Lavina Bechtold ^{2 3 4}

   Another name for Lavina was Lovina Bechtold.⁵

   FamilySearch ID: K4V3-G65.

  Christening Notes:

Sponsors were John and Sarah Wummer.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1850 in Womelsdorf, Berks, PA. ⁷ The 1850 census recorded Charles Sell, clerk, 21, living with Lovina Bechtold, 16. They were born in Pennsylvania.
[Note: There is no recorded relationship between Charles and Lovina. This household is next to merchant John W. Miller and his family, and likely a 2nd building on Miller's land where his employees could live, such as Charles Sell, clerk, and Lovina. Womelsdorf bordered Marion Township where Lovina's father lived in 1850, and in the town a few homes away are likely relatives: Sarah Bechtel, age 48, with her daughter Eliza, 15.].

2. Census in 1860 in Lebanon, Lebanon, PA. ⁸ Benjamin Beecher, 63, day laborer, is living with Eliza, age 34. His real estate is valued at $0 and his possessions at $50.
Living next door is George Beecher, age 25, coach maker, living with Lavinia, 24. His real estate is $100 and his possessions $50.
Everyone is born in Pennsylvania.

3. Census in 1870 in Lebanon, Lebanon, PA. ⁹ In the 1870 Census for Lebanon he appears as George Biecher, 34, married to Lavina, 34, with one son, Benjamin, 6. George was a carpenter and everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

4. Census in 1880 in Lebanon, Lebanon, PA. ¹⁰ George Biecher, age 43, laborer, is living with wife Lavina, 44; and Benjamin, 16, occupation cigar maker. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

5. Census in 1900 in Lebanon, Lebanon, PA. ¹ Living in the 1900 Census at 734 Walnut Street in Lebanon was
George Biecher, day laborer, 66, born Oct 1833; and his wife Lovina, 66, Oct 1833. They had been married for 45 years and Lovina had given birth to 3 children, with one still alive in 1900. Also in their home was Benjamin Biecher, grocer, 37, born Dec 1863, living with wife Elizabeth, 34, Aug 1866, and their son, George R. Biecher, born Dec 1899, their first child. They had been married 2 years. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania. George owned the home free of mortgage.

6. Census in 1910 in Lebanon, Lebanon, PA. ¹¹ Living at 734 Walnut Street in Lebanon, George Biecher, age 75, was with Levina, 77. They had been married 53 years and given birth to two children, one still living in 1910. Living with them was son Benjamin P., 46, and his wife of 11 years, Lizzie, 42. She had two children, both living in 1910: George R., 10; and Helen M., 8. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania, as were their parents. The elder George was a cigar merchant; Benjamin and the younger George were grocery merchants.

7. Cause of Death: gasritis, 5 Jun 1910, Lebanon, Lebanon, PA. ⁶

8. Residence: 734 Walnut St., Lebanon, PA on 5 Jun 1910 in Lebanon, Lebanon, PA.

9. Newspaper: Lebanon Daily News: Mrs. Beicher Laid To Rest, 8 Jun 1910, Lebanon, Lebanon, PA. ¹² Mrs. Beicher Laid To Rest

Rev. Dippell Conducted Services This Afternoon

Quarter of First Reformed Church, Under Prof. C. W. Wallace, Rendered Several Hymns

Funeral services over the body of the late Mrs. George Beicher, of this city, were conducted this afternoon at two o'clock at the house, 734 Walnut street, in charge of Rev. V. W. Dippell, pastor of St. John's Reformed church. The obsequies were largely attended by relatives and friends.

A quarter led by Prof. C. W. Wallace of the First Reformed church sang the hymns, Nearer My God To Thee, and Abide With Me. Burial was made at Mt. Lebanon cemetery.

The pallbearers were W. F. Spayd, George Dullabaum, Henry Bomberger and C. S. Harvard.

Funeral Director P. H. Thompson was in charge.

10. Obituary: Lebanon Courier: Mrs. George Biecher Passes Away on 10 Jun 1910 in Lebanon, Lebanon, PA. ⁴ Mrs. George Biecher
Passes Away At Her Home Aged 77 Years.

Mrs. Lavina, aged wife of George Biecher, of 734 Walnut street, died on Sunday morning at 5 o'clock, of a complication of ailments. She was born on October 26, 1832, and was 77 years, 7 months and 9 days of age.
Her maiden name was Bechtold, her father's name being John Bechtold. She is suvived by her husband, for many years a retail tobacconist, and one son, Benjamin P. Biecher, the Tenth and Walnut streets grocer. She was a member of the First Reformed Church and was a highly respected and very well known member of the community in which she lived.
The following sisters and brothers survive: Mrs. William Emrich, of Nittany Hall, Pa.; Mrs. John Miller, Hot Springs, Ark; John Bechtle, Darien, Conn; Simpson Bechtold, living in Illinois.

11. Newspaper: Lebanon Daily News: "The Mite society of St. Mark's Reformed church alst evening held a festival in the yard of Mrs. Geo. Beicher on Walnut street, which was a social and financial success. The yard was prettily illuminated with Chinese lanterns.", 28 Jun 1911, Lebanon, Lebanon, PA. ¹³

Lavina married George Biecher, son of Benjamin Biecher and Ellen Weidner, in 1855.¹ (George Biecher was born on 3 Oct 1834 in Adamstown, Lancaster, PA,^{10 14 15 16} died on 24 Nov 1913 in Lebanon, Lebanon, PA ^{15 16} and was buried on 28 Nov 1913 in Lebanon: Mount Lebanon Cemetery, Lebanon, PA ^{15 16}.)