Adam Hoppel
(Abt 1826-)
Rachel Droxal
(Abt 1826-)
Rachel Elizabeth Hoppel
(1856-1911)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Josephus S. Fast

Rachel Elizabeth Hoppel 1 2 3 4

  • Born: 21 December 1856, Noble Township, Auglaize County, OH 1 2 4
  • Marriage (1): Josephus S. Fast on 20 December 1874 in Auglaize County, OH 1 2 3
  • Died: 25 March 1911, Saint Marys, OH at age 54 1 2 4
  • Buried: 28 March 1911, Saint Marys, OH 4
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bullet  Death Notes:


name: Rachel Elizabeth Fast
event: Death
event date: 25 Mar 1911
event place: St Marys, Auglaize, Ohio
death age: 54y 3m 4d
marital status: Married
occupation: Housekeeper
birth date: 21 Dec 1856
birthplace: Noble Hosp., Aug. Co. O.
burial date: 28 Mar 1911
cemetery: Elm Grove Cem.
father: Adam Hoppel
father's birthplace: Germany
mother: Rachel Droxal
mother's birthplace: Whitenburg, Germany.
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bullet  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1880 US Census in Center Township, Mercer, OH on June 1880. 3

1880 US Census
Page 354C, Roll 1048
Center Township, Mercer County, Ohio
Josephus Fast..Head..29..OH..Farmer
Rachel Fast..Wife..21..OH..Keeping House
(Living with husband and 2 children.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 21 Dec 1856, then her age should have been 23 instead of 21.
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• She was buried on 28 March 1911 in the Elm Grove Cemetery in Saint Marys, OH.

Joseph and his wife Rachel share one common gravestone in Elm Grove cemetery which is a polished vertical face monument of gray granite. The inscription reads "FAST - Joseph 1851 - 1930; Rachel 1856 - 1911".
Find A Grave Memorial 17013805
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Rachel married Josephus S. Fast, son of Henry S. Fast and Susan B. Conner, on 20 December 1874 in Auglaize County, OH.1 2 3 (Josephus S. Fast was born on 18 August 1851 in Sugar Grove, OH,1 2 3 5 6 died on 19 December 1930 in Saint Marys, OH 5 6 and was buried on 22 December 1930 in Elm Grove Cemetery, Saint Marys, OH 5 6.)

bullet  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Center Township, Mercer, OH on June 1880. 3

1880 US Census
Page 354C, Roll 1048
Center Township, Mercer County, Ohio
Josephus Fast..Head..29..OH..Farmer
Rachel Fast..Wife..21..OH..Keeping House
Ida Fast..Dau..4..OH
Rufus M. Fast..Son..1..OH
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Sources


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

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

3 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Center Township, Mercer County, Ohio, p. 354C, Josephus S. Fast and Rachel Elizabeth Hoppel; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 30 Sep 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 1048.

4 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ ); accessed 12 March 2019), memorial page for Rachel Elizabeth Hoppel Fast (21 Dec 1856\endash 25 Mar 1911), Find A Grave Memorial no. 17013805, citing Elm Grove Cemetery, Saint Marys, Auglaize County, Ohio, USA

5 "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 26 February 2021), (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X6ZN-Q5D : 15 August 2019), Josephus Fast, 19 Dec 1930; citing St. Marys, Auglaize, Ohio, reference fn 70172; FHL microfilm 1,992,279.

6 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ ); accessed 12 March 2019), memorial page for Josephus S "Joseph" Fast (18 Aug 1851\endash 19 Dec 1930), Find A Grave Memorial no. 17013783, citing Elm Grove Cemetery, Saint Marys, Auglaize County, Ohio, USA


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