Ezra Bucher
(1818-1883)
Elizabeth Reist
(1816-1871)
Leonard Kapp
(1826-1882)
Maria Mosser
Christian Reist Bucher
(1849-1930)
Emma Rebecca Kapp
(1851-1928)
Amanda Bucher
(1878-1953)

 

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Amanda Bucher 1 2

  • Born: 25 Mar 1878, Jackson Twp., Lebanon, PA 1 2
  • Died: 25 Aug 1953 at age 75 1 2
  • Buried: Reistville: Heidelberg Church of the Brethren Cemetery, Lebanon, PA 2

   FamilySearch ID: LHW9-KVN.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1880 in Jackson Twp., Lebanon, PA. 3 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.

2. Census in 1900 in Heidelberg Twp., Lebanon, PA. 4 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.

3. Census in 1910 in Heidelberg Twp., Lebanon, PA. 5 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.

4. Census in 1920 in Heidelberg Twp., Lebanon, PA. 6 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.


Sources


1 Gladys Bucher Sowers, The Bucher Family, 1681-1997 (1997. Gladys Bucher Sowers, 1410 Cornwall Road, Lebanon, PA 17042, 78 pp.), Tree Page 9.

2 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=35181008.

3 1880 United States Census, Film 1255145; National Archives Film T9-1145; Page 125A.

4 1900 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Lebanon County, Heidelberg Township, Series: T623 Roll: 1427 Page: 97.

5 1910 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Lebanon County, Heidelberg Township, Series: T624 Roll: 1362 Page: 10.

6 1920 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Lebanon County, Heidelberg Township, Series: T625 Roll: 1587 Page: 31.



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