Ora May Kirk ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7}

  Birth Notes:

Name: Ora May Kirk
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 5 Aug 1878
Event Place: Marion, West Virginia, United States
Event Place (Original): Marion, West Virginia, United States
Sex: Female
Father's Name: Lewis F. Kirk
Mother's Name: Rebecca
Source Details: BK1878-1899 P13

Citing this Record
"West Virginia Births and Christenings, 1853-1928", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X5PX-499 : 12 December 2019), Ora May Kirk, 1878.
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  Death Notes:

Name: Ora May Kirk Fost
Event Date: 21 Nov 1964
Event Place: Fairmont, Marion, West Virginia
Gender: Female
Age (Expanded): 86 years
Birth Date: 1878
Father's Name: Louis Kirk
Mother's Name: Rebecca Summers
Affiliate Repository Type: County Records
Reference ID: p 66

Citing this Record
"West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N9SV-WQT : 21 November 2018), Ora May Kirk Fost, 21 Nov 1964; citing Fairmont, Marion, West Virginia, County Records, p 66, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 834,820.
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  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1900 US Census in Fairmont District, Marion County, WV on 15 June 1900. ¹

1900 US Census
Sheet 10B, District 49, Family 203
Fairmont Magisterial District, Marion, West Virginia, United States
Home rented
Married 5 years
Ora Fast..Wife..Aug 1878..21..West Virginia..2/2

(Living with husband and 2 children.)
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• She appeared on the 1910 US Census in Paw Paw Magisterial District, Marion County, WV on 3 May 1910. ²

1910 US Census
Sheet 14B, District 72, Family 362, Roll 1687
Paw Paw Magisterial District, Marion, West Virginia, United States
Home owned, no mortgage
Married 15 years
Ora Fast..Wife..32..West Virginia..5/5

(Living with husband and 5 children.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 5 Aug 1878, then her age should have been 31 instead of 32.
.

• She appeared on the 1920 US Census in Paw Paw Magisterial District, Marion County, WV on 14 January 1920. ³

1920 US Census
Sheet 12B, 13A, District 39, Family 235, Roll 1962
Paw Paw Magisterial District, Marion, West Virginia, United States
Home owned
Asa Fast..Wife..41..West Virginia

(Living with wife and 5 children.)
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• She appeared on the 1930 US Census in Fairmont, WV on 9 April 1930. ⁴

1930 US Census
Sheet 11B, District 6, Family 261, Roll 2542
Fairmont, Marion, West Virginia, United States
Home owned, $5000
Ora Fast..Wife..52..West Virginia..married at age 17

(Living with husband, 3 sons, and 1 grandson.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 5 Aug 1878, then her age should have been 51 instead of 52.
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• She appeared on the 1940 US Census in Fairmont, WV on 17 April 1940. ⁶

1940 US Census
Sheet 15B, District 25-9, Family 301, Roll 4424
Fairmont, Marion, West Virginia, United States
1315 Pennsylvania Avenue; Home owned, $5800
Ora Fast..Head..61..West Virginia..Widowed..4th grade
Guy Fast..Son..40..West Virginia..11th grade..Proprietor, Baber Shop
Albert Fast..Son..29..West Virginia..12th grade..Proprietor, Barber Shop
Howard Layman..Grandson..16..West Virginia..11th grade
Oscar Fast..Son..33..West Virginia..11th grade..Inside Dayworker, Coal Mine Company
Lilly Fast..Daughter-in-law..29..West Virginia..12th grade..Telephone Operator, Telephone Company

(Ora was widowed and living with 3 sons, 1 daughter-in-law, and 1 grandson.)

NOTE - The parentage of Howard Layman is not known. The husband of Lilly Fast is not known.
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Ora married William Adam Fast, son of Joshua Fast and Susan Emma Laurine Hopkins, about 1895.^{1 2 3 4} (William Adam Fast was born on 18 January 1877 in Rivesville, WV,^{1 2 8 9 10} died on 6 October 1932 in Fairmont, WV ¹⁰ and was buried on 9 October 1932 in Woodlawn Cemetery, Fairmont, WV ¹⁰.). The cause of his death was Chronic Intestinal Nephritis.

