Mary Jane Ginter ¹

   Another name for Mary was "Polly" Ginter.^{2 3}

  General Notes:

Mary Jane Ginter's mother was probably not Sarah Fast for two good reasons. In spite of the fact that many researchers incorrectly show Mary's mother as Sarah Fast, Mary's birth date was about 25 years before Daniel Ginter married Sarah Fast. This suggests that Daniel had a wife previous to the marriage with Sarah Fast. Second, Mary Jane Ginter eventually married Abraham Levi Fast and if Sarah Fast were really her mother, then Abraham Fast was Mary Jane's uncle and such a marriage to the brother of her mother would have been highly dubious (Sarah Fast and Abraham Levi Fast were siblings).
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  Death Notes:

Name: Mary J. Fast
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 01 Sep 1874
Event Place: Mercer, Ohio, United States
Residence Place: Mercer County, Ohio
Gender: Female
Age: 65
Marital Status: Married
Race: white
Occupation: housekeeper
Birth Year (Estimated): 1809
Birthplace: Penn.

Citing this Record
"Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F6NH-L6V : 8 March 2018), Mary J. Fast, 01 Sep 1874; citing Death, Mercer, Ohio, United States, source ID v 1 p 62, County courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 914,954.
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  Burial Notes:

Find a Grave Memorial ID: 28970369

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28970369/mary_jane-fast: accessed April 18, 2025), memorial page for Mary Jane "Polly" Ginter Fast (15 Apr 1810\'961 Sep 1874), Find a Grave Memorial ID 28970369, citing Roberts Cemetery, Celina, Mercer County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by Laurence Overmire (contributor 46950879).
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  Noted events in her life were:

1. 1850 US Census, 3 September 1850, Auburn Township, Fairfield, Ohio, United States. ³ 1850 US Census
Page 114A, Family 87, Roll 677
Auburn Township, Fairfield County, Ohio
Polly Fast..41..PA

(Living with husband and 9 children.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 15 Apr 1810, then her age should have been 40 instead of 41.

2. 1870 US Census, 5 July 1870, Center Township, Mercer, Ohio, United States. ¹ 1870 US Census
Page 1, Family 1
Center Township, Mercer County, Ohio
Mary Fast..60..OH..Keeping House

(Living with husband.)

NOTE - Her birth location is believed to be Pennsylvania instead of Ohio.

Mary married Abraham Levi Fast, son of Johann Jacob Fast and Maria Catherine Rudicell, on 20 January 1828 in Fairfield, Ohio, United States. (Abraham Levi Fast was born on 16 October 1804 in Redstone, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States,⁴ died on 5 September 1874 in Center Township, Mercer, Ohio, United States ⁴ and was buried after 5 September 1874 in Roberts Cemetery, Celina, Mercer, Ohio, United States ⁴.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. Marriage Image, 20 January 1828, Fairfield, Ohio, United States.

2. 1850 US Census, 3 September 1850, Auburn Township, Fairfield, Ohio, United States. ³ 1850 US Census
Page 114A, Family 87, Roll 677
Auburn Township, Fairfield County, Ohio
Abraham Fast..46..PA..Farmer
Polly Fast..41..PA
A. J. Fast..21..OH..Laborer
Henry Fast..19..OH..Laborer
Daniel Fast..17..OH..Laborer
Levi Fast..15..OH..Laborer
Philip Fast..14..OH
Jacob Fast..10..OH
Abraham Fast..8..OH
George Fast..5..OH
P. J. Fast..1..OH

3. 1870 US Census, 5 July 1870, Center Township, Mercer, Ohio, United States. ¹ 1870 US Census
Page 1, Family 1
Center Township, Mercer County, Ohio
Abraham Fast..74..OH..Retired Farmer
Mary Fast..60..OH..Keeping House
Eliza Muslman..13..OH..At Home

  Marriage Notes:

Name: Abraham Fast
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 20 Jan 1828
Event Place: Fairfield, Ohio, United States
Spouse's Name: Polly Ginter

Citing this Record
"Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZ57-7BC : 10 December 2017), Abraham Fast and Polly Ginter, 20 Jan 1828; citing Marriage, Fairfield, Ohio, United States, bk2p134, Franklin County Genealogical & Historical Society, Columbus; FHL microfilm.
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Abraham Levi Fast was actually an uncle to Mary Jane Ginter.
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