Susanna Meily ¹

   Other names for Susanna were Susan Beacher, Susanna Beicher, Susan Biecher, Susanna Biecher, Susan Meily and Susana Meily.

  General Notes:

Her father is probably Emanual Meily Sr. who was a sponsor at a grandchild's baptism.

  Burial Notes:

Her tombstone reads: Susanna Beicher, Oct. 3, 1812 - July 23, 1883 Age 70 yr, 9 mo 23 da.

  Noted events in her life were:

• Census, 1850, Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA. ⁷ 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.
[Note: Most census indexes list him as Bicker, not Bicher; the census taker's handwriting can easily be mistaken.]

• Census, 1860, Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA. ² 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.

• Census, 1870, Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA. ⁵ The 1860 Census in Lebanon lists him as William Biecher, 58, tinsmith. He is married to Susan, age 57. Living with him is his son, George, 15, who is a shoemaker's apprentice. Everyone is born in Pennsylvania.

• Census, 1880, Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA. ⁴ William Beacher, age 70, tinsmith, was living with his wife Susan, 68. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania. The record is in the 5th Ward in Lebanon.

• Obituary: Lebanon Courier, 1 Aug 1883. ⁶ BIECHER - On the 25th. of July; Susanna Biecher, aged 79 years, 9 months and 22 days. She was the relict of William Biecher.

Susanna married William Bicher Sr., son of Jacob Bicher and Mary Michal, on 3 May 1831 in , Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA. (William Bicher Sr. was born on 25 Jan 1811 in Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA ^{1 2 3 8 9 10}, christened in Feb 1811 in Lebanon: Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA,^{1 11} died on 18 Aug 1880 in Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA ^{3 9 10 12} and was buried on 23 Aug 1880 in Lebanon: Mount Lebanon Cemetery, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, USA ^{3 9 12}.)