Susan Emma Laurine Hopkins ²

   Another name for Susan was Emma Laurine Hopkins.^{1 3}

  General Notes:

I suspect that Emma's true given name was "Susan Emma Laurine". She apparently used only the name of Emma for much of her adult life but in the 1880 US Census her name appears as "Susan". This might cause any researcher to suspect that Joshua had a 2nd wife however the birth register for Marion County, West Virginia shows the entry for their son, Henry Joshua Fast, born on 13 Oct 1882 and the mother's name is entered as "Susan E. L. Fast". Additionally, they had another daughter born on 27 Dec 1884 whose name was not given on the register but the mother's name appears as "Susan E. Fast". And finally, another daughter was born in 1889 with the name of "Emma L. Fast" and it is highly likely that her name was Emma Laurine in honor of the wife.
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  Noted events in her life were:

1. 1880 US Census, June 1880, Winfield District, Marion, West Virginia, United States. ² 1880 US Census
Page 518D, District 93, Family 29, Roll 1407
Winfield District, Marion County, West Virginia
Susan Fast..Wife..28..WV..Keeping House

(Living with husband and 3 children.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 28 Aug 1852, then her age should have been 27 instead of 28.

2. 1900 US Census, 15 June 1900, Fairmont District, Marion, West Virginia, United States. ³ 1900 US Census
Sheet 10B, District 49, Family 204
Fairmont Magisterial District, Marion, West Virginia, United States
Home rented
Enna Fast..Head..Aug 1851..48..West Virginia..Widowed..4/4
Henry Fast..Son..Oct 1883..16..West Virginia..Day Laborer
Fitzhu Fast..Son..May 1886..14..West Virginia..Day Laborer
Emma L. Fast..Daughter..Jan 1887..12(?)..West Virginia
Osha E. Fast..Daughter..Jul 1890..9..West Virginia

(Emma was supposedly widowed and living with 4 children.)

3. Cemetery: Woodlawn Cemetery, After 18 November 1916, Fairmont, Marion, West Virginia, United States. Find a Grave Memorial 182788975

Susan married Joshua Fast, son of Johann Adam Fast and Nancy Ann Lyman, on 12 April 1874 in Monongalia, West Virginia, United States.^{1 2} (Joshua Fast was born in 1835 in Virginia, United States,^{2 4 5} died on 28 October 1906 in Richmond, , Virginia, United States ⁵ and was buried after 28 October 1906 in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, United States ⁵.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. 1880 US Census, June 1880, Winfield District, Marion, West Virginia, United States. ² 1880 US Census
Page 518D, District 93, Family 29, Roll 1407
Winfield District, Marion County, West Virginia
Joshua Fast..Self..44..WV..Farmer
Susan Fast..Wife..28..WV..Keeping House
Thomas J. Fast..Son..5..WV
William Fast..Son..3..WV
Nancy Fast..Daughter..2..WV

  Marriage Notes:

Name: Joshua Fast
Event Type: Marriage
Marriage Date: 1874
Marriage Place: Monongalia, West Virginia, United States
Spouse's Name: Emma L Hopkins
Source Reference: County Records
Record Number: 5010

Citing this Record
"West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FBC5-WBS : 11 February 2018), Joshua Fast and Emma L Hopkins, 1874; citing Monongalia, West Virginia, United States, , county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 840,910.
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