Catherine E. Sheetz ^{2 3 4}

   Another name for Catherine was Katharina E Illig.

  Noted events in her life were:

• Census, 1850, Schaefferstown, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA. ⁶ Catherine Bucher, 19, is living without her husband, together with her mother, Sarah Sheetz, 42, and grandmother, Elizabeth Sheetz, 71. Elizabeth's home is valued at $1,250. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. The census was recorded on 4 Sep 1850.

• Newspaper: Der Libanon Demokrat, a German language newspaper, 14 Jun 1850, Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA. ¹ Married. By the Rev. Ditzler.
On the 11th of June, Dr. Samuel R. Bucher, with Miss Katharina E. Illig, both of Schaefferstown.

[Note: Her surname reported in the newspaper is Illig, not Sheetz, so perhaps this was her second marriage?]

• Census, 1870, Buckeye Township, Stephenson County, Illinois, USA. ⁷ Samuel Bucher, physician, 43, was living with wife Catharine, 40; Ida, 14; and Robert, 2. The parents were born in Pennsylvania, the children in Illinois. His home was valued at $8,000 and personal estate $2,000. The post office was Lena.

• Census, 1880, Cedarville, Stephenson County, Illinois, USA. ⁸ Catherine Bucher, 49, was living with son Samuel R. Bucher, 11. She and her parents were born in Pennsylvania. Samuel was born in Illinois, his parents in Pennsylvania.

Catherine married Dr. Samuel Rex Bucher, son of Dr. Christian Bucher and Mary Valentine, on 11 Jun 1850 in Schaefferstown, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA.¹ (Dr. Samuel Rex Bucher was born on 3 Jul 1827 in , Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA ^{4 6 9}, christened on 5 Aug 1827 in Schaefferstown: St. Luke's Lutheran Church, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA,⁴ died on 24 Sep 1874 in Cedarville, Stephenson County, Illinois, USA ¹⁰ and was buried in Cedarville: Cedarville Cemetery, Stephenson County, Illinois, USA ^{10 11}.)