Elizabeth Bicher

   Another name for Elizabeth was Elizabeth Beecher.^{1 2 4}

   FamilySearch ID: MRZY-S24.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1820 in Brecknock Twp., Lancaster, PA. ⁵ Males (born)
Under 10 (1811-1820) = 1 son Jacob
45 & over (<=1775) = 1 father John
Females (born)
10-15 (1805-1810) = 2 daughters Elizabeth & Lydia
26-44 (1776-1794) = 1 wife Catharina
45 & over (<=1775) = 1 (mother-in-law?)
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2. Census in 1830 in Brecknock, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA. ⁶ The 1830 census recorded John Bechard (sic) with this household:
Males (born)
Under 5 (1826-1830) = 2 sons Isaac and Henry
5-9 (1821-1825) = 1 son William
10-14 (1816-1820) = 1 son Jacob
30-39 (1791-1800) = 1 father John
Females (born)
10-14 (1816-1820) = 2 daughters Elizabeth & Lydia
30-39 (1791-1800) = 1 mother Catharine.

3. Census in 1850 in Lower Heidelberg Twp., Berks, PA. ⁷ The 1850 census recorded Benjamin Weitzel, farmer, 41, living with wife Elizabeth, 35; Harrison, 14; Rebecca, 11; Thomas, 9; Christian, 4. Also in the home is Daniel Weitzel, 30, and his wife Rebecca, 26.

4. Census in 1860 in Heidelberg Twp., Berks, PA. ⁸ The 1860 census recorded Benjamin Weitzel, farmer, 52, living with wife Elizabeth, 44; son Harrison, farm laborer, 22; daughter Rebecca, 20; and son Thomas, 19. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. His farm was valued at $7256 and personal estate $2757. The post office was Stouchsburgh.

5. Census in 1870 in West Hamburg, Berks, PA. ⁹ The 1870 census recorded Benj. Weitzel, yeoman, 62, living with wife Elizabeth, 56; and the family of their son Harrison, farmer, 32: wife Sarah, 30, son Charles, 7, and Mary, 5. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. Benjamin's real estate was valued at $13,300 and personal estate $400. Harrison's personal estate was $1,500.

6. Census in 1880 in Lower Heidelberg Twp., Berks, PA. ¹⁰ The 1880 census recorded in Lower Heidelberg Township south of turnpike: Benjamin Weitzel, retired farmer, 72, living with wife Elizabeth, 67. They and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.
Next door is their son, Harrison Weitzel, farmer, 43, with wife Sarah, 41; Charles, farm laborer, 17; and daughters Mary, 15, Sallie, 4, Emma, 2, and Jannie, 8 months old born Sep 1879. Also in the home is uncle Jonathan Weitzel, farm laborer, 15.

7. Cause of Death: senile gangrene, 3 weeks., 17 May 1909, Lower Heidelberg Twp., Berks, PA. ²

8. Obituary: Reading Times: obituary of Mrs. Elizabeth Weitzel on 18 May 1909 in Reading, Berks, PA. ¹¹ Mrs. Benjamin Weltzel (nee Becker) died at the home of her son, Harrison Weitzel, in Lower Heidelberg, early Monday morning, after being bedfast for over two years, aged 93 years, 7 months and 11 days. She was a member of the Lutheran congregation at Sinking Springs and leaves a son, Harrison, of Lower Heidelberg; one daughter, Mrs. James Lamm, near Kissinger Church; 13 grandchildren, 35 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. Deceased always lived in that vicinity and leaves a host of friends. Her home was with her son for 31 years. Her husband died in 1875.

Elizabeth married Benjamin Weitzel, son of Christian Weitzel and Catherine Daubert. (Benjamin Weitzel was born on 2 Jun 1807 in , Berks, PA,¹² died on 22 Feb 1881 in Lower Heidelberg Twp., Berks, PA ¹² and was buried on 28 Feb 1881 in Sinking Spring: Sinking Spring Cemetery, Berks, PA ¹².)