Eva Helena Gasper^[1]

Abt 1846 - 1937  (~ 91 years)    Has 4 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.

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• Name	Eva Helena Gasper
  Gender	Female
  Born	Abt 1846	St. Anne, Indiana, United States
  Census	1930	Denver, Denver, Colorado, United States   [2]
  Died	15 Feb 1937	Denver, Denver, Colorado, United States
  Notes	According to the 1930 census, the widow Eva H Patton, age 84, was living with her daughter Bernice's family in Denver. At the time of the census, Samuel Kirby 62 and Bernice (Patton) Kirby 50 were living in the home they owned ($5000) at 260 South Grant St. His mother-in-law Eva H Patton and a cousin, Charles Filteau, age 50, were also there. Obituary - Denver Post Tuesday Feb. 16, 1937 Thought Death Was Beckoning (Photo)- Mrs. Eva H. Patten. Who had a premonition that death was near and wrote out instructions regarding her funeral. She died Monday of a heart attack. Mrs. Patten, 91, had lived in Colorado since 1868. - - PIONEER WOMAN, EXPECTING DEATH PLANS FUNERAL - Rites for Mrs. Eva H. Patten, 91, Carried Out According to Own Arrangements. - Premonition of death caused Mrs. Eva H. Patten, 91, a Denver pioneer, to make all arrangements for her funeral and burial. When a heart attack ended her life Monday, the memorandum she had made was found. Tho Mrs. Patten had been crippled for many years, she had enjoyed fairly good health until a few days ago. She was born in St. Anne, Ind. When she was a child her family moved to Missouri. She was educated at a convent in Madison, Ind. In 1868 she came to Colorado and spent several years in Denver and then moved to Idaho Springs. She married in Georgetown in 1877 to Ambrose E. Patten, who was the first mayor of Idaho Springs. The late Bishop Nicholas C. Matx, then a priest at Georgetown, officiated at her marriage. Her early married life was spent in Georgetown. In 1886 the family moved to Denver. She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Samuel Kirby of 260 South Grant Street, with whom she lived, a son Herbert A. Patten of Tuscon, and Mrs. Genevieve K. Angel of Washington D.C. Funeral services will be carried out, as she instructed, at 2 p.m. Thursday at the home. Burial will be in Crown Hill cemetery.
  Person ID	I20080	Filteau - Fecteau - Facteau families
  Last Modified	27 Jun 2014

  
  

  Father	John Gasper,   b. France ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Eva Gasper,   b. 6 Sep 1808, Felsberg, Prussia (now Saarland, Germany) ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	17 Feb 1841	Madison, Jennings, Indiana, United States   [1]
  Family ID	F3007	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ambrose E Patten, first mayor of Idaho Springs, CO,   b. Abt 1844, Ellsworth, Hancock, Maine, United States ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	1 Nov 1877	Georgetown, Clear Creek, Colorado, United States
  Family ID	F8409	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  	Load the map	Married - 1 Nov 1877 - Georgetown, Clear Creek, Colorado, United States Census - 1930 - Denver, Denver, Colorado, United States Died - 15 Feb 1937 - Denver, Denver, Colorado, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S139] Renee Straub. [S378] Census 1930, Colorado, Denver, Denver, sup dist 3, En Dist 93, sheet 14B, hh 313, lines 77+.