Samuel Berkheimer
(1815-1896)
Mary Ketler
(1824-1909)
Margaret Jane Berkheimer
(1842-1924)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Amos G. Becher

Margaret Jane Berkheimer 1 2 3

  • Born: 24 Dec 1842, White Deer Twp., Union, PA 1 3 4
  • Marriage (1): Amos G. Becher <1865> 1
  • Died: 1924, , Union, PA at age 82
  • Buried: New Columbia: Highland Cemetery, Union, PA 4

   FamilySearch ID: KZ6H-XQY.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1880 in White Deer Twp., Union, PA. 2 Amos Becher, laborer, 37, was living with wife Margaret J., 37; Mary L., 14; Samuel, 12: Sally O., 10; and Clara, 1. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

2. Census in 1900 in White Deer Twp., Union, PA. 1 Amos Becher [index in census as Becher but handwriting could be Bicher], farmer, born Nov 1840, was married for 35 years to Margaret J., born Dec 1842. With them is daughter Clara, born May 1879, single. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

3. Census in 1920 in White Deer Twp., Union, PA. 5 The 1920 Census recorded Amos G. Becher, 79, living with wife Margette J., 77. They and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.


Margaret married Amos G. Becher, son of Jacob Becher and Margaret Charlotte Long, <1865>.1 (Amos G. Becher was born on 25 Nov 1840 in New Columbia, Union, PA,1 3 6 7 died on 5 Sep 1926 in White Deer Twp., Union, PA 7 8 and was buried on 8 Sep 1926 in New Columbia: Highland Cemetery, Union, PA 7 8.)

Sources

1 1900 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Union County, White Deer Township, Series: T623 Roll: 1488 Page: 308.

2 1880 United States Census, FHL Film 1255192; National Archives Film T9-1192; Page 501A.

3 Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania (Chicago, J. H. Beers & Co., 1898. 1602 pages. Online at https://archive.org/details/commemorativebio04jhbe), Page 851-852, biography of Harry P. Ranck.

4 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch," database, FamilySearch (http://new.familysearch.org : accessed 22 Apr 2013), entry for Margaret Jane Berkheimer, person ID KZ6H-XQY.

5 1920 United States Census, (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MNM1-4H2 Margrette J Becher in entry for Amos G Becher, 1920.

6 1860 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Union County, White Deer Township, Roll 1188, Page 1035.

7 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Certificate 93517. Amos G. Becher. Father Jacob Becher. Mother Margaret Long.

8 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch," database, FamilySearch (http://new.familysearch.org : accessed 22 Apr 2013), entry for Amos G. Becher, person ID L8BT-NN1.


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