Bertha Ellen Markley ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7}

   Cause of her death was Cardio Vascular Disease.⁶

  Birth Notes:

Name: Bertha A. Markley
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 25 Sep 1878
Event Place: Marion, West Virginia, United States
Sex: Female
Father's Name: Joshua Markley
Mother's Name: Melissa
Reference ID: p 162

Citing this Record
"West Virginia Births, 1853-1930," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NMZ6-9YM : 10 March 2018), Bertha A. Markley, 25 Sep 1878; citing Marion, West Virginia, United States, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 835,406.
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  Death Notes:

Name: Bertha Fast
Event Date: 25 Dec 1955
Event Place: Barrackville, Marion, West Virginia
Gender: Female
Age (Expanded): 78 years 3 months
Birth Date: 25 Sep 1877
Birthplace: W. Va.
Marital Status: Widowed
Father's Name: Joshua Markley
Occupation: Housewife
Cemetery: Maple Grove
Burial Place: Marion Co., W. Va.
Burial Date: 27 Dec 1955
Affiliate Repository Type: County Records
Reference ID: v 10 p 64

Citing this Record
"West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NMTG-M8C : 10 March 2018), Bertha Fast, 25 Dec 1955; citing Barrackville, Marion, West Virginia, County Records, v 10 p 64, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 834,819.
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  Noted events in her life were:

• She has alternate birth date of 25 September 1877 and a birth location of West Virginia.

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• She appeared on the 1900 US Census in Fairmont District, Marion County, WV on 10 June 1900. ²

1900 US Census
Sheet 9B, District 49, Family 187
Fairmont Magisterial District, Marion, West Virginia, United States
Home rented
Married 3 years
Bertha Fast..Wife..Sep 1879..20..West Virginia..2/2

(Living with husband and 2 sons.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 25 Sep 1878, then her age should have been 21 instead of 20.
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• She appeared on the 1910 US Census in Fairmont, WV on 15 April 1910. ³

1910 US Census
Sheet 1B, District 60, Family 17, Roll 1687
Fairmont, Marion, West Virginia, United States
Home owned, no mortgage
Married 14 years
Bertha Fast..Wife..32..West Virginia..5/4

(Living with husband and 4 sons.)
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• She appeared on the 1920 US Census in Fairmont, WV on 2 January 1920. ⁴

1920 US Census
Sheet 1A, District 22, Family 5, Roll 1961
Fairmont, Marion, West Virginia, United States
Home owned
Bertha E. Fast..Wife..40..West Virginia

(Living with husband and 3 children.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 25 Sep 1878, then her age should have been 41 instead of 40.
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• She was buried on 27 December 1955 in the Maple Grove Cemetery in Fairmont, WV.

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Bertha married Thomas Jackson Fast, son of Joshua Fast and Susan Emma Laurine Hopkins, on 3 March 1896 in , Marion County, WV.^{1 2 3 4} (Thomas Jackson Fast was born on 12 May 1875 in , Marion County, WV,^{2 4 8 9 10 11} died on 11 February 1922 in Fairmont, WV ^{10 11 12} and was buried on 14 February 1922 in Maple Grove Cemetery, Fairmont, WV ^{10 11}.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1900 US Census in Fairmont District, Marion County, WV on 10 June 1900. ²

1900 US Census
Sheet 9B, District 49, Family 187
Fairmont Magisterial District, Marion, West Virginia, United States
Home rented
Married 3 years
Thomas J. Fast..Head..May 1875..25..West Virginia..Coal Miner
Bertha Fast..Wife..Sep 1879..20..West Virginia..2/2
Fredie Fast..Son..July 1897..2..West Virginia
William Fast..Son..Aug 1899..9m..West Virginia
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• They appeared on the 1910 US Census in Fairmont, WV on 15 April 1910. ³

1910 US Census
Sheet 1B, District 60, Family 17, Roll 1687
Fairmont, Marion, West Virginia, United States
Home owned, no mortgage
Married 14 years
T. J. Fast..Head..33..West Virginia..Electrician, Telephone Co.
Bertha Fast..Wife..32..West Virginia..5/4
Fred Fast..Son..13..West Virginia
William Fast..Son..9..West Virginia
Ray Fast..Son..7..West Virginia
Curtis Fast..Son..5..West Virginia
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• They appeared on the 1920 US Census in Fairmont, WV on 2 January 1920. ⁴

1920 US Census
Sheet 1A, District 22, Family 5, Roll 1961
Fairmont, Marion, West Virginia, United States
Home owned
Thomas J. Fast..Head..44..West Virginia..Janitor, Post Office
Bertha E. Fast..Wife..40..West Virginia
William S. Fast..Son..20..West Virginia..Glass Worker, Glass House
Raymond Fast..Son..18..West Virginia..Typesetter, Newspaper
Mary B. Fast..Daughter..3..West Virginia
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  Marriage Notes:

Name: Thomas J. Fast
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 3 Mar 1896
Event Place: Marion, West Virginia, United States
Event Place (Original): Marion, West Virginia, United States
Sex: Male
Spouse's Name: Bertha E. Markley
Spouse's Sex: Female
Source Details: pg 2

Citing this Record
"West Virginia Marriages, 1854-1932", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR4B-BLV : 30 January 2020), Thomas J. Fast, 1896.
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