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Jacob Fast
(1796-1882)
Sarah Springer
(1798-1885)
Abraham Fast
(1826-1902)
Rebecca Manley Conkle
(1833-After 1870)
Irena R. Fast
(1870-1930)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. George Willis Smethers

2. Charles Ginter
3. Will Siler

Irena R. Fast 5

  • Born: 26 March 1870, Center Township, Mercer, OH 5 6 7
  • Marriage (1): George Willis Smethers on 13 January 1887 in , Mercer County, OH 1
  • Marriage (2): Charles Ginter on 2 October 1905 in , Mercer County, OH 2
  • Marriage (3): Will Siler on 4 November 1919 3 4
  • Died: 1 February 1930, Celina, OH at age 59 7
  • Buried: 4 February 1930, Celina, OH 7

bullet   Cause of her death was Automobile struck by train.7

bullet   Other names for Irena were Ercue R. Fast,8 Erene R. Fast 6 and Rena R. Fast.2 7

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bullet  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1880 US Census in Center Township, Mercer, OH on 17 June 1880. 9

1880 US Census
Page 361B, Roll 1048, District 181, Dwelling 166, Family 170
Center Township. Mercer County, Ohio
Erene R. Fast..Daughter..10..OH..At Home
(Living with widowed father.)
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• She worked as a Cigar Maker in 1930. 7



• She was buried on 4 February 1930 in the North Grove Cemetery in Celina, OH.

Plot: Ward 3, Row 2
Find A Grave Memorial #38358363
. 7 10


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Irena married George Willis Smethers on 13 January 1887 in , Mercer County, OH.1 (George Willis Smethers was born on 3 February 1867 11 and died on 27 February 1904 3 4 11.)

bullet  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They have conflicting marriage information of 13 January 1886. 3


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Irena next married Charles Ginter, son of Daniel Ginter and Bolton, on 2 October 1905 in , Mercer County, OH.2 (Charles Ginter was born about 1865 and died on 21 December 1918 3 4.)


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Irena next married Will Siler on 4 November 1919.3 4 (Will Siler was born about 1865 and died on an unknown date.)


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Sources


1 Rick Smethers (E-mail messages in August 2002 concerning George Willis Smethers).

2 "Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1681001 : accessed 24 Jan 2015), Name: Charles Ginter; Spouse's Name: Rena Smethers; Event Date: 02 Oct 1905; Event Place: Mercer County, Ohio.

3 Sandra S. Shuster, World Family Tree Vol. 007, Ed. 1, Tree #1334 (Brøderbund Software, Inc., Release date: October 17, 1996).

4 Robert E. Wallace, World Family Tree Vol. 012, Ed. 1, Tree #1194 (Brøderbund Software, Inc., Release date: July 28, 1997).

5 "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003," database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 24 Jan 2015); Name: Irena R. Fast; Event Date: 26 Mar 1870; Event Place: Center Twp, Mercer, Ohio.

6 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Center Township. Mercer County, Ohio, p. 361B, Abraham Fast; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 2 Oct 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 1048.

7 "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 24 Jan 2015), Name: Rena Smithers Siler; Event Date: 01 Feb 1930; Event Place: Celina, Mercer, Ohio.

8 Philip Dale Bailey, "The Philip Bailey Family Page" (http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/b/a/i/Philip-D-Bailey/index.html; Updated September 9, 2005).

9 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Center Township. Mercer County, Ohio, enumeration district (ED) 181, p. 361B, dwelling 166, family 170, Abraham Fast; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 2 Oct 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 1048.

10 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 24 Jan 2015), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=38358363.

11 Unknown, World Family Tree Vol. 004, Ed. 1, Tree #0932 (Brøderbund Software, Inc., Release date: August 23, 1996).


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