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1900 US Census in Fairmont District, Marion County, WV on 15 June 1900. ¹

1900 US Census
Sheet 10B, District 49, Family 203
Fairmont Magisterial District, Marion, West Virginia, United States
Home rented
Married 5 years
William M. Fast..Head..Jan 1877..23..West Virginia..Day Larborer
Ora Fast..Wife..Aug 1878..21..West Virginia..2/2
Lena Fast..Daughter..July 1896..3..West Virginia
Guy Fast..Son..Feb 1899..1..West Virginia
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• They appeared on the 1910 US Census in Paw Paw Magisterial District, Marion County, WV on 3 May 1910. ²

1910 US Census
Sheet 14B, District 72, Family 362, Roll 1687
Paw Paw Magisterial District, Marion, West Virginia, United States
Home owned, no mortgage
Married 15 years
William Fast..Head..33..West Virginia..Lamp Man, Coal Co.
Ora Fast..Wife..32..West Virginia..5/5
Lena Fast..Daughter..13..West Virginia
Guy Fast..Son..11..West Virginia
Clarence Fast..Son..9..West Virginia
Nellie Fast..Daughter..6..West Virginia
Oscar Fast..Son..2..West Virginia
George Waldo..Boarder..40..Russia
Rex Lysle..Boarder..16..Pennsylvania
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• They appeared on the 1920 US Census in Paw Paw Magisterial District, Marion County, WV on 14 January 1920. ³

1920 US Census
Sheet 12B, 13A, District 39, Family 235, Roll 1962
Paw Paw Magisterial District, Marion, West Virginia, United States
Home owned
William Fast..Head..43..West Virginia..Retail Merchant, Grocery
Asa Fast..Wife..41..West Virginia
Guy E. Fast..Son..20..West Virginia..Barber
Clarence L. Fast..Son..18..West Virginia..Laborer, Coad Miner
Nellie G. Fast..Daughter..16..West Virginia
Oscar W. Fast..Son..11..West Virginia
Albert L. Fast..Son..9..West Virginia
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• They appeared on the 1930 US Census in Fairmont, WV on 9 April 1930. ⁴

1930 US Census
Sheet 11B, District 6, Family 261, Roll 2542
Fairmont, Marion, West Virginia, United States
Home owned, $5000
William Fast..Head..54..West Virginia..married at age 18..Laborer, Coal Mines
Ora Fast..Wife..52..West Virginia..married at age 17
Clarence L. Fast..Son..28..West Virginia..Divorced..Laborer, Coal Mines
Oscur W. Fast..Son..23..West Virginia..Laborer, Coal Mines
Albert Fast..Son..18..West Virginia
Howard Layman..Grandson..6..West Virginia
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  Marriage Notes:

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1910 US Census
Sheet 14B, District , Family 362, Roll 1687
Paw Paw Magisterial District, Marion, West Virginia, United States


William Fast..Head..23..West Virginia
Ora Fast..Wife..32..West Virginia
Lena Fast..Daughter..13..West Virginia
Guy Fast..Son..11..West Virginia
Clarence Fast..Son..9..West Virginia
Nellie Fast..Daughter..6..West Virginia
Oscar Fast..Son..2..West Virginia
George Waldo..Boarder..40..Russia
Rex Lysle..Boarder..16..Pennsylvania



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1920 US Census
Sheet 12B, District , Family 235, Roll 1962
Paw Paw Magisterial District, Marion, West Virginia, United States


William Fast..Head..43..West Virginia
Asa Fast..Wife..41..West Virginia
Guy E. Fast..Son..20..West Virginia
Clarence L. Fast..Son..18..West Virginia
Nellie G. Fast..Daughter..16..West Virginia
Oscar W. Fast..Son..11..West Virginia
Albert L. Fast..Son..9..West Virginia




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1930 US Census
Sheet 11B, District 6, Family 261, Roll 2542
Fairmont, Marion, West Virginia, United States


William Fast..Head..54..West Virginia
Ora Fast..Wife..52..West Virginia
Clarence L. Fast..Son..28..West Virginia
Oscur W Fast..Son..23..West Virginia
Albert Fast..Son..18..West Virginia
Howard Layman..Grandson..6..West Virginia



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