Brief Life History of Edgar
When Edgar Fast was born on 5 March 1892, in Perry Township, Hocking, Ohio, United States, his father, William Earnest Fast, was 21 and his mother, Amanda Isabel Dean, was 19. He married Maude Bell Hedges on 13 April 1911, in Hocking, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Laurelville, Perry Township, Hocking, Ohio, United States in 1900 and Hocking Township, Fairfield, Ohio, United States for about 10 years. He died on 15 April 1981, in Lancaster, Fairfield, Ohio, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Carroll Cemetery, Carroll, Fairfield, Ohio, United States.
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- Edgar Fast, "United States Census, 1930"
- Edgar Fast, "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003"
- Edgar Fast, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
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Name Meaning
North German: nickname for a reliable steadfast person, or from a short form of any of various personal names beginning with the element fast ‘steadfast, firm’, for example Fastert.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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