Christian
A
[uncertain]
Gast
Born in Lancaster, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, USA
Ancestors 
Son of Emanuel H Gast
and Ann Charlotte (Simpson) Gast
Husband of
Margaret (Reese) Gast
— married
about 1884 in Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States [uncertain]
[uncertain] [children unknown]
Died
at age 78
in St. Joseph's Hospital, Lancaster, Lancaster Co., PA, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 29 May 2011
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Biography
Buried in Lancaster Cem. on 22 Feb., 1932.
Cause of death: post-traumatic shock, resulting from auto accident.
Apprentice printer in 1870. Advanced in that trade as well as in newspaper writing. Was a court reporter by the late 1880's.
Sources
- WikiTree profile Gast-114 created through the import of CombinedTreeFmMyHeritage-Private.GED on May 29, 2011 by George Stradtman. See the Changes page for the details of edits by George and others.
- 1860 U.S. Census - Lancaster (NW Ward), Lancaster Co., PA - Roll# M653_1126; p450; Image# 229; FHL# 805126 .
- 1870 U.S. Census - Lancaster Co., PA - Lancaster Ward 1, p4.
- 1880 U.S. Census - Lancaster, Lanc. Co., PA; Roll# 1142; FHL# 1255142; p32C; ED# 148; Image# 0234 .
- "About Reporters" - Lancaster (PA) Daily Intelligencer - 1 Aug 1887, p4 .
- 1910 U.S. Census - Lancaster Ward 6, Lanc. Co., PA; Roll# T624_1354; p2B; ED# 0078; FHL# 1375367 .
- Gast, Christian A - PA death cert.
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Linda (Sherman) Stienstra
Linda (Sherman) Stienstra
George - I have a picture of his headstone, but cannot put it on. Would you please give me permission? It is a great one, very clear!
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