Albert Edward Gast (1885 - 1959)

Born 25 Apr 1885 in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Died 9 Feb 1959 at age 73 in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Albert Edward Gast's death certificate lists Harry William and Barbara Ellen (nee Fisher) as his parents. He was born in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States; he spent most or all of his life there.

The 1900 United States Census says that he was a laborer at an umbrella factory in Lancaster. At that time, manufacture of umbrellas was a major industry in that city.

The 1907-1908 R.L. Polk Directory for Lancaster says that he was, during that period, a printer.

His 1918 registration for the military draft says that he was a drill press operator at Champion Forge Company.

From 1931 until 1940, he lived at 636 Lafayette Street, Lancaster. At that time, he had many close relatives who resided nearby. 1931 and 1933 city directories describe him as a laborer. The 1940 United States Census says that he was a drill-press operator in a machine shop.

In 1959, the year of his passing, he resided at 22 East Filbert Street, Lancaster. He died at Lancaster General Hospital in the city as a result of acute lobar pneumonia. He was buried at Millersville Mennonite Cemetery, Millersville, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States.

Sources

• 1900 U.S. Census - Lancaster Co., PA - Lancaster Ward 8, ED67, Sheet# 5.

• R.L. Polk City Directory for Lancaster (1907-1908) - accessed thru lancasterhistory.org.

• Gast, Albert Edward - WW1 Draft Registration in Lancaster, PA, on 12 Sep. 1918.

• Polk's 1931 Directory for Lancaster City, Pennsylvania, p195 - viewed on Ancestry.com.

• R.L. Polk Directory for the City of Lancaster (1933), p182 - viewed on Ancestry.com.

• 1940 U.S. Census - Lancaster, Lancaster Co., PA - Roll# m-t0627-03532; p11B; ED# 36-86 - viewed on Ancestry.com.

Acknowledgments

• Ford, Ada F., "Genealogy of the Gasts," typewritten notes from about 1967, p7.

• Dancy, Dana - "Evelyn M Gast Stumpf" FindAGrave Mem.# 58731972 [This identifies Albert as Evelyn's father.].

• Brubaker, J - copy of obituary fm unknown publication, re: Miriam Elizabeth Brubaker (d 24 Feb 2013), shared to Ancestry.com [This identifies Albert as Miriam's father.]

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