Christena Drexel ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8}

  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1880 US Census in Center Township, Mercer, OH on June 1880. ⁶

1880 US Census
Page 361A, Roll 1048
Center Township, Mercer County, Ohio
Christina Drexel..Daughter..20..OH..At Home
(Living with parents.)
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• She appeared on the 1900 US Census in Naper, NE on 20 June 1900. ³

1900 US Census
Sheet 13A, District 12, Dwelling 251, Family 254
Naper, Boyd County, Nebraska
farm owned, no mortgage
Married 19 years
Christina Fast..Wife..June 1860..39..OH..4/4
(Living with husband and 4 children.)
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• She appeared on the 1920 US Census in Basin Township, Boyd, NE on 28 January 1920. ⁴

1920 US Census
Sheet 6B, District 18, Family 61, Roll 980
Basin Township, Boyd County, Nebraska
Farm owned, with mortgage
Christina Fast..Wife..57..OH
(Living with husband.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 4 June 1860, then her age should have been 59 instead of 57.
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• She appeared on the 1930 US Census in Butte, NE on 12 April 1930. ⁷

1930 US Census
Sheet 6A, District 8, Family 142, Roll 1265
Butte, Boyd County, Nebraska
Home rented, $9
Christena Fast..Head..69..OH
Morse Clute..Boarder..44..NE
Ed Clausen..Boarder..39..NE
Lawerl W. Lewis..Boarder...22..NE
Frank W. Ebinger..Boarder..24..NE
Frances Millard..Boarder..21..IL
Gwendolyn R. Thompson..Boarder..21..IA
Harry W. Kenaston..Boarder..29..NE
Mabel Bright..Boarder..20..OH

(Christena was living in a hotel.)
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• She appeared on the 1940 US Census in Basin Township, Boyd, NE on 18 April 1940. ⁵

1940 US Census
Sheet 3B, District 8-2, Family 54, Roll 2237
Basin Township, Boyd County, Nebraska
Farm owned, $700
Residence in 1935: Same Place
Christina Fast..Wife..79..OH..8th grade
(Living with husband.)
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• She was buried after 17 February 1945 in the Butte Cemetery in Butte, NE.

Find A Grave Memorial #52928294
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Christena married Jesse Fast, son of Philip Fast and Mary Frances Kiser, on 29 December 1881 in Celina, OH.^{1 2 3 4 5} (Jesse Fast was born on 29 May 1861 in Center Township, Mercer, OH,^{3 4 5 10 11 12 13} died on 9 January 1946 in Norfolk, NE ^{1 2 13} and was buried after 9 January 1946 in Butte, NE ¹³.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1900 US Census in Naper, NE on 20 June 1900. ³

1900 US Census
Sheet 13A, District 12, Dwelling 251, Family 254
Naper, Boyd County, Nebraska
farm owned, no mortgage
Married 19 years
Jessie Fast..Head..May 1861..39..OH..Farmer
Christina Fast..Wife..June 1860..39..OH..4/4
Elzie Fast..Son..Sep 1882..17..OH..Farmer
Floyd Fast..Son..Jan 1888..12..NE..Farmer
Belle Fast..Dau..Jun 1892..7..NE..At School
Clyde Fast..Son..Feb 1890..10..NE..At School
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• They appeared on the 1920 US Census in Basin Township, Boyd, NE on 28 January 1920. ⁴

1920 US Census
Sheet 6B, District 18, Family 61, Roll 980
Basin Township, Boyd County, Nebraska
Farm owned, with mortgage
Jesse Fast..Head..58..OH..Farmer, General Farm
Christina Fast..Wife..57..OH
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• They appeared on the 1940 US Census in Basin Township, Boyd, NE on 18 April 1940. ⁵

1940 US Census
Sheet 3B, District 8-2, Family 54, Roll 2237
Basin Township, Boyd County, Nebraska
Farm owned, $700
residence in 1935: Same Place
Jesse Fast..Head..78..OH..8th grade..Farm Operator, own farm
Christina Fast..Wife..79..OH..8th grade
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  Marriage Notes:

After their first son, Elza, was born in Ohio, Jesse and Christina moved to Nebraska where they apparently spent the rest of their lives. They were enumerated in the 1900, 1920, and 1940 US Census in Boyd County, Nebraska. I cannot find any record of them in the 1910 US Census so perhaps they were missed.

In the 1930 US Census, Christina was enumerated by herself as "Head of Household" but it appears that she was managing a boarding hotel in the city of Butte instead of living on a family farm. There was no mention of Jesse but Christina's marital status was still shown as married. Later, the 1940 US Census showed them living back together again so it appears that at least for 1930, Jesse was off doing something by himself but there are no records to indicate why he was absent from the home.
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