Raymond Lewis Bucher ¹

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1900 in Franklin Twp., Columbia, PA. ² The 1900 census recorded George M. Bucher, merchant, 33, born Nov 1866, living with wife Lizzie M., 29, Sep 1871; Ramen L, 11, Sep 1888; Roy H, 11, Sep 1888; Jesse C., 10, Feb 1890; Hazel A., 5, Jun 1894; and Dorthy, 1. Also in the home is servant Harry Stewart, 20, Feb 1880. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

2. Census in 1910 in Franklin Twp., Columbia, PA. ³ The 1910 census recorded George and Charles Bucher as neighbors.

George M. Bucher, farmer, 48, was living with wife Elizabeth, 39; Raymond L., farm laborer, 21; Roy H., farm laborer, 21; Jesse C., 20; Hazel A., 15; Dorothy R., 10; and J. Chester, 7. Also with them is a boarder, Francis M. Hower, single male, 35. Elizabeth had birthed 6 children by 1910, all living then.

Next door is Elizabeth's brother, William C. Berninger, carpenter, 34, and next to him is Charles E. Bucher, farmer, 41, with wife Mary E., 42; and daughters Helen, 15; Louise, 13; Frances, 10; and Mercy, 7. Mary had birthed 5 children, all alive in 1910.