Lydia Gibble Bucher ¹

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1880 in Heidelberg Twp., Lebanon, PA. ² The 1880 census recorded Cyrus Bucher, 34, living with his second wife Leah, 30; Mary, 11; Samuel, 7; Lydia, 6; Ida, 4; Sarah, 3; and Leah, 1. Also in the home is Leah's son Edward Keifer, 12; and Saml. Fastnacht, 14; and Anna Duble, 16. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

2. Census in 1900 in Woodland Twp., Fulton, IL. ³ Two Bucher households are found on the same 1900 census page.

Samuel Bucher, farmer, 27, born Jun 1872, was married for 6 years to wife Mary, 22, Nov 1877. She had birthed 4 children, 3 were alive in 1900. With them: Fannie, 3, Jan 1897; Floyd, 1, Oct 1898; and Bessie, 0 months, born May 1900. Samuel and his parents were born in Pennsylvnaia. Mary and her father were born in Illinois, her mother in Ohio. All the children were born in Illinois.

A few homes away was Cyrus Bucher, 54, Jul 1845, married for 30 years to wife Leah, 50, Jul 1849. She had birthed 13 children, and 11 were alive in 1900. With them: Liddy, 24, Dec 1875; Anna, 18, Aug 1881; Frannie, 16, Jan 1884; Cyrus, 14, Feb 1886; Harvy, 11, Apr 1889; Lizzie, 9, Feb 1891; and Ezra, 6, Dec 1893. Also with them: cousin Isaac Bucher, farmer laborer, 28, Jun 1871; and Harry Lehman, laborer, 28, Nov 1871. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania, except Fannie, Cyrus, Harvy, Lizzie and Ezra were born in Illinois.

3. Census in 1910 in Woodland Twp., Fulton, IL. ⁴ The 1910 census recorded Issac H. Bucher, farmer, 38, living with wife Lydia, 36; Caleb, 7; Allen, 5; Isaac, 3; Irwin, 2; and Anabel 1 year 1 month. The children were born in Illinois, and the parents and their parents in Pennsylvania.

Lydia married Isaac Horst Bucher, son of Jacob Bucher Jr. and Francis Veronica Horst, on 28 Dec 1901. (Isaac Horst Bucher was born on 8 Jun 1871 in S. Lebanon Twp., Lebanon, PA,^{5 6 7} died on 25 Jan 1919 in Woodland Twp., Fulton, IL ^{6 7} and was buried in Astoria: Woodland Cemetery, Fulton, IL ⁷.)