the death of her husband on July 30, 1904 and since that time she has made her home with her son. Joe Considine, of Thompson and in this city, until two years ago when they took up their residence in Omaha, Nebraska.

Mrs. Considine and her husband professed their faith, in Christ, in 1871 and united with the Primitive Baptist Church at Salt River and was identified with that congregation until the death of her husband and the old church, at that place having been dissolved, she moved her membership to the Church of Christ in this city, where it has since remained and where she attended services, worked faithfully and worshiped God in spirit and in truth.

It is truthfully said that her illness was characterized by her cheerfulness and patience. Not so much a sufferer, yet she was helpless, and never once complained of her condition or of those who tenderly ministered to her.

Four children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Considine, two of whom died in infancy. The surviving children are: Mrs. Lottie Harl, of St. Louis and Joe Considine of Omaha. Nebr. Mrs. Considine was the last of a family of seventeen children. She is also survived by five grandchildren and three great grandchildren, other relatives and many friends to mourn the passing of a woman who proved to be a dutiful wife, a loving mother and a consistent worker for the advancement of the Kingdom of Christ.

The Courier joins the entire community in extending sympathy to the bereaved ones.

1850 Federal Census in Pike County, Illinois:

• Ira Sperry 48 Farmer born New York
• Charlotte 21 born New York
• May [Mary] 16 born New York
• William 15 Farmer born New York
• Moses 12 born Ohio
• James 9 born Pennsylvania
• May 2 born Iowa [Illinois]

1900 Federal Census in Wilson township, Missouri:

• Patrick Considine 64 Farmer born Ireland (married 34 years; immigrated 1849)
• wife Mary E 52 born Illinois (married 34 years; 6 children, 2 living)
• hired hand Charley Sheets 17 Farm Laborer born Missouri
• servant Lucy W Williams 30 Servant born Missouri
• hired hand John W Williams 35 Farm Laborer born Missouri

Sources

• 1850 Federal Census [1]
• 1870 Federal Census [2]
• 1880 Federal Census [3]
• 1900 Federal Census [4]
• 1910 Federal Census [5]
• 1920 Federal Census [6]
• Findagrave profile

• Ancestry and Descendants of William Curtis, by Lorissa E. Steele, page 58, 1912 [7]