Jonas Bucher
(1783-1864)
Susan Witwer
(1787-1867)
Jonas Witwer Bucher
(1828-1904)
Anna Susan Bollinger
(1832-1908)
Benjamin Bollinger Bucher
(1864-1925)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Emma L. Burkholder

Benjamin Bollinger Bucher 2 3 4

  • Born: 17 Sep 1864, Clay Twp., Lancaster, PA 2 3 4
  • Marriage (1): Emma L. Burkholder <1888> 1
  • Died: 13 Mar 1925, , Lancaster, PA at age 60 3
  • Buried: Lititz: Hammer Creek Mennonite Cemetery, Lancaster, PA 3

   FamilySearch ID: LCCJ-LCM.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1870 in Clay Twp., Lancaster, PA. 4 Jonas Bucher, farmer, 42, was living with wife Anna, 38; Susan, 18; Maryan, 16; Phares, farm laborer, 15; Levi, 13; John, 11; Jonathan, 10; Lizzie, 9; Hiram, 8; Benjamin, 5; Anna, 3; and Amanda, 1. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. Jonas' farm was worth $15,000 and personal estate $2,000.

2. Census in 1880 in Clay Twp., Lancaster, PA. 2 Junas Bucher, farmer, 52, was living with wife Annie, 48; Levi B., 23; John B., 21; Hiram B., 18; Benjamin B., 15; Annie B., 14; Amanda B., 11; and Alice B., 4. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

3. Census in 1900 in Clay Twp., Lancaster, PA. 5 Benj Bucher, farmer, 35, born Sep 1864, was married for 12 years to wife Emma, 36, Aug 1863. She had birthed 2 children: Jennie, 11, Apr 1889; and Elmer, 10, May 1890. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

4. Census in 1910 in Clay Twp., Lancaster, PA. 1 John B. Bucher, farmer, 51, was married for 29 years to wife Maggie B., 48. She had birthed 7 children, 6 alive in 1910. With them: Jonas W., school teacher, 24; Abram G., school teacher, 19; Ella B., 14; and Anna E., 12.

Next door is Benjamin B. Bucher, farmer, 45, married for 22 years to wife Emma L., 46. She had birthed two children, both living with them: Jennie B., 21; and Elmer B., 19.

5. Residence: in 1914 in Ephrata Twp., Lancaster, PA. 6 The Farmer's Directory of Lancaster County for 1914 listed:
Pages 50-51:
Bucher, Benjamin B. (Emma) gen'l farmer O 61a Ind tel R1 Ephrata Clay 148.


Benjamin married Emma L. Burkholder <1888>.1 (Emma L. Burkholder was born on 22 Aug 1863 in , , Pennsylvania, USA,1 3 5 died on 24 Sep 1944 3 and was buried in Lititz: Hammer Creek Mennonite Cemetery, Lancaster, PA 3.)


Sources


1 1910 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Lancaster County, Clay Township, Series: T624 Roll: 1352 Page: 266.

2 1880 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Lancaster County, Clay Township, Family History Library Film 1255140, NA Film Number T9-1140, Page 107D.

3 Harmon, Dr. Shirley A., Cemetery Records of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Closson Press, 257 Delilah St Apollo PA, 15613-1933. (724) 337-4482.), Volume II, Page 183.

4 1870 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Lancaster County, Clay Township, Series: M593 Roll: 1354 Page: 61.

5 1900 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Lancaster County, Clay Township, Series: T623 Roll: 1422 Page: 51.

6 The Farmer's Directory of Lancaster County (except Lancaster City) Pennsylvania (Wilmer Atkinson Company, Philadelphia, 1914.), Pages 32, 50, 51.



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