Rebecca Ellen Fast ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9}

  Death Notes:

Name: Rebecca E Vangilder
Event Date: 04 May 1918
Event Place: Winfield district, Marion, West Virginia
Gender: Female
Age (Expanded): 80 years 25 days
Birth Date: 1838
Affiliate Repository Type: County Records

Citing this Record
"West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NMNC-V5M : 10 March 2018), Rebecca E Vangilder, 04 May 1918; citing Winfield district, Marion, West Virginia, County Records, 206, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 834,817.
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  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1850 US Census in , Marion County, VA on 1 August 1850. ⁵

1850 US Census
Page 129B, Family 242, Roll 958
Eastern District, Marion, Virginia, United States
Ellen Fast..12..Virginia

(Living with parents.)
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• She appeared on the 1860 US Census in Third District, Marion County, VA on 6 July 1860. ⁶

1860 US Census
Page 99, Family 696
Third Magisterial District, Marion County, Virginia
Rebecca E. Fast..22..Virginia

(Living with parents.)
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• She appeared on the 1870 US Census in Winfield District, Marion County, WV on 26 August 1870. ⁷

1870 US Census
Page 12, Family 81
Winfield Township, Marion County, West Virginia
Rebecca E. Vangilder..32..Virginia..Keeping House

(Living with husband and 2 daughters.)
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• She appeared on the 1880 US Census in Winfield District, Marion County, WV on June 1880. ²

1880 US Census
Page 532D, District 93, Family 254, Roll 1407
Winfield District, Marion County, West Virginia
Rebecca Van Gilder..Wife..42..West Virginia..Keeps House

(Living with husband and 7 children.)
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• She appeared on the 1900 US Census in Winfield District, Marion County, WV on 9 June 1900. ³

1900 US Census
Sheet 5A, District 64, Family 65
Winfield District, Marion County, West Virginia
Farm owned, with mortgage
Married 35 years
Rebecca E. Vangilder..Wife..Apr 1838..62..West Virginia..8/8

(Living with husband, 3 children, and 1 granddaughter.)
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• She appeared on the 1910 US Census in Winfield District, Marion County, WV on 29 April 1910. ⁴

1910 US Census
Sheet 5B, District 76, Family 95, Roll 1687
Winfield Magisterial District, Marion, West Virginia, United States
Farm owned, no mortgage
Married 45 years
Rebecca E. Vangilder..Wife..72..West Virginia

(Living with husband, daughter, and granddaughter.)
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• She was buried after 4 May 1918 in the Mount Zion Cemetery in Fairmont, WV.

Find A Grave Memorial 87986966. ⁹

Rebecca married Martin Steenrod Van Gilder, son of Frederick Van Gilder and Susanah Longstreth, on 1 January 1865 in , Marion County, WV.^{1 2 3 4} (Martin Steenrod Van Gilder was born on 20 July 1839 in , Monongalia County, VA,^{3 4 10 11 12} died on 6 December 1925 in Union District, Marion County, WV ^{11 12} and was buried after 6 December 1925 in Mount Zion Cemetery, Fairmont, WV ^{12 13}.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1870 US Census in Winfield District, Marion County, WV on 26 August 1870. ⁷

1870 US Census
Page 12, Family 81
Winfield Township, Marion County, West Virginia
Martin S. Vangilder..31..Virginia..Farmer
Rebecca E. Vangilder..32..Virginia..Keeping House
Ellen Vangilder..4..West Virginia..At Home
Maggie Vangilder..2..West Virginia..At Home
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• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Winfield District, Marion County, WV on June 1880. ²

1880 US Census
Page 532D, District 93, Family 254, Roll 1407
Winfield District, Marion County, West Virginia
Steenrod Van Gilder..Self..41..West Virginia..Farmer
Rebecca Van Gilder..Wife..42..West Virginia..Keeps House
Ellen Van Gilder..Daughter..14..West Virginia..At Home
Maggie Van Gilder..Daughter..12..West Virginia..At Home
Minnie Van Gilder..Daughter..9..West Virginia
Ollive Van Gilder..Daughter..7..West Virginia
Elizabeth Van Gilder..Daughter..5..West Virginia
Helen Van Gilder..Daughter..3..West Virginia
(no name) Van Gilder..Son..1..West Virginia
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• They appeared on the 1900 US Census in Winfield District, Marion County, WV on 9 June 1900. ³

1900 US Census
Sheet 5A, District 64, Family 65
Winfield District, Marion County, West Virginia
Farm owned, with mortgage
Married 35 years
Martin S. Vangilder..Head..Jul 1839..60..West Virginia..Farmer
Rebecca E. Vangilder..Wife..Apr 1838..62..West Virginia..8/8
Olive Vangilder..Daughter..Jul 1872..27..West Virginia
Martin C. Vangilder..Son..Jun 1879..20..West Virginia..Farm Laborer
William L. Vangilder..Son..Apr 1883..17..West Virginia..Farm Laborer
Alda Vangilder..Granddaughter..Oct 1889..10..West Virginia

NOTE - With a surname of Vangilder one would expect the grand-daughter to be from one of Martin's sons but Alda's birth date was only Oct 1889 making Martin's sons too young to be Alda's father. Therefore, Alda was probably an illegitimate daughter born to one of Martin's daughters or perhaps just a daughter from another close relative and the description of grand-daughter is not correct. The gravestone for Alda reveals the true parent: Margaret Vangilder.
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• They appeared on the 1910 US Census in Winfield District, Marion County, WV on 29 April 1910. ⁴

1910 US Census
Sheet 5B, District 76, Family 95, Roll 1687
Winfield Magisterial District, Marion, West Virginia, United States
Farm owned, no mortgage
Married 45 years
Martin S. Vangilder..Head..70..West Virginia..Farmer, General Farm
Rebecca E. Vangilder..Wife..72..West Virginia
Olive H. Vangilder..Daughter..30..West Virginia..Evangelist
Alda Vangilder..Granddaughter..19..West Virginia
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  Marriage Notes:

Name: Martin F Vangilder
Sex: Male
Age: 25
Birth Year (Estimated): 1840
Father's Name: F Vangilder
Father's Sex: Male
Mother's Name: S Vangilder
Mother's Sex: Female
Spouse's Name: Rebecca E Fast
Spouse's Sex: Female
Spouse's Age: 25
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1840
Spouse's Father's Name: Jonothan Fast
Spouse's Father's Sex: Male
Spouse's Mother's Name: E Fast
Marriage Date: 1 Jan 1865
Marriage Place: Marion, West Virginia, United States

Citing this Record
West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970, database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2ZX-NYP1 : 13 September 2020), Martin F Vangilder and Rebecca E Fast, 1 Jan 1865; citing Marriage, Marion, West Virginia, United States, county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm .
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