Jacob Burcher
(1841-1902)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Mary Catherine Beecher

2. Lydia Ann Flickinger

Jacob Burcher 1 2 3 4

  • Born: May 1841, , , Pennsylvania, USA 2 5
  • Marriage (1): Mary Catherine Beecher on 7 Nov 1872
  • Marriage (2): Lydia Ann Flickinger
  • Died: 30 Aug 1902, Lewisberry, York, PA at age 61 1 2
  • Buried: 1 Sep 1902, New Oxford: New Oxford Cemetery, Adams, PA 1 6

   FamilySearch ID: L61G-V5X.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Residence: 1894 York County Directory: Bucher Jacob laborer, Lewisberry in 1894 in Lewisberry, York, PA. 7

2. Census in 1900 in Goldsboro, York, PA. 5 The 1900 census recorded Jacob Burcher, day laborer, widowed, 59, born May 1841, living as a boarder in the home of William A. Rudy, farmer, 52, Nov 1848, his wife Harriet, 44, Feb 1856, and their family. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

3. Newspaper: New Oxford Item: Jacob Burcher, 60, of Lewisbury was buried in the New Oxford cemetery on Monday., 1 Sep 1902, New Oxford, Adams, PA. 6

4. Newspaper: New Oxford Item:, 5 Sep 1902, New Oxford, Adams, PA. 2 Mr. Jacob Burcher, father of Mrs. Issac Geisler and Mrs. Berkheimer, of near town, died from heart failure, at Lewisbury, York county, Saturday morning, aged about 60 years. His remains were brought here on the 10 o'clock train Monday morning and interred in the New Oxford cemetery, after which services were held in the First Evangelical Lutheran church, Rev. F. Hesse, officiating.


Jacob married Mary Catherine Beecher, daughter of David Beecher and Elizabeth Altland, on 7 Nov 1872. (Mary Catherine Beecher was born on 25 Dec 1841 in Butler Twp., Adams, PA 8 9 10 11, christened on 11 Jun 1842 in Arendtsville: Arendtsville Union Church (Zion Lutheran and Trinity Reformed), Adams, PA,8 11 died on 13 Feb 1880 in , Adams, PA 10 12 and was buried in Fairfield: Fairfield Union Cemetery, Adams, PA.)


Jacob next married Lydia Ann Flickinger. (Lydia Ann Flickinger was born on 24 Aug 1836 in Hanover, York, PA,13 died on 20 Apr 1919 in Hanover, York, PA 13 and was buried on 22 Apr 1919 in Hanover: Mount Olivet Cemetery, York, PA 14.)


Sources


1 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=47312176.

2 New Oxford Item (Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania), 5 Sep 1902.

3 Gettysburg Times (Gettysburg, PA), 18 Mar 1937, page 1. Obituary of Mrs. Isaiah Geisler.

4 Gettysburg Times (Gettysburg, PA), 3 Feb 1955, page 1 & 3. Mrs. Elizabeth Berkheimer Fatally Burned in New Oxford.

5 1900 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M3H7-V2K Jacob Burcher in household of William A Rudy, Newberry Township, Northern District Goldsboro borough, York, Pennsylvania, United States; citing sheet 3B, family 68.

6 New Oxford Item (Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania), 1 Sep 1902.

7 Ancestry.com, U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995, 1894 York County Directory, printed page 306, online image 292.

8 Arendtsville Union Church (Zion Lutheran and Trinity Reformed; Arents Church), Adams County, Pennsylvania.

9 1850 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Adams County, Butler Township, Series: M432 Roll: 743 Page: 11.

10 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1669-2013, Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records; Reel: 670. PA > Adams > Fairfield > Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church. Death of Mary C. Burcher.

11 FamilySearch.org, Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V2FG-125 Mary Catherine Buecher, 11 Jun 1842; Christening, citing Lutheran and Reformed Church, Arendtsville, Adams, Pa. FHL microfilm 824351. Mary Catherine Buecher.

12 Records of Marcia Wilson (Leonia, NJ).

13 Gettysburg Republican Compiler (Gettysburg, Adams County, PA.), 26 Apr 1919. Page 2. Obituary of Mrs. Lydia Burcher.

14 Gettysburg Times (Gettysburg, PA), 22 Apr 1919, page 5. Obituary of Mrs. Jacob Burcher.



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