Elzina Fast ^{1 2 4}

   Another name for Elzina was Alzina Fast.^{3 5 6}

  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1860 US Census in Orange Township, Ashland, OH on 16 July 1860. ⁴

1860 US Census
Page 97, Roll 930, Dwelling 774, Family 748
Orange Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Elsina Chaney..28..OH
(Living with husband and 4 children.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 7 Sep 1832, then her age should have been 27 instead of 28.
.

• She appeared on the 1870 US Census in Orange Township, Ashland, OH on 8 August 1870. ⁶

1870 US Census
Page 37, Dwelling 304, Family 277
Orange Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Alzina Chaney..39..OH..Keeping House
(Living with husband and 4 children.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 7 Sep 1832, then her age should have been 37 instead of 39.
.

• She appeared on the 1880 US Census in Orange Township, Ashland, OH on 9 June 1880. ²

1880 US Census
Page 195A, Roll 0991, District 89, Family 258
Orange Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Elzina Chaney..Wife..48..OH..Keeping House
(Living with husband and 3 children.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 7 Sep 1832, then her age should have been 47 instead of 48.
.

• She was buried after 1 June 1900 in the Nankin Cemetery in Nankin, OH.

Find A Grave Memorial #22345592
. ⁷

• She appeared on the 1900 US Census in Orange Township, Ashland, OH on 29 June 1900. ³

1900 US Census
Sheet 12B, District 14, Dwelling 269, Family 269, Roll 1237
Orange Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Home owned, no mortgage
Married 50 years
Alzina Chaney..Wife..Sep 1831..68..OH..5/5
(Living with husband.)

NOTE - Her birth date is believed to have been 7 Sep 1832 instead of Sep 1831. Thus her age should have been 67 instead of 68.

.

Elzina married Wesley Chaney on 29 January 1849 in Ashland County, OH.^{1 2 3} (Wesley Chaney was born on 11 November 1823 in , Harrison County, OH,^{3 8 9} died on 13 June 1904 in Ashland County, OH ^{8 9} and was buried on 15 June 1904 in Nankin Cemetery, Nankin, OH ^{5 9}.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1860 US Census in Orange Township, Ashland, OH on 16 July 1860. ⁴

1860 US Census
Page 97, Roll 930, Dwelling 774, Family 748
Orange Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Wesley Chaney..35..OH..Farmer
Elsina Chaney..28..OH
Milton Chaney..10..OH
Emma J. Chaney..7..OH
Catharine Chaney..5..OH
Laura Chaney..3..OH
.

• They appeared on the 1870 US Census in Orange Township, Ashland, OH on 8 August 1870. ⁶

1870 US Census
Page 37, Dwelling 304, Family 277
Orange Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Wesley Chaney..48..OH..Farmer
Alzina Chaney..39..OH..Keeping House
Milton Chaney..20..OH
Cassie Chaney..15..OH
Laura Chaney..13..OH
Willie Chaney..9..OH
.

• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Orange Township, Ashland, OH on 9 June 1880. ²

1880 US Census
Page 195A, Roll 0991, District 89, Family 258
Orange Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Wesley Chaney..Self..57..OH..Farmer
Elzina Chaney..Wife..48..OH..Keeping House
Milton Chaney..Son..30..OH..Farm Laborer
Loria Chaney..Dau..22...OH
William Chaney..Son..18..OH
.

• They appeared on the 1900 US Census in Orange Township, Ashland, OH on 29 June 1900. ³

1900 US Census
Sheet 12B, District 14, Dwelling 269, Family 269, Roll 1237
Orange Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Home owned, no mortgage
Married 50 years
Wesley Chaney..Head..Oct 1823..76..OH..Retired Farmer
Alzina Chaney..Wife..Sep 1831..68..OH..5/5
.

  Marriage Notes:

Name: Westley Chaney
Event Type: Intended Marriage
Event Date: 29 Jan 1849
Event Place: Ashland, Ohio, United States
Spouse's Name: Elizina Fast
Reference ID: v 1 p 196 rn 584
GS Film Number: 2079405
Digital Folder Number: 004031943
Image Number: 00611

Citing this Record:
"Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XZHX-L4W : accessed 10 March 2015), Westley Chaney and Elizina Fast, 29 Jan 1849; citing Ashland, Ohio, United States, reference v 1 p 196 rn 584; county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 2,079,405.
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