Bertha May Abel

Jacob Harvey Shoaf
(1846-1903)

Sarah Catherine Musgrove
(1856-1938)

William Henry Abel
(1875-After 1897)

Rosa Spiegel Shoaf
(1877-After 1897)

Bertha May Abel
(1894-1977)

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Spouses/Children:
1. Malden James Fast

Bertha May Abel ¹ ² ³ ⁴

Born: 11 January 1894, Pennsylvania ² ³ ⁴
Marriage (1): Malden James Fast on 8 March 1916 ¹ ²
Died: 6 November 1977 at age 83 ⁴
Buried: After 6 November 1977, Fairchance, PA ⁴

bullet Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1920 US Census in Masontown, PA on 7 January 1920. ²

1920 US Census
Sheet 4B, District 54, Family 90, Roll 1569
Masontown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
121 North Main Street; Home owned, with mortgage
Bertha M. Fast..Wife..25..PA

(Living with husband and son.)
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• She was buried after 6 November 1977 in the Fairchance Cemetery in Fairchance, PA.

Find A Grave Memorial #50167344
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Bertha married Malden James Fast, son of Ephraim Burneldo Fast and Florence Mary Daugherty, on 8 March 1916.¹ ² (Malden James Fast was born on 27 October 1893 in Pennsylvania,¹ ² ⁵ died on 3 October 1943 ⁵ and was buried after 3 October 1943 in Fairchance, PA ⁵.)

bullet Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1920 US Census in Masontown, PA on 7 January 1920. ²

1920 US Census
Sheet 4B, District 54, Family 90, Roll 1569
Masontown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
121 North Main Street; Home owned, with mortgage
Malden J. Fast..Self..26..PA..Doctor, Dental Surgery
Bertha M. Fast..Wife..25..PA
Malden J. Fast Jr..Son..2..PA
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bullet Marriage Notes:

Bertha and James were both 4th cousins once removed to each other.
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1 Glenn K. Fast, "History and Roll Call of the Descendants of Nicholas Fast" (http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=fastgk; Updated: 2007-12-23 00:47:07 UTC (Sun)).

2 1920 U.S. census, population schedule, Masontown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, enumeration district (ED) 54, sheet 4B, family 90, Malden James Fast and Bertha May Abel; index and images (accessed 15 Feb 2016); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625, roll 1569.

3 William Arthur Richards, Jr., "Richards Family Group" (http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=123654; Updated: Tue Mar 30 19:21:02 2004).

4 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 8 Apr 2015), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=50167344.

5 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 8 Apr 2015), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=50167315.

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Bertha May Abel ¹ ² ³ ⁴