George Edgar Matchette
(1910-1946)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Dorothy Margaret Bucher

George Edgar Matchette 1 2

  • Born: 1910, Catasauqua, Lehigh, PA 2 3
  • Marriage (1): Dorothy Margaret Bucher on 31 Jul 1937 in , Lehigh, Pennsylvania, United States 1
  • Died: 23 Dec 1946, Harrisburg, Dauphin, PA at age 36 2 3
  • Buried: Milton: Harmony Cemetery, Northumberland, PA 2

   FamilySearch ID: L2W9-CSQ.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Residence: from 1937 to 1944 in Watsontown, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States. 3

2. Occupation: silk weaver on 31 Jul 1937 in Catasauqua, Lehigh, PA. 3

3. Residence: in 1945 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, PA. 3

4. Obituary: The Daily Item on 24 Dec 1946 in Sunbury, Northumberland, PA. 3 George Matchette, Husband Of Watsontown Woman, Dies
George Matchette, 312 Broad street, Harrisburg, husband of the former Miss Dorothy Bucher, of Watsontown, died Monday evening Harrisburg Hospital after having suffered a heart attack. Native of Catasauqua, he was an employe of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company in the Harrisburg yards. He and his wife had maintained residence in Watsontown since their marriage eight years ago until the past fall, when they had moved to Harrisburg. The deceased is survived by his wife, sister of Miss Daisy Bucher, 518 Liberty street, Watsontown, and a number of brothers and sisters. Remains will be brought to Milton late today, and services In charge of Dale E. Ranck, Milton mortician, will be announced on Thursday.


George married Dorothy Margaret Bucher, daughter of Joseph Harvey Bucher and Rebecca Elizabeth Dry, on 31 Jul 1937 in , Lehigh, Pennsylvania, United States.1 (Dorothy Margaret Bucher was born on 19 Aug 1915 in Watsontown, Northumberland, PA,4 5 6 died on 29 Dec 1983 in Williamsport, Lycoming, PA 5 6 and was buried on 3 Jan 1984 in Milton: Harmony Cemetery, Northumberland, PA 5 6.)


Sources


1 FamilySearch.org, Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1775-1991, George Edgar Matchette m. Dorothy Margaret Bucher 31 Jul 1916 Lehigh Co. PA.

2 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/259002967.

3 The Daily Item (Sunbury, PA), 24 Dec 1946 page 7 obituary of George Matchette.

4 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Birth Certificates, 1906-1913, Dorothy Margaret Bucher b. 19 Aug 1915 Watsontown PA father J Harvey Bucher mother Rebecca Dye.

5 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/259140193.

6 The Daily Item (Sunbury, PA), 30 Dec 1983 page 8 Obituary of Dorothy Bucher Matchette Houston.



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