Martin Fast ^{1 2 3}

  Noted events in his life were:

• He has alternate birth date of December 1871 and a birth location of Illinois.

This birth date was given on his 1900 US Census.
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• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Pleasant Hill Township, Pike County, IL on June 1880. ³

1880 US Census
Page 673B, Roll 0243
Pleasant Hill, Pike County, Illinois
Martin Fast..Son..7..IL
(Living with parents.)
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• He appeared on the 1900 US Census in Atlas Township, Pike, IL on 1 June 1900. ²

1900 US Census
Sheet 1A, District 107, Dwelling 9, Family 9
Atlas Township, Pike County, Illinois
House rented
Married 8 years
Martin R. Fast..Head..Dec 1871..29..IL..Day Laborer
(Living with wife and son.)

NOTE - If his birth date was in 1873, then his age should have been 26 or 27 instead of 29.
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Martin married Amanda F. Myers on 18 April 1892.^{1 2} (Amanda F. Myers was born in February 1876 in , Pike County, IL ^{1 2} and died after 1 June 1900.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1900 US Census in Atlas Township, Pike, IL on 1 June 1900. ²

1900 US Census
Sheet 1A, District 107, Dwelling 9, Family 9
Atlas Township, Pike County, Illinois
House rented
Married 8 years
Martin R. Fast..Head..Dec 1871..29..IL..Day Laborer
Amanda Fast..Wife..Feb 1876..24..IL..1/1
Calvin Fast..Son..May 1893..7..IL
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