Sarah Ann Bicher ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10}

   Other names for Sarah were Sallie Bicher,¹⁵ Sara Ann Bicher ¹¹ and Sarah E. Bicher.^{13 16}

   FamilySearch ID: LDM1-D91.

  Christening Notes:

Sponsors were the parents.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1860 in Adamstown, Lancaster, PA. ² William Bicher, age 32, carpenter, is living with Sarah, age 30. Their children are Elizabeth, 12; Catherine, 10; Sarah, 6; Henry, 4; and Rebecca, 1.

2. Census in 1880 in Adamstown, Lancaster, PA. ¹⁵ The 1880 census recorded two Bucher families living as neighbors in Adamstown.

Henry Bucher, 30, was living with wife Sallie, 26; Willie, 4; Ammon, 2; and Carrie, 6 months. Henry's occupation is "works in hat factory." Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

Next door was Henry's father. Reuben Bucher, 59, widowed, was living with his daughter and sons: Mary, 21; Bans [Bens aka Benedict], 19; Clayton, 16; Reuben, 15; and William, 9. Everyone except William has an occupation: "works in hat factory". Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

3. Census in 1900 in Adamstown, Lancaster, PA. ¹² Henry Bucher, employed as a hat finisher, age 50 born Aug 1849, appears in the 1900 Census in Adamstown living with his wife, Sarah, born Aug 1853. The record shows they were married for 25 years and had six children, five of whom were still alive in 1900. Living with them: 22-year old son Ammon was born in Dec 1877 and was working as a cigar maker. Carrie was born Nov 1879 and worked as a hat trimmer, Bessie was born July 1886 and attended school, and Harry was born Sep 1890. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

4. Census in 1910 in Adamstown, Lancaster, PA. ¹⁷ Living on Main Street in Adamstown in 1910 is Henry Bucher, age 60, finisher in a hat factory, with his wife Sarah, 56. They were married 25 years and had 6 children, 2 of whom were living in 1910. Living with them is daughter Bessie, 23, knitter; and son Harry, 19, machinist.

5. Residence: on 18 Mar 1915 in Reading, Berks, PA. ⁷

6. Census in 1920 in Adamstown, Lancaster, PA. ^{1 3} Henry K. Bucher, hatter in hat factory, 70, was living on Main Street with wife Sarah, hat trimmer in hat factory, 66, and daughter Bessie, 33, single, occupation "dyeing hose in hosiery mill." Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

7. Cause of Death: bronchial pneumonia, 18 Oct 1926, Adamstown, Lancaster, PA. ¹³

8. Obituary: Reading Times: obituary of Mrs. Sarah Bucher on 19 Oct 1926 in Reading, Berks, PA. ¹⁴ Mrs. Sarah Bucher, 73, died at her home in Adamstown. She leaves her widower, Henry, and the following children: William, Ammon, Harry and Carrie, wife of Harry Klahr, all of Adamstown; one sister, Miss Kate Bicher, Adamstown, and one brother, Henry Bicher, Reading. Funeral from the home Thursday at 10 a. m.

Sarah married Henry K. Bucher, son of Reuben Bucher and Catherine Kegereis. (Henry K. Bucher was born on 3 Aug 1849 in East Cocalico Twp., Lancaster, PA,^{12 18 19 20} died on 29 Apr 1928 in Adamstown, Lancaster, PA ^{19 20} and was buried on 3 May 1928 in Adamstown: Cedar Grove Cemetery, Lancaster, PA ^{19 20}.)