Mary Kathryn Considine

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• FindaGrave ID: 38213492

Mary married James Arthur Carr on Yes, date unknown. James was born on 4 Apr 1922; died on 30 Jan 1993 in Midlothian, Chesterfield, Virginia, USA; was buried in Richmond, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Stephanie Carr
2. Jennifer Carr

Mary married Richard Palmer Cordray on Yes, date unknown. Richard was born on 18 Nov 1926 in Richmond, Virginia, USA; died on 25 Oct 2006; was buried in Richmond, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FindaGrave ID: 17355542
• Occupation: General Freight Agent / Illinois Terminal Railroad

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J. R. CONSIDINE

EDWARDSVILLE - Joseph Raynor (Mike) Considine, 52, of 215 Hickory St., assistant general freight agent for the Illinois Terminal Railroad, died at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday in Missouri-Pacific Hospital, St. Louis, where he had been a patient five months.

Born Sept. 26, 1906, at Belleville, he was the son of the late John and Bertha Gantner Considine. He was married Aug. 29, 1929 to Dorothy Lasbury, who survives, together with a son and three daughters: John R. , Sharon Anne and Carolyn Considine, all of Edwardsville and Mrs. James A. Carr, Richmond, Va.

Also survivng are three sisters, Mr.s Porter Parker and Mrs. Walter Dorr, both of Edwardsville, and Mrs. Darrell Blodgett, Wheaton, Ill., and two grandchildren.

He was a member of St. John's Methodist Church.

Funeral series are scheduled for 2 p.m. Friday at Straube Funeral Home in charge o the Rev. Clyde Funkhouser, pastor of St. John's Methodist Church, with burial in Walnut Hill Cemetery, Belleville. Friends may calla t the funeral home after 5 p.m. Thursday.

Joseph married Dorothy Vernon Lasbury on 29 Aug 1929 in Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA. Dorothy (daughter of Edwin Woodside Lasbury and Alice Josephine McFetridge) was born on 11 May 1907 in Alton, Madison, Illinois, USA; died on 19 Jan 1977 in Alton, Madison, Illinois, USA; was buried in Belleville, St. Clair, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FindaGrave ID: 17355529

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Mrs. Dorothy Considine, 69, of 681 Chapman St. died this morning in Oliver C. Anderson Hospital.

She was born on May 11, 1907, in Wood River, a daughter of the late Edwin Lasbury and Alice McFetridge Lasbury, who survives. She was married in August 1929 to Joseph Considine. He died in 1958.

A son, John R. Considine of Edwardsville, survives as do daughters, Mrs. James (Mary Kay) Carr of Richmond, Va., Carolyn Sue Considine of St. Louis and Mrs. Daniel (Sharon) Murphy of Edwardsville, and four grandchildren, brothers, Lester Lasbury of Wood River and William Lasbury of Wheeling, W. Va., and sisters, Mrs. Lucian (Mildred) Evans of Wilmington, Del., Mrs. Howard (Bea) Huber of Meadowbrook Mrs. Harold (Ada) Goodman of East Alton and Mrs. Joe (Alice) Dvorchak of Wood River, also survive.

Mrs. Considine was a member of St. John's Methodist Church.

Visitation will be in the Pletcher Funeral Home from 7 to 9p.m. Thursday. A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Friday in the funeral home, with the Rev. William Lewis of St. John's Methodist Church officiating.

Burial will be in Walnut Hill Cemetery in Belleville.

John married Bertha Gantner on Yes, date unknown. Bertha was born in 1877; died in 1927. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FindaGrave ID: 17355268
• Occupation: Stillman / Standard Oil Company

Edwin married Alice Josephine McFetridge on 4 Nov 1903 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. Alice (daughter of James McFetridge, II and Mary Kathryn Beide) was born on 20 Sep 1884 in Alton, Madison, Illinois, USA; died on 14 Dec 1981 in Edwardsville, Madison, Illinois, USA; was buried on 17 Dec 1981 in Edwardsville, Madison, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FindaGrave ID: 17355257
• Residence: 14 Dec 1981, East Alton, Madison, Illinois, USA; Address:
  31 Smith, East Alton, Madison, Illinois, USA

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ALICE JOSEPHINE LASBURY, 97, who with her husband and two sons, moved from Alton to Wood River about the turn of the century when "there wasnt' anything here except watermellon patches and stickers (sandburrs)", died at 4:55 p.m. Monday at Madison County Nursting Home in Edwardsville.

During a celebration of her 90th birthday, the nonagenarian recalled, "There wasn't even a grocery store in Wood River-just our house and a little bitty saloon where the men could get their beer."

It was about 18 months before there were any more people in Wood River, she said.

Born in Alton, a daughter of the late James and Mary (Beide) McFetridge, she married Edwin W. Lasbury in 1904 in St. Louis. He died February, 1939.

Mrs. Lasbury moved from Wood River in 1963 to become the second resident at the Olin Home in East Alton.

Surviving are two sons, Lester of Wood River and William K. of Wheeling, W. Va.; three daughters, Alice Dvorchak of Wood River, Ada Goodman of East Alton, and Mildred Evans of Wilmington, Del.; 17 grandchildren; and 20 great-grandchildren.

