Moses Bougher
(1790-1877)
Elizabeth Grub
(1792-1873)
John Dickson
(1793-1889)
Anna Rockafellow
(1797-1831)
John Bougher
(1816-1886)
Charity Dickson
(1823-1901)
Sarah Catherine Bougher
(1847-)

 

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Sarah Catherine Bougher 1 2

  • Born: 11 Nov 1847, Williams Twp., Northampton, PA 1 3 4
  • Christened: 2 Jul 1848, Durham: Evangelical Lutheran Church, Bucks, PA 4

   Other names for Sarah were Sarah Ann Bougher 3 and Sarah Catherine Bucher.4

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1850 in Williams Twp., Northampton, PA. 1 Three families were neighbors:

Moses Buchker, farmer, 58, was with wife Elizabeth, 57; Abraham, boatman, 28; Christian, 14; Elizabeth, 24; and Nathaniel, 3. All were born in Pennsylvania. His real estate was worth $1,000.

Next door is John Buchker, farmer, 34; Charity, 27; Abraham, 7; William, 5; Sarah C., 3; and Charles, 1. Also Sarah Buchker, 84. All were born in Pennsylvania. Her real estate is worth $1,000.

William Bucker, laborer, 47, was with Margaret, 63; Susanna, 23; Harriet, 21. All were born in Pennsylvania. His real estate was worth $300.

2. Census in 1860 in Williams Twp., Northampton, PA. 3 Abraham Boger, shoemaker, 30, was living with wife Elizabeth, 32; Eve, 3; and Mary C., 1. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. He had no real estate value and his personal estate was worth $200.

His neighbor was John Bougher, laborer, 46, with wife Gerida, 44; William H., 14; Sarah Ann, 13; Charles, 9; Ellen, 7; Mary Ann, 5; Margaret, 3; and Elizabeth, 3 months. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. His farm was worth $1,200 and personal estate $260.

3. Census in 1870 in Williams Twp., Northampton, PA. 2 Several Boughers appear as neighbors on the same census pages in Williams Township, post office Easton:

William Bougher, farmer, 42, was living with wife Lavina, 43; son Uriah, 1; daughter Emma L., 10; and daughter Clara, 5. Also in the home was Jacob Raub, 77, retired farmer. Jacob's real estate was worth $2,500 and personal estate $100. William had no real estate and his personal estate was $1,020. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

On the same census page is Samuel Bougher, canal watchman, 49, with son Godfrey F., 13; George H., 8, wife Sarah R, 46; Martha M., 17; Maria R., 9; and Mary C., 4. All were born in Pensylvania. His real estate was worth $1000 and personal estate $400.

Next door is William Bougher, laborer, 77 and daughter Harriet, 41. His home is worth $1000 and personal estate $300. Both were born in Pennsylvania.

John Bougher, laborer, 54, was living with wife Charitie, 47; William H., boatman, 24; Sarah C., 22; John, 4; Ellen 18; and Selinda, 7. All were born in Pennsylvania. John's home was worth $2,500 and personal estate $300.

His neighbor is Moses Bougher, retired laborer, 79 and his wife Elisabeth, 78, both born in Pennsylvania. His home was worth $1000 and personal estate $150.


Sources


1 1850 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Northampton County, Williams Township, Series: M432 Roll: 802 Page: 19.

2 1870 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Northampton County, Williams Township, Series: M593 Roll: 1383 Page: 507-508.

3 1860 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Northampton County, Williams Township, Series: M653 Roll: 1148 Page: 1165-1166.

4 Pennsylvania, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985 (Ancestry.com. Original data: Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Historical Society of Pennsylvania.), Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records; Reel: 540. Bucks --> Durham --> Evangelical Lutheran Church.



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