John Ellis Bicher ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9}

   FamilySearch ID: 9C6N-PHX.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1900 in Cumru Twp., Berks, PA. ¹⁰ John Beacher (as indexed in the census, but handwriting could even be John Beecher or John Bucher) appears in the 1900 Census in Cumru Township in Berks. He was born Aug 1851 and was living with his wife, Amanda, born Dec 1854. They had been married 26 years and gave birth to 10 children, 7 of whom were still alive in 1900. Recorded at home in the Census were daughter Ella, born Jun 1877; Mary born Sep 1882; Harry born Mar 1884; John born Jan 1888; Carrie born Oct 1890; Minnie born Jun 1895; mother-in-law Elizabeth Bitzer? born Sep 1825. John is employed as a hat stiffener.

2. Census in 1910 in Mohnton, Berks, PA. ¹ The 1910 census recorded on Mohn Street: John E. Bicher, baker, 22, living with wife Minerva, 22; and Melva I., 7 months old on 5 May 1910 when the census was recorded. He probably worked with his brother Harry S. who also appears in Mohnton in 1910 census as a teamster in a bakery.

3. Residence: on 1 Jul 1913 in Reading, Berks, PA. ¹¹

4. Census in 1920 in Shillington, Berks, PA. ^{12 13} The 1920 census recorded owning a home at 234 Summit Street: John E. Bicher, machinist hosiery mill, 32, living with wife Minerva S., 31 daughter Melva I., 10; and daughter Esther E., 8. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

5. Census in 1930 in Shillington, Berks, PA. ¹² The 1930 census recorded owning an $8000 home at 133 E. Elm Street: John Bicher, baker, 44, living with wife Minerva, 43; daughter Esther, seamer at hosiery mill, 19; and daughter Melva, seamer at hosiery mill, 21. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

6. Residence: 133 E. Elm Street, Shillington, PA on 5 Sep 1934 in Shillington, Berks, PA. ^{14 15}

7. Census in 1940 in Shillington, Berks, PA. ¹⁶ The 1940 census recorded owning a $4000 house at 133 E. Elm Street: John E. Bicher, baker, 52, living with wife Minerva, 51; daughter Melva Davis, looming at hosiery mill, 30; son-in-law Elmer Davis, knitting at hosiery mill, 29; grandson Donald Davis, 7; grandson Vincent Davis, 6; and granddaughter Marion Davis, 4. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

8. Occupation: Maier's Bakery, 640 Park Ave., Reading, Pa. In 1942 in Shillington, Berks, PA. ⁴

9. Residence: 133 E. Elm Street, Shillington, Pa in 1942 in Shillington, Berks, PA. ⁴

10. Census in 1950 in Shillington, Berks, PA. ¹⁷ The 1950 census recorded at 133 E. Elm Street: John E. Bicher, divider in bakery, 62, living with wife Minerva S., 61. They were born in Pennsylvania.

11. Residence: As informant on sister Ella's death certificate he listed his address: 133 E. Elm St., Shillington, Pa. On 5 Dec 1954 in Shillington, Berks, PA. ⁵

12. Residence: in 1955 in Shillington, Berks, PA.

13. Residence: on 12 Feb 1964 in Shillington, Berks, PA. ⁷

14. Residence: 133 E. Elm St., Shillington, PA on 30 Jun 1975 in Shillington, Berks, PA. ¹⁸

15. Obituary: Reading Eagle: obituary of John E. Bicher on 1 Jul 1975 in Reading, Berks, PA. ¹⁸ Services for John E. Bicher, 87, of 133 E. Elm St., Shillington, who died Monday afternoon in the Demopulos Home, 2601 Centre Ave., where he was a guest six weeks, will be held Thursday at 1:30 p.m.
The Rev. Alan C. Hipkiss will officiate in the Kroninger Funeral Home, Mohnton. Burial will be made in the Mohnton Cemetery.
Born in Lancaster County, a son of the late John M. and Eliza M. (Bitzer) Bicher, he had been employed by Maier's Sunbeam Bakery before retiring in 1955.
He was a member of Zion Evangelical Congregational Church, and Maine Chamber No. 46, Knights of Friendship. both of Mohnton, and the Golden Agers of Mohnton. He was preceded in death in 1957 by his wife, Minerva (Glassmyre) Bicher.
Surviving are two daughters, Melva