Mary Michal ^{1 2}

   Other names for Mary were Maria Biecher, Maria Meikel and Maria Michal.

  Burial Notes:

Her grave is aligned in Mount Lebanon Cemetery with her son William's descendents, whose family name became Beicher or Biecher.

  Noted events in her life were:

• Census, 1830, Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA. ⁴ Jacob Beicher is listed in Lebanon Borough on page 35 in the 1830 Census. Living in the household are:
Males (born)
Under 5 (1826-1830) = 2 great grandsons ?
15-19 (1811-1815) = 1 grandson (William or Jacob?)
70-79 (1751-1760) = 1 Jacob
Females (born)
40-49 (1781-1790) = 1 ?? (Mary Michael?)
80-89 (1741-1750) = 1 wife Catherine

This appears to be the household of Jacob Bucher born 1758. His age would be 72 in 1830, and his wife Catherine 83, explaining the two elderly household heads perfectly.

Since his son, John Jacob (born 1782 who would be 48 in 1830) had died of an accident with a sickle, the 15-19 year old male could be either grandson Jacob (born 1812) or William (born 1811). Likely the older William age 19 was already off living on his own, as was Lydia age 21, and this is Jacob.

The female 40-49 could be Mary Bicher (nee Michael), wife of John Jacob (born 1782), since her husband died in 1812.

• Census, 1850, Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA. ³ William Bicher, age 39, tinner, is living with Susanna, 38; John, 19, shoemaker; William, 17, tinner; Elizabeth, 10; Emelia, 7; Sarah, 5; Emanuel, 2; and Mary Bicher, 70, who we presume is William's mother, nee Michal. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. Their neighbors are Felix Good, 70, and David Carmany, 56.

• Census, 1860, Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA. ⁵ William Biecher, age 50, appears in the 1860 Census in Lebanon living with his wife, Susan, age 48; Amelia, 17; Sarah, 14; Emanuel, 12; George, 4; and Mary, 79. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. William is employed as a tinsmith. Mary, who is William's mother, does not appear in a later census so we can assume she died between 1860 and 1870.

Mary married Jacob Bicher, son of Jacob Bucher and Anna Maria Catharine Haman, on 17 Apr 1808 in Lebanon: Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA.¹ (Jacob Bicher was born on 18 Oct 1782 in Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA ^{6 7 8}, christened on 17 Nov 1782 in Lebanon: Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA,^{6 8} died on 7 Jun 1812 in Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA ⁷ and was buried in Lebanon: Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA ⁷.)

  Marriage Notes:

Witnesses were Jacob Bicher Sr. and wife. ⁶