William Bicher Bucher ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7}

   Other names for William were William Beecher, William Bicher and Willie Bucher.⁸

   FamilySearch ID: MR4V-BT5.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1880 in Adamstown, Lancaster, PA. ⁸ 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.

2. Census in 1900 in Adamstown, Lancaster, PA. ⁵ The 1900 census recorded William Bucher, cigar maker, 24, born Jan 1876, living with wife Stella, 23, Nov 1877; Irma, 3, Jul 1897; and boarder Catherine Redcay, 43, Dec 1857, single. William and Stella had been married for 3 years and given birth to one child. Eveyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

3. Census in 1910 in Adamstown, Lancaster, PA. ³ Living at 65 Main St. was William Bucher, cigar maker, 34, who was married for 14 years to wife Stella, 32. She had birthed 3 children: Erma, 12; Gertrude, 9; and Edna, 6. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

4. Military Draft: World War I: William Bicher Bucher, 12 Sep 1918, Adamstown, Lancaster, PA. ⁴ Name: William Bicher Bucher
Address: Adamstown, Lanc. Pa.
Age: 42 Date of birth: January 21st 1876
White, native born
Occupation: cigar maker
Employer: Davis Sherk Masin Co., Adamstown, Lanc. Penna.
Relative: Stella R. Bucher, Adamstown, Lanc. Pa.
Signature: William Bicher Bucher
Height: Medium, Build: Stout, Brown Eyes, Red Hair.

5. Census in 1920 in Adamstown, Lancaster, PA. ⁶ Living at 154 Main St. in the home of Hymon, Rufus, 65, and his wife Matilda, 65, was son-in-law William B. Bucher, cigar maker, 43; his wife Stella, 42; granddaughter Gertrude, 18; and granddaughter Edna Mae, 16. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

6. Census in 1930 in Adamstown, Lancaster, PA. ¹⁰ The 1930 census recorded William Bucher, hatter in hat factory, 54, living with wife Stella, 52. They are renting in the $4000 home owned by her father, Rufus Hyman, retired, 75, and his wife Matilda, 75. Also living with everyone is Rufus' sister-in-law Hallie Redcay, 66. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

Three houses away is the $1600 home rented by William's brother Amon Bucher, machinist hosery mill, 52, and his wife Agnes, 50; and daughter Florence, 23.

7. Census in 1940 in Adamstown, Lancaster, PA. ¹¹ The 1940 census recorded at 58 W Main Street: Matilda Hyman, mother, 85, living with son-in-law William Bucher, foreman hat factory, 64; and her daughter and his wife Stella Bucher, 62, and Matilda's sister Hallie Redcay, 76. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

8. Cause of Death: myocardial failure, mitral insuficiency, 23 Nov 1955, Adamstown, Lancaster, PA. ⁹

9. Occupation: foreman in hat factory on 23 Nov 1955 in Adamstown, Lancaster, PA. ⁹

10. Residence: 58 W. Main St., Adamstown, PA on 23 Nov 1955 in Adamstown, Lancaster, PA. ^{7 9}

11. Obituary: Lancaster New Era: obituary of W. R. Bucher on 25 Nov 1955 in Lancaster, Lancaster, PA. ⁷ William B. Bucher, seventy-nine, 58 W. Main St., Adamstown, died Wednesday at 10:20 p. m. at his home after a lengthy illness.
He was a member of Immanuel Evangelical Congregational Church, Adamstown, where he was Sunday School superintendent for 43 years, and a church steward. He was a member of the P.O.S. of A., Adamstown.
He was a son of the late Henry and Sarah Bicher Bucher.
He is survived by three daughters, Irma, wife of Harry M. Redcay, Adamstown; Gertrude, wife of the Rev. Clarence Bradbury, Eaton, Ohio, and Edna, wife of George C. Bollman, Adamstown. There are eight grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren.
He is also survived by two brothers, Ammon and Harry Bucher, both of Adamstown, and a sister, Mrs. Bessie Kurtz, Leacock.

William married Estella Rufus Hyman, daughter of Rufus M. Hyman and Matilda Redcay, on 14 Nov 1896 in Reading, Berks, PA.^{1 2} (Estella Rufus Hyman was born on 18 Nov 1877 in Adamstown, Lancaster, PA,^{1 5} died on 9 Jan 1955 in Adamstown, Lancaster, PA ¹² and was buried on 12 Jan 1955 in Adamstown: Cedar Grove Cemetery, Lancaster, PA ¹².)