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Speers, Sarah Ann

Speers, Sarah Ann

Female 1871 - 1955  (83 years)

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  • Name Speers, Sarah Ann 
    Birth 16 Sep 1871  Valley City, Stark, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death 1955 
    Person ID I1997  Shane and Beck
    Last Modified 14 Jun 2023 

    Father Speer, William F 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Milchrist, Margaret 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F849  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Shane, David R.,   b. 5 Apr 1863, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Jan 1934 (Age 70 years) 
    Marriage 13 Jan 1890  Galva, Henry, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Shane, Leveda,   b. 2 Oct 1891   d. 4 Jun 1892 (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]
    +2. Shane, Sylvester John,   b. 28 Oct 1892, Valley City, Stark, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Jan 1973, Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)  [Father: natural]
     3. Shane, Dorothy Kathryn,   b. 13 Jul 1895   d. 8 Feb 1963 (Age 67 years)  [Father: natural]
     4. Shane, Maude Elizabeth,   b. 21 Feb 1899, Speer, Stark, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Jan 1997, Henry, Marshall, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 97 years)  [Father: natural]
    Family ID F780  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 14 Jun 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 16 Sep 1871 - Valley City, Stark, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 13 Jan 1890 - Galva, Henry, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Mrs. Sarah Shane, 84, died at 2:30 p.m. at 521 Columbia Terr., where she had been making her
      home with her daughter, Mrs. R.A. Bliss. Mrs. Shane had been ill about a year. A resident if
      Peoria for ten years, Mrs. Shane was in Valley Township, Stark County, Sept. 16, 1871. She
      was the daughter of William F. and Margaret Milchrist Speer, and a grandaughter of the man for
      whom the village of Speer was named. She was the widow of David Shane, who died Jan. 1934.
      They were married at Galva Jan 13, 1890 and resided in Dunlap-Princeville area before coning
      to Peoria.
      Surviving are one son, Sylvester Shane of Speer; three daughters, Mrs. Bliss, Mrs. C.W.
      Applegren of Pekin and Mrs. Leland Sloan of Princeville, thirteen great grand children; eight
      grandchildren.
      One brother and one sister preceded her in death.