Amanda Bucher ¹

  Noted events in her life were:

• Census, 1880, Jackson Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA. ² Christian Bucher, farmer, 30, was with wife Emma, 27; Leonard, 5; Mariah, 3; and Amanda, 2. Also in the home is Emma Sheafer, domestic servant, 31; and farm laborer, Michael Auchenbach, 32. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

• Census, 1900, Heidelberg Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA. ³ C. R. Bucher, farmer, 50, born Sep 1849, was married for 27 years to Emma, 49, born Jan 1851. She had given birth to 13 children, 10 still living by 1900. In their home: Leonard, teacher, 26, Oct 1873; Amanda, 22, Mar 1878; Sallie, 19, Aug 1880; John, farm laborer, 17; Aug 1882; Emma, 15, Feb 1885; Alvin, 9, Oct 1890; Annie, 7, Apr 1893; Noah, 4, Jan 1896; and Ira, 2, Jun 1897. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

• Census, 1910, Heidelberg Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA. ⁴ Christian R. Bucher, farmer, 61, was married for 38 years to Emma, 59. She had given birth to 13 children by 1910, and nine were still living then. In their home with them: Amanda, laborer, 33, single; Emma, dairy woman - milk wagon, 25, single; John, farm laborer, 28, single; Alvin, farm laborer, 20, single; Annie, 17; and Noah, 14. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

• Census, 1920, Heidelberg Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA. ⁵ A number of Bucher families appear on the 1920 Census in Heidelberg Township starting on page 31:

Samuel B. Bucher, repairman - trolley company, 56, was living with wife Susan, 51; and son Harry, 17.

Cyrus G. Bucher, 6, grandson, was living with his grandfather, Abraham Kurtz, 74.

Leonard E. Bucher, traveling salesman, 47, was with his daughter Mabel I., 19, single.

Christian R. Bucher, farmer, 70, was with wife Emma R., 68; daughters Amanda, 41, single, and Annie, 26, single; and granddaughter Lizzie, 4.

Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.