John Moyer Bicher
(1851-1934)
Elizabeth Amanda Bitzer
(1853-1926)
William Rathman Glasmyre
(1843-1912)
Emaline Schonour
(1854-1890)
John Ellis Bicher
(1888-1975)
Minerva Schonour Glasmyre
(1888-1957)
Melva I. Bicher
(1909-2002)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Elmer Malcom Davis

Melva I. Bicher 1 2 3 4 5

  • Born: 27 Sep 1909, Mohnton, Berks, PA 1 2 5 6
  • Marriage (1): Elmer Malcom Davis
  • Died: 22 Jun 2002, Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA at age 92 2 5 6
  • Buried: Mohnton: Mohnsville Cemetery, Berks, PA 6

   FamilySearch ID: 9C6N-PHG.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1910 in Mohnton, Berks, PA. 1 The 1910 census recorded on Mohn Street: John E. Bicher, baker, 22, living with wife Minerva, 22; and Melva I., 7 months old on 5 May 1910 when the census was recorded. He probably worked with his brother Harry S. who also appears in Mohnton in 1910 census as a teamster in a bakery.

2. Census in 1920 in Shillington, Berks, PA. 7 8 The 1920 census recorded owning a home at 234 Summit Street: John E. Bicher, machinist hosiery mill, 32, living with wife Minerva S., 31 daughter Melva I., 10; and daughter Esther E., 8. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

3. Census in 1930 in Shillington, Berks, PA. 7 The 1930 census recorded owning an $8000 home at 133 E. Elm Street: John Bicher, baker, 44, living with wife Minerva, 43; daughter Esther, seamer at hosiery mill, 19; and daughter Melva, seamer at hosiery mill, 21. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

4. Census in 1940 in Shillington, Berks, PA. 9 The 1940 census recorded owning a $4000 house at 133 E. Elm Street: John E. Bicher, baker, 52, living with wife Minerva, 51; daughter Melva Davis, looming at hosiery mill, 30; son-in-law Elmer Davis, knitting at hosiery mill, 29; grandson Donald Davis, 7; grandson Vincent Davis, 6; and granddaughter Marion Davis, 4. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

5. Census in 1950 in Shillington, Berks, PA. 10 The 1950 census recorded at 222 West Lancaster Avenue: Elmer M. Davis, 38, knitter in hosiery mill, living with wife Melva, power machine operator in hosiery mill, 40; son Donald M., 17; son Vincent J. 16; and daughter Marian E., 14. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

6. Residence: on 30 Jun 1975 in Shillington, Berks, PA. 11

7. Obituary: Reading Eagle: obituary of Melva I. Davis on 3 Jun 2002 in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA. 5 Melva I. Davis, 92, formerly of East Elm Street, Shillington, died Jun 22 at 9:40 a.m. in Berks Heim, where she had resided since August 1994. Her husband, Elmer M. Davis, died Jan. 13, 1974. Born in Mohnton, she was a daughter of the late John E. and Minerva G. (Glaymyre) Bicher. Davis was employed for many years as a sewing machine operator by various knitting mills, retiring in 1972. She was a member of Zion Evangelical Congreational Church, Mohnton. Surviving are a daughter, Marian E. (Davis) Gordon, Mohrsville, and two sons, Donald M., West Reading, and Vincent J., Shillington. Other survivors include a sister, Esther (Bicher) Flickinger, Green Hills Manor, Cumru Township. There are also nine grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. Services will be Tuesday at 10 a.m. in the Joseph D. Giles Funeral Home Inc. & Crematorium, Mohnton. Burial will be in Mohnsville Cemetery, Mohnton.


Melva married Elmer Malcom Davis. (Elmer Malcom Davis was born on 18 Jun 1911 in Cumru Twp., Berks, PA,6 9 12 13 died on 13 Jan 1974 in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA 5 6 12 and was buried in Mohnton: Mohnsville Cemetery, Berks, PA 6.)


Sources


1 1910 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Berks County, Mohnton Borough, Page 83.

2 U.S. Social Security Death Index, Melva B. Davis, SSN 166-18-1957.

3 Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 (Original data: Social Security Applications and Claims, 1936-2007.), Vincent John Davis, SSN 184260956.

4 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/212099520.

5 Reading Eagle (Reading, PA) (Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania.), 3 Jun 2002, page B-8, obituary of Melva I. Davis.

6 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/212099508.

7 1930 United States Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Shillington, Berks, Pennsylvania; Roll: 2000; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 0139; Image: 325.0; FHL microfilm: 2341734.

8 1920 United States Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Mohnton, Berks, Pennsylvania; Roll: T625_1536; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 43; Image: 25.

9 1940 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KQX2-B8W John E Bicher, Shillington Borough, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 6-81, sheet 7A, family 152, NARA digital publication of T627, roll 3435.

10 "1950 United States Census," https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6XBK-ZGCX Elmer M. Davis Shillington, Berks, PA.

11 Reading Eagle (Reading, PA) (Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania.), 1 Jul 1975, page 35, obituary of John E. Bicher.

12 U.S. Social Security Death Index, Elmer Davis, SSN 182-01-5285.

13 Ancestry.com, U.S. Public Records Index (Original data: Voter Registration Lists, Public Record Filings, Historical Residential Records, and Other Household Database Listings.), Vol. 2. Elmer Davis, 18 Jan 1911, 133 E. Elm St., Reading, Pa.



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