Visitation will be after 4 p.m. Wednesday at Marks Mortuary, where prayer service will be read at 7:30 p.m.

A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Thursday at Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Church in Bethalto with the Rev. William Kekeisen as celebrant, and burial will be in Valley View Cemetery at Edwardsville.

In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by two daughters, Dorothy Considine and Beatrice Huber and two sons, Charles and Thomas Lasbury.

Madison County Nursing Home has been named as a memorial.

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• FindaGrave ID: 17679429
• Residence: 7 Apr 1861, Shenley, Hertfordshire, England, UK; : 2y; Address:
  Shenley Hill, Shenley, Hertfordshire, England, UK
• Emigration: 1865, Shenley, Hertfordshire, England, UK
• Immigration: 1865, Griggsville, Pike, Illinois, USA

Thomas married Catherine Beatrice Freeman on 16 Oct 1882 in Bowling Green, Pike, Missouri, USA. Catherine (daughter of Charles Freeman and Eliza Emms Read) was born on 3 Oct 1864 in St. George Hanover Square, London, England, UK; died on 22 Nov 1947 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA; was buried on 25 Nov 1947 in Creve Coeur, St. Louis, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FindaGrave ID: 17679443

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• FindaGrave ID: 18997118
• Immigration: 18 Oct 1854, New York, New York, New York, USA

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JAMES McFETRIDGE, JR., who along with his parents James R. and Anna Ray McFetirdge immigrated to the United States from their native Edinburgh, Scotland in 1854, landing in New York Harbor on the SS Isaac Webb on October 18 of that year. They made their way to Alton, Illinois where they established their home. James, Jr. was the husband of Mary Kathryn BEIDE and father of Isabelle, Alice and Anna McFetridge.

James McFetridge, 75, for many years a mate on various steamers plying between St. Louis and New Orleans, died at 11:30 today at St. Joseph's hospital after a brief illness. his death was caused by pneumonia and he had been ill but five days. Yesterday his condition became worse and he was moved to the hospital.

Mr. McFetridge was born in Scotland and was brought to America with his parents in childhood. For the past few years McFetridge had retired and lived with his sister, Mrs. Walter Moore, 915 Hampton street.

He is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Edward Lasbury, Mrs. Edward Juneau, and Mrs. William Adams of Wood River; a brother, George McFetridge of Alton and a sister, Mrs. Walter Moore.

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Plot: Block 19, Lot 7

James married Mary Kathryn Beide on 8 Feb 1882 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. Mary (daughter of Johannes Beide and Anna Marie Helm) was born on 20 Jun 1859 in Fosterburg, Madison, Illinois, USA; died on 20 Oct 1930 in Wood River, Madison, Illinois, USA; was buried on 23 Oct 1930 in Godfrey, Madison, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Also Known As: Katie
• FindaGrave ID: 17355052
• Residence: 7 May 1900, Mitchell, Madison, Illinois, USA

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MARY KATHRYN BEIDE McFETRIDGE DOAN, born in Fosterburg, Madison County, Illinois the daughter of Bavarian immigrants John BEIDE and Mary HELM. Mary and her five siblings were orphaned at an early age when both of their parents died in the small pox outbreak in Alton, Illinois. The Beide children were placed under the guardianship of Fritz Klinke, a neighboring farmer in Fosterburg who managed the farm and according to family lore, made off with the Beide land. Mary Beide married Scottish born JAMES McFETRIDGE on February 8, 1882 in St. Louis, Missouri. James and Mary had three daughters: Isabelle Mary, Alice Josephine and Anna Mae McFetridge. The marriage was not without its moments but proved ultimately an unhappy one and following their divorce, Mary married JOHN DOAN in Alton, Illinois on May 17, 1900. Mary and John lived with her daughter Mrs. Edward (Anna) Juneau in Wood River in their later years. Mary Kathryn Beide McFetridge Doan died in Wood River on October 20, 1930.

Mary was also referred to as "Katie" and was the sister of Barbara Beide Shannon, John Jr., Joseph, William and Fred Beide.

Mrs. Mary Doan, 69, wife of John Doan of Wood River, died unexpectedly Monday evening at 11 o'clock at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Edward Juneau, 613 Penning Ave.

Mrs. Doan was born and reared in the neighborhood of Fosterburg and was a member of the Beide family there. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Beide.

She spent the greater part of her life in Alton, moving here shortly after her marriage to James McFetridge. To this union three daughters were born. She was later married to John Doan, who survives her.

In addition to her husband and daughter, Mrs. Juneau, two other daughters, Mrs. Belle Adams and Mrs. E. W. Lasbury, and two brothers, Fred Beide of York, Neb. and Joseph Beide of Galesburg survive. She also leaves 18 grandchildren and three great grandchildren.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete, awaiting word from the brother in Nebraska. Services will be held from the Streeper funeral home in Wood River to St. Bernard's Church.

FUNERAL OF MRS. DOAN

Funeral services for Mrs. Mary McFetridge Doan, will be held at St. Bernard's Church with the Rev. Father E. J. Douglas, the pastor, officiating, at 9 a.m. Thursday. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery.