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Francis Fast
(Cal 1760-1831)
Elizabeth Yeager
(1768-1826)
Francis Fast
(1800-1876)
Anna Mary Durr
(1798-1868)
Catherine Fast
(1828-After 1880)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Rev. Abraham Weiles

Catherine Fast 1 2 3 4

  • Born: 1828, Pennsylvania 3 4
  • Marriage (1): Rev. Abraham Weiles after 1 June 1860 1 2
  • Died: After 1 June 1880
  • Buried: After 1 June 1880, Masontown, PA 1 5
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bullet  Noted events in her life were:

• She has alternate birth date of 1826 and a birth location of Pennsylvania.

This birth year was referenced by her age of 54 on the 1880 US Census.
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• She appeared on the 1850 US Census in Nicholson Township, Fayette, PA on 25 July 1850. 3

1850 US Census
Page 104, Dwelling 75, Family 75
Nicholson Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Catherine Fast..22..PA
(Living with parents.)
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• She appeared on the 1860 US Census in Nicholson Township, Fayette, PA on 17 July 1860. 4

1860 US Census
Page 216, Roll 1109, Dwelling 214, Family 214
Nicholson Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Catharine Fast..32..PA
(Living with parents.)
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• She appeared on the 1880 US Census in South Strabane Township, Washington County, PA on 1 June 1880. 2

1880 US Census
Page 467A, District 264, Dwelling 8, Family 8, Roll 1201
South Strabane Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania
Catharine B. Weills..Wife..54..PA..Keeping House
(Living with husband and 2 step-children.)

NOTE - If her birth date was in 1828, then her age should have been 51 or 52 instead of 54.
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• She was buried after 1 June 1880 in the Jacob's Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery in Masontown, PA.


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Catherine married Rev. Abraham Weiles after 1 June 1860.1 2 (Rev. Abraham Weiles was born in 1806 in Virginia,2 died after 1 June 1880 and was buried after 1 June 1880 in Masontown, PA 5.)

bullet  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in South Strabane Township, Washington County, PA on 1 June 1880. 2

1880 US Census
Page 467A, District 264, Dwelling 8, Family 8, Roll 1201
South Strabane Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania
Abraham Weills..Self..74..WV..Retired Minister
Catharine B. Weills..Wife..54..PA..Keeping House
Sarah R. Weills..Dau..40..PA
Isaac Weills..Son..30..PA..Works On Farm
Mattie Weills..Other..21..PA..Servant

NOTE - The son and daughter were most likely from a pervious marriage of Abraham Weiles. Catherine was still living with her parents when the two children were born.
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Sources

1 Wirt Gerry Faust, "By Way of Rotterdam," p. 187, 246; manuscript, , 1952; photocopy reprinted 1983 held by Robert G. Fast, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE].

2 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, South Strabane Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania, enumeration district (ED) 264, p. 467A, dwelling 8, family 8, Rev. Abraham Weiles and Catherine Fast; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 26 Sep 2017); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 1201.

3 1850 U.S. census, population schedule, Nicholson Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, p. 104, dwelling 75, family 75; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 18 Jul 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M432.

4 1860 U.S. census, population schedule, Nicholson Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, p. 216, dwelling 214, family 214, Francis Fast and Anna Mary Durr; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 5 Mar 2015); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M653, roll 1109.

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

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