Mary Jane Bechtel ¹

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Mary appeared in the household of John J. Bucher in a census in 1900 in Perkiomen Twp., Montgomery, PA. ^{2 2} The 1900 census recorded John J. Bucher, farmer, 50, born Jun 1849, living with wife Mary Jane, 46, Jul 1854; and son John B. Bucher, 14, Jul 1885. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania. John and Mary were married for 20 years and she had birthed 3 children, 2 still alive in 1900.

2. She appeared in the household of John Bechtel Bucher in a census in 1920 in Perkiomen Twp., Montgomery, PA. ^{3 3} The 1920 census recorded John B. Bucher, farm operator, 33, living with wife Elsie, 29; daughter Ruth, 6; father John J., farm laborer, 70; and mother Mary, 66. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

3. Mary appeared in the household of John Bechtel Bucher in a census in 1930 in Perkiomen Twp., Montgomery, PA. ^{4 4} The 1930 census recorded John B. Bucher, miller, 44, living with wife Elsie R., 39; daughter Ruth, miller, 17; son Kermit, 7. Also in the home is John's father, John J. Bucher, miller, 80; and mother Mary, 76; and a boarder, Jacob Pflaum, widowed, miller, 61. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

Mary married John J. Bucher, son of Levi R. Bucher and Catherine Tyson Johnson. (John J. Bucher was born on 22 Jun 1849 in Limerick Twp., Montgomery, PA,^{5 6} died in 1941 ⁶ and was buried in Schwenksville: Old Keeley's Cemetery, Montgomery, PA ⁶.)