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Dr. Benedict Bucher Sr
(1722-1787)
Maria Fry
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John Bucher
(1756-1810)
Elizabeth
(1758-1844)
Benedict Bucher
(1792-1863)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Catherine Mellinger

2. Magdalena Burkholder

Benedict Bucher 1 2 3 4

  • Born: 23 Jan 1792, , Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA 2 3 4
  • Marriage (1): Catherine Mellinger
  • Marriage (2): Magdalena Burkholder on 15 Apr 1852 in West Cocalico Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA 1
  • Died: 22 Feb 1863, , Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA at age 71 4
  • Buried: Denver: Bucher (Fairview) Cemetery, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA 4
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bullet  Noted events in his life were:

• Census, 1850, Ephrata Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA. 3 Benedict Bucher, age 58, miller, is living with son Morrow, 28, miller; Jacob, 20, farmer; Perry, 18, carpenter; and Lydia Stober, 33. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. No value is listed for Benedict's real estate.

• Census, 1860, East Cocalico Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA. 5 Benadic Bucher, master miller, 68, was living with wife Molly, 54; Elizabeth Burkholder, 47, serving; and Martin Rolland, 19, miller apprentice. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. His real estate was worth $5,000 and personal estate $400. The post office was Reamstown.


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Benedict married Catherine Mellinger. (Catherine Mellinger was born on 3 Dec 1795 in , Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA,6 7 died on 26 Jan 1849 in , Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA 6 7 and was buried in Ephrata: Epharata Cloister Graveyard, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA 6.)


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Benedict next married Magdalena Burkholder on 15 Apr 1852 in West Cocalico Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA.1 (Magdalena Burkholder was born on 17 Jan 1801, died on 15 Nov 1887 in , Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA and was buried in West Cocalico Township: Mellinger Union Meeting House, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA.)
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Sources

1 Rev. Daniel Hertz (Microfilm 1433081), Page 14.

2 Gladys Bucher Sowers, The Bucher Family, 1681-1997 (1997. Gladys Bucher Sowers, 1410 Cornwall Road, Lebanon, PA 17042, 78 pp.
For info on this book see: http://www.searchtrees.com/bucherhans.htm), Tree Page 1.

3 1850 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Lancaster County, Ephrata Township, Series: M432 Roll: 789 Page: 155.

4 Harmon, Dr. Shirley A, Cemetery Records of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Closson Press, 257 Delilah St Apollo PA, 15613-1933. (724) 337-4482.), Volume 5, page 141.

5 1860 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Lancaster County, East Cocalico Township, Series: M653 Roll: 1124 Page: 242.

6 Egle, William Henry, Notes and Queries: Historical and Genealogical Chiefly Relating to Interior Pennsylvania (First and Second Series Volume I, Notes and Queries - XIX
Reprinted 1970, Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore), Annual Volume, 1899, Page 173.

7 Stroh, Oscar H, Pennsylvania German Tombstone Inscriptions (1980. Harrisburg, Pa. 2 vol.), Page 43.

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