Catherine Mellinger
(1795-1849)

 

Family Links

Spouses/Children:
1. Benedict Bucher

Catherine Mellinger 1

  • Born: 3 Dec 1795, , Lancaster, PA 1 2
  • Marriage (1): Benedict Bucher
  • Died: 26 Jan 1849, , Lancaster, PA at age 53 1 2
  • Buried: Ephrata: Ephrata Cloister Graveyard, Lancaster, PA 2

   Another name for Catherine was Maria Mellinger.2

   FamilySearch ID: 9KDX-2WN.

  Burial Notes:

In Egle's Notes and Queries under the heading "The Ephrata Community: Its Graveyard and Tombstone Record" is presented a list of tombstone readings including Polly Bucher and Catherine Bucher, wife of Benedict, nee Mellinger.

In Pennsylvania German Tombstone Incriptions for the Ephrata Community Graveyard, it lists the following tombstone: Bucher, Catherine, wf of Benedict, nee Mellinger, b 3 Dec 1795 d 26 Jan 1849.


Catherine married Benedict Bucher, son of John Bucher and Elizabeth. (Benedict Bucher was born on 23 Jan 1792 in , Lancaster, PA,3 4 5 6 died on 22 Feb 1863 in , Lancaster, PA 5 6 and was buried in Denver: Fairview (Bucher) Cemetery, Lancaster, PA 5 6.)

Sources

1 Stroh, Oscar H., Pennsylvania German Tombstone Inscriptions (1980. Harrisburg, Pa. 2 vol.), Page 43.

2 Egle, William Henry, Notes and Queries: Historical and Genealogical Chiefly Relating to Interior Pennsylvania (1895, Harrisburg Publishing Co., reprinted 1970, Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore.
Editions: First and Second Series Volume I, Notes and Queries - XIX. Volume 2.), Annual Volume, 1899, Page 173.

3 Gladys Bucher Sowers, The Bucher Family, 1681-1997 (1997. Gladys Bucher Sowers, 1410 Cornwall Road, Lebanon, PA 17042, 78 pp.), Tree Page 1.

4 1850 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Lancaster County, Ephrata Township, Series: M432 Roll: 789 Page: 155.

5 Harmon, Dr. Shirley A., Cemetery Records of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Closson Press, 257 Delilah St Apollo PA, 15613-1933. (724) 337-4482.), Volume 5, page 141.

6 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=30227364.


Table of Contents | Surnames | Name List

This website was created 17 Feb 2024 with Legacy 9.0, a division of MyHeritage.com; content copyrighted and maintained by searchtrees@gmail.com