Elizabeth Brown

Elizabeth Brown
(1836-1886)

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Spouses/Children:
1. Martin Fast

Elizabeth Brown ¹ ²

Born: 1836, Ohio ¹
Marriage (1): Martin Fast on 20 October 1855 in Hillsdale County, MI
Died: 16 July 1886, Michigan at age 50

bullet Death Notes:

Name: Mrs Martin Fast
Event Type: Obituary
Event Date: 1886
Event Place: Michigan, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 50
Relationship to Deceased: Deceased
Birth Year (Estimated): 1836
Death Date: 16 Jul 1886
Death Place: , , Michigan
Newspaper: Hudson Paper

Citing this Record:
"Michigan Obituaries, 1820-2006," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVP2-WR3J : accessed 15 November 2017), Mrs Martin Fast, 1886; citing Michigan, United States, various offices and archives, Michigan.
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bullet Noted events in her life were:

• She has alternate birth date of 1841 and a birth location of Ohio.

This birth year was referenced by her age of 39 on the 1880 US Census.
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• She appeared on the 1870 US Census in Camden Township, Hillsdale, MI on 20 August 1870. ¹

1870 US Census
Page 25, Family 197, Roll 673
Camden Township, Hillsdale County, Michigan
Elizabeth Fast..34..OH..Keeping House
(Living with husband and 2 sons.)
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• She appeared on the 1880 US Census in Woodbridge Township, Hillsdale County, MI on 21 June 1880. ²

1880 US Census
Page 328B, District 96, Dwelling 228, Family 231, Roll 581
Woodbridge Township, Hillsdale County, Michigan
Elizabeth Brown..Self..39..OH..Divorced
Stanley S. Fast..Son..20..OH..Farming

(Elizabeth was divorced and living with her youngest son. Her ex-husband who was living nearby with another family was enumerated as still being married.)

NOTE - If her birth date was in 1836, then her age should have been 43 or 44 instead of 39.
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Elizabeth married Martin Fast, son of Francis Fast and Nancy Priest, on 20 October 1855 in Hillsdale County, MI. The marriage ended in divorce. (Martin Fast was born in 1835 in Ohio ¹ ³ ⁴ and died after 1 June 1880.)

bullet Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1870 US Census in Camden Township, Hillsdale, MI on 20 August 1870. ¹

1870 US Census
Page 25, Fam 197, Roll 673
Camden Township, Hillsdale County, Michigan
Martin Fast..34..OH..Farmer
Elizabeth Fast..34..OH..Keeping House
Stanley S. Fast..10..OH..At School
William E. Fast..1..MI..At Home

NOTE - Martin and his family were living with the Jacob Widler family.
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• Divorced: After 1880. ²

1 1870 U.S. census, population schedule, Camden Township, Hillsdale County, Michigan, p. 25, dwelling 196, family 197, Martin Fast and Elizabeth Brown; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 29 Mar 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M593, roll 673.

2 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Woodbridge Township, Hillsdale County, Michigan, enumeration district (ED) 96, p. 328B, dwelling 228, family 231, Elizabeth Brown; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 28 Apr 2017); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 0581.

3 1850 U.S. census, population schedule, Pleasant Township, Hancock County, Ohio, p. 417A, dwelling 59, family 59; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 27 Mar 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M432, roll 692.

4 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Camden Township, Hillsdale County, Michigan, enumeration district (ED) 83, p. 84D, dwelling 449, family 462, John L. Rice and Nancy Stewart; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 10 Dec 2018); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 580.

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