Robert Benjamin Fast ^{1 2 3 4 5 6}

  Death Notes:

Collection: Idaho Death Certificates, 1911 - 1937
Name: Robert Benjamin Fast
Death date: 28 Oct 1936
Death place: Kellogg, Shoshone, Idaho
Birth date: 07 Jan 1878
Birthplace: Canton, Illinois
Marital status: Married
Spouse's name: Margaret Fast
Father's name: Butler Banks Fast
Father's birthplace: Illinois
Mother's name: Mary Pritchard
Mother's birthplace: Illinois
Occupation: Carpenter
Residence: Idaho, Idaho
Burial place: Kingston, Idaho
Burial date: 31 Oct 1936
Reference number: p 101044 cn 67
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  Noted events in his life were:

• He has alternate birth date of 1876 and a birth location of Illinois.

This birth year was referenced by his age of 43 on the 1920 US Census.
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• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Liverpool, IL on 18 June 1880. ⁵

1880 US Census
Page 318B, District 51, Dwelling 5, Family 198, Roll 208
Liverpool, Fulton County, Illinois
Robert B. Fast..Son..2..IL
(Living with parents.)
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• He appeared on the 1900 US Census in Galena Township, Jasper, MO on 28 June 1900. ⁶

1900 US Census
Sheet 34B, District 31, Dwelling 731, Family 734, Roll 865
Galena Township, Jasper County, Missouri
home owned, no mortgage
Robert Fast..Son..Jan 1878..22..IL..Day Laborer
(Living with parents.)
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• He appeared on the 1910 US Census in Kingston, ID on 2 May 1910. ¹

1910 US Census
Sheet 9B, District 250, Family 167, Roll 227
Kingston, Shoshone County, Idaho
Farm owned, no mortgage
Robert B. Fast..Son..32..IL..married 2 years..Quartz Miner
(Living with wife, divorced father, and single brother.)
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• He appeared on the 1920 US Census in Kingston Precinct, Shoshone County, ID on 14 January 1920. ²

1920 US Census
Sheet 6A, District 167, Family 25, Roll 294
Kingston Precinct, Shoshone County, Idaho
Farm owned, with mortgage
Robert B. Fast..Head..43..IL..Laborer, Lumber Works
(Living with wife, 3 children, and father.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 7 Jan 1878, then his age should have been 41 instead of 43.
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• He appeared on the 1930 US Census in Kellogg, ID on 7 April 1930. ³

1930 US Census
Sheet 5B, District 10, Family 111, Roll 403
Kellogg, Shoshone County, Idaho
306 Maple Street; Home rented, $20
Robert Fast..Head..52..IL..Carpenter, Ore Mill
(Living with wife, married daughter, 2 sons, and widowed mother-in-law.)
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• His occupation in 1936 was a Carpenter in Kellogg, ID. ⁴

Robert married Margaret J. Derfeld, daughter of Unknown and Mary E., in 1908.^{1 2 3} (Margaret J. Derfeld was born in 1892 in Kansas ^{1 2} and died after 28 October 1936.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1910 US Census in Kingston, ID on 2 May 1910. ¹

1910 US Census
Sheet 9B, District 250, Family 167, Roll 227
Kingston, Shoshone County, Idaho
Farm owned, no mortgage
Butler B. Fast..Head..60..IL..Divorced..Farmer
Robert B. Fast..Son..32..IL..married 2 years..Quartz Miner
Margaret Fast..DauL..18..KS..married 2 years..0/0
Christopher Fast..Son..24..KS..Lead Miner

(Robert and Margaret were living at the home of his divorced father.)
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• They appeared on the 1920 US Census in Kingston Precinct, Shoshone County, ID on 14 January 1920. ²

1920 US Census
Sheet 6A, District 167, Family 25, Roll 294
Kingston Precinct, Shoshone County, Idaho
Farm owned, with mortgage
Robert B. Fast..Head..43..IL..Laborer, Lumber Works
Margerette J. Fast..Wife..27..KS
Bertha M. Fast..Dau..7..WA
Butler B. Fast..Son..4y 3m..ID
Martin W. Fast..Son..1y 2m..ID
Butler B. Fast..Father..69..IL..Widowed..Farmer, General Farm
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• They appeared on the 1930 US Census in Kellogg, ID on 7 April 1930. ³

1930 US Census
Sheet 5B, District 10, Family 111, Roll 403
Kellogg, Shoshone County, Idaho
306 Maple Street; Home rented, $20
Robert Fast..Head..52..IL..Carpenter, Ore Mill
Margaret J. Fast..Wife..36..KS
Bertha M. Fast..Dau..18..WA
Butler L. Fast..Son..14..ID
William M. Fast..Son..12..ID
Mary E. Derfelt..MothL..62..MO..Widowed
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