Jonas Horst Bucher ^{1 3 4 5 6}

   Another name for Jonas was James Bucher.

   FamilySearch ID: LZRQ-72Y.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. He has conflicting birth information of Aug 1876 and , , Pennsylvania, USA. ¹ The 1900 Census lists his birth year as 1876, not 1874 as reported in The Bucher Family book.

2. Census in 1880 in S. Lebanon Twp., Lebanon, PA. ⁴ Jacob Bucher, farmer, 42, was living with wife Frany, 41; Horst, 18; Susan, 17; Fannie, 16; Caleb, 14; Isaac, 8; and Jonas, 5. Also living with them was Franklin D. Egekert, laborer, 25. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

3. Census in 1900 in S. Lebanon Twp., Lebanon, PA. ¹ Jonas Bucher, farm laborer, 25, born Aug 1876, was married 3 years to Olivia, 20, born Dec 1879, and by 1900 she had birthed two children: Allen, 2, Aug 1897; and Jacob A., 1 month, Apr 1900. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

4. Census in 1910 in S. Lebanon Twp., Lebanon, PA. ⁸ Jonas, farm laborer, 35, is with wife Olivia, 30; Allen S., 12; Jacob S., 9, and Richard B., 8. They had been married 13 years and birth 3 children by 1910, according to the Census. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania. Jonas owned his farm.

5. Census in 1920 in S. Lebanon Twp., Lebanon, PA. ⁵ Listed in the 1920 Census on Shaefferstown Cornwall Road was farmer Jonas Bucher, 45, with wife Olivia U., 40; Fannie, sister, 55; and Richard, son, 18. Also in their home was Irene E. Eckert, domestic, age 6. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania. The neighbors were Henry Horst, Jacob Horst, and Robert Fies.

Jonas married Olivia Uhrich Snyder, daughter of Abraham Snyder and Amanda Uhrich, on 10 Oct 1896 in Myerstown, Lebanon, PA.^{1 2} (Olivia Uhrich Snyder was born on 26 Dec 1879 in , Lancaster, PA,^{1 2 3} died on 12 Jan 1961 ³ and was buried in Cornwall Twp.: Cornwall Cemetery, Lebanon, PA ³.)