Rachel ¹

  Noted events in her life were:

1. She has conflicting birth information of Abt 1811 and La Plata, Charles, MD. ²

2. Census in 1850 in District 8, Carroll, MD. ¹ Two Bucher households were neighbors, everyone born in Maryland:

John Z. Bucher, millright, 47, was living with Rachel, 45; son Will 14; Elizabeth, 12; George, 10; David, 9, and John Jr., 6. His real estate was worth $600.

The next home is Henry Stansburgh, 40, with wife Sophia, 36, and their children; followed by...

Henry Z. Bucher, farmer, 50; Sarah, 42; Jane, 17; Harriet, 15; Samuel, 12; Isabela, 10; Edward, 8; Juliann, 6; daughter Alteza, 3; Albert, 4 months when the census was recorded 13 Aug 1850. Henry's farm was worth $700.

3. Census in 1860 in Hampstead, Carroll, MD. ² Two Bucher families were close neighbors in Hampstead village, everyone born in Maryland:

Rachel Bucher, 49, was living with sons William, farm hand, 23; and George, farm hand, 21. Her real estate was worth $500 and personal estate $100.

On the next census page, Henry Bucher [index as Buchen in census], farmer, 58, was with Sarah, 55; daugher Anta, 11; and Albert, 9. Henry's farm was worth $4,000 and personal estate $500. The post office was Hampstead.

Rachel married John Z. Bucher Sr., son of Bucher and Unknown. (John Z. Bucher Sr. was born about 1803 in , Carroll, MD ¹ and died before 1860.)