Peter Zur Bucher Jr ¹

   Another name for Peter was Peter Booher.²

   FamilySearch ID: 99K7-SH1.

  General Notes:

Peter Bucher born about 1805 in Switzerland http://www.searchtrees.com/tree/11581.htm is probably related to his neighbor in the 1870 Census, Washington Bucher born about 1844 in Virginia http://www.searchtrees.com/tree/11573.htm whose father was a John born in Pennsylvania in 1802 who could be Peter's brother.

  Burial Notes:

Tombstone: Adieu world, I am tired of you, I want to go to Heaven. There will be the joyous life, and the proud soul's peace. World, by you is war and strife, nothing by blatant vanity, but in Heaven, eternal Peace and Joy.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. He immigrated in 1845.

2. Census in 1850 in Taylor Twp., Greene, IN. ² Peter Booher [Booker], farmer, 46, was living with wife Margaret, 45; daughter Margaret, 18; son Chris, farmer, 16; John, 13, William, 9; Abraham, 7; and Richard, 4. Everyone was born in Switzerland except Richard in Indiana. His real estate was worth $300.

3. Census in 1860 in Taylor Twp., Greene, IN. ³ Peter Buckner, farmer, 55, was living with wife Margret, 54; John, farm laborer, 21; William, 18; Abraham, 16; Reuben, 13. Everyone was born in Switzerland except Reuben in Indiana. Peter's real estate was worth $1,200 and personal estate $600. The post office was Scotland.

4. Census in 1870 in Taylor Twp., Greene, IN. ¹ Peter Bucher, farmer, 65, was living with wife Margaret, 64; William, farmer, 29; Abraham, farmer, 27; Ruben, farmer, 22. Also with them: Ceclia Broward, 13. Everyone was born in Switzerland except Ruben and Ceclia in Indiana. His farm was worth $3,200 and personal estate $2,275.

Next door is Washington Bucher, farmer, 26, and wife Sarah E., 20; and John J., 10 months when the census was recorded on 30 Jul 1870. He had no real estate and his personal estate was worth $150. Washington was born in Virginia, his wife in Pennsylvania, and their son in Virginia.

5. Census in 1880 in Taylor Twp., Greene, IN. ⁴ Peter Bucher, farmer, 74, was living with William, farmer, 36; Ruben, farmer, 31, and grand daughter Ceclia Brown, 22, servant. Everyone and their parents were born in Germany.

Peter married Margaretha Wyhs. (Margaretha Wyhs was born on 6 Nov 1806 in , , , CHE,¹ died on 17 Jul 1872 in Taylor Twp., Greene, IN and was buried in Taylor Twp.: Dutch Cemetery, Greene, IN.)