Margaretha Wyhs

   Another name for Margaretha was Margaret White.¹

   FamilySearch ID: KCFL-B1B.

  Burial Notes:

Tombstone: Age 65Y 8M 11D; Rest Mother Rest, In quiet sleep, While friends in Sorrow, O'er thee weep. O Graf, Bedford; Here rests in the Lord my dear unforgettable consort Margaretha born Wyhs; Wife of Peter Bucher.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1850 in Taylor Twp., Greene, IN. ² Peter Booher [Booker], farmer, 46, was living with wife Margaret, 45; daughter Margaret, 18; son Chris, farmer, 16; John, 13, William, 9; Abraham, 7; and Richard, 4. Everyone was born in Switzerland except Richard in Indiana. His real estate was worth $300.

2. Census in 1860 in Taylor Twp., Greene, IN. ³ Peter Buckner, farmer, 55, was living with wife Margret, 54; John, farm laborer, 21; William, 18; Abraham, 16; Reuben, 13. Everyone was born in Switzerland except Reuben in Indiana. Peter's real estate was worth $1,200 and personal estate $600. The post office was Scotland.

3. Census in 1870 in Taylor Twp., Greene, IN. ¹ Peter Bucher, farmer, 65, was living with wife Margaret, 64; William, farmer, 29; Abraham, farmer, 27; Ruben, farmer, 22. Also with them: Ceclia Broward, 13. Everyone was born in Switzerland except Ruben and Ceclia in Indiana. His farm was worth $3,200 and personal estate $2,275.

Next door is Washington Bucher, farmer, 26, and wife Sarah E., 20; and John J., 10 months when the census was recorded on 30 Jul 1870. He had no real estate and his personal estate was worth $150. Washington was born in Virginia, his wife in Pennsylvania, and their son in Virginia.

Margaretha married Peter Zur Bucher Jr, son of Peter Zur Bucher Sr and Unknown. (Peter Zur Bucher Jr was born on 25 Aug 1805 in , , , CHE,¹ died on 12 Apr 1891 in Taylor Twp., Greene, IN and was buried in Taylor Twp.: Dutch Cemetery, Greene, IN.)