Jonas Bucher
(1783-1864)
Susan Witwer
(1787-1867)
Christian Risser
(1799-1882)
Maria Longnecker Snyder
(1800-1878)
Joseph Witwer Bucher
(1820-1894)
Catherine Snyder Risser
(1821-1901)
Catherine Risser Bucher
(1864-1920)

 

Family Links

Spouses/Children:
1. Levi Zimmerman

Catherine Risser Bucher 2

  • Born: 28 Jan 1864, Warwick Twp., Lancaster, PA 3
  • Marriage (1): Levi Zimmerman on 22 Nov 1887 in , Lancaster, PA 1
  • Died: 7 Oct 1920, , Cumberland, PA at age 56 3
  • Buried: Lower Allen Twp.: Slate Hill Mennonite Church Graveyard, Cumberland, PA 3

   Other names for Catherine were Kate R. Bucher 4 and Katie Risser Bucher.1 3

   FamilySearch ID: LHWW-KFL.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1870 in Warwick Twp., Lancaster, PA. 2 Joseph Bucher, farmer, 50, was living with Catharine, 48; Jacob, 17; Susan, 20; Henry, 8; Catharine, 6; and Barbara, 4. Also living with them: domestic servants Barbara Shank, 41, and Isaac Carpenter, 19. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. The post office was Rothsville. Joseph's real estate was valued at $25,000, one of the richest in Lancaster County, and his possessions worth $2,000.

2. Census in 1880 in Warwick Twp., Lancaster, PA. 4 The 1880 census recorded Joseph Bucher, farmer, 60, living with wife Kate, 58; Susan, 30; Henry, 18; Kate, 16; Barbara, 14. Also in the home was William Williams, 16. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.


Catherine married Levi Zimmerman, son of Emmanuel Zimmerman and Susan Hess, on 22 Nov 1887 in , Lancaster, PA.1 (Levi Zimmerman was born on 12 Dec 1860 in , Cumberland, PA,3 5 died on 15 Feb 1916 in , Cumberland, PA 3 and was buried in Lower Allen Twp.: Slate Hill Mennonite Church Graveyard, Cumberland, PA 3.)


Sources


1 FamilySearch.org, Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885 - 1950, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VF9D-9DZ Levi Zimmerman and Katie R Bucher, 22 Nov 1887; citing Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States, cn 2278; FHL microfilm 940783.

2 1870 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Lancaster County, Warwick Township, Series: M593 Roll: 1359 Page: 384.

3 Slate Hill Mennonite Church Graveyard, Lower Allen Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.

4 1880 United States Census, (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MWFR-BQB Kate Bucher in entry for Joseph Bucher, 1880.

5 FamilySearch.org, Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885 - 1950, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VF9D-9DZ Levi Zimmerman and Kate R Bucher, 22 Nov 1887; citing Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States, cn 2278; FHL microfilm 940783.



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