John Bicher
(1791-1847)
Catharina Schnader
(1794-1852)
Andreas Echternacht
(1770-1833)
Rebecca Willenbruch
(1789-1875)
William Bicher
(1821-1899)
Sallie Echternacht
(1823-1915)
Emma Bicher
(1865-1918)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Franklin H. Coldren

Emma Bicher 2 3 4

  • Born: 26 Nov 1865, , , PA 5
  • Marriage (1): Franklin H. Coldren on 21 Jan 1888 in Reamstown: Salem Lutheran Church, Lancaster, PA 1
  • Died: 18 Oct 1918, Adamstown, Lancaster, PA at age 52 6
  • Buried: 22 Oct 1918, Adamstown: Cedar Grove Cemetery, Lancaster, PA 6

   Another name for Emma was Emma Beicher.7

   FamilySearch ID: LKP3-DJ7.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1880 in Adamstown, Lancaster, PA. 5 William Bicher, age 58, carpenter, is living with Sallie Beacher, age 56; Kate Bicher, 30, works in hat factory; Rebecca Bicher, 21, works in cigar making; and Emma Bicher, 15, works in hat factory.

2. Occupation: hatter trimmer in 1899 in Adamstown, Lancaster, PA. 8 1899 Lancaster City Directory:
Biecher Emma, hat trimmer, bds Main nr Fetter's store
Biecher Kate, cigarmaker, bds Main nr Fetter's store
Biecher Rebecca, cigarmaker, bds Main nr Fetter's store
Biecher William, carpenter, h Main nr Fetter's store
Bucher Henry, hatter, h Main nr Fetter's store
Bucher Reuben, hatter, h Main opp Lancaster Co. House.

3. Census in 1900 in Adamstown, Lancaster, PA. 9 The 1900 census recorded Franklin Caldren, hat box maker, 37, born Jan 1863, living with wife Emma, 36, Nov 1864; son Raymond, 12, Jun 1888; daughter Mable, 11, Dec 1889; son Harry, 9 Jun 1891; daughter Sallie, 7, Nov 1893; and son Clarence, 3, Jan 1897. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania. Franklin and Emma were married for 12 years and she had birthed 5 children, all alive in 1900.

4. Census in 1910 in Adamstown, Lancaster, PA. 10 The 1910 census recorded on Main Street: Frank Coldren, laborer, 47, living with wife Emma, 45; daughters Mabel, knitter, 20, and Sallie, knitter, 16; and sons Clarence, 13, and Howard, 8. They and their parents were born in Pennsylvania. Frank and Emma were married for 23 years and she had given birth to 6 children, 5 alive in 1910.

5. Residence: on 18 Mar 1915 in Adamstown, Lancaster, PA. 2

6. Cause of Death: influenza, 18 Oct 1918, Adamstown, Lancaster, PA. 6


Emma married Franklin H. Coldren, son of Eli Coldren and Sarah Heft, on 21 Jan 1888 in Reamstown: Salem Lutheran Church, Lancaster, PA.1 (Franklin H. Coldren was born on 18 Jan 1863 in Adamstown, Lancaster, PA,11 died on 17 Nov 1948 in Adamstown, Lancaster, PA 11 and was buried on 20 Nov 1948 in Adamstown: Cedar Grove Cemetery, Lancaster, PA 11.)

Sources

1 Pennsylvania, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985 (Ancestry.com. Original data: Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Historical Society of Pennsylvania.), Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records; Reel: 586. Salem Lutheran Church, Reamstown, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Marriage of Franklin Coldren of Adamstown and Emma Bicher of Adamstown.

2 The News-Journal (Lancaster, PA), 24 Mar 1915, page 3. Obituary of Mrs. Sallie Bicher.

3 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1669-2013, PA > Lancaster > Reamstown > Salem Lutheran Church. Baptism 29 Mar 189 of Raymond Coldren and Mabel Coldren, father Franklin Coldren, mother Emma Bicher.

4 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1970 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Certificate 108658. Mable Coldren. Single. Father Frank Coldren. Mother Emma Bicher.

5 1880 United States Census, FHL Film 1255140; National Archives Film T9-1140; Page 63C.

6 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1970 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Certificate 108659. Emma Coldren. Father William Bicher. Mother Sallie Echtanacht. Spouse/informant Frank Coldren.

7 FamilySearch.org, North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FPQ9-Y4M Raymond Beicher Coldren, 11 Jul 1970; citing Charlotte, Mecklenburg, N. C., v 24B cn 24871.

8 Ancestry.com, U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995, Pennsylvania > Lancaster > 1899 City Directory.

9 1900 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M336-47H Franklin Caldren, East Cocalico Township (north part) Adamstown borough, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 21, sheet 6A, family 126.

10 1910 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGCM-VHN Frank Coldren, Adamstown, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1, sheet 2B, family 41.

11 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7798229.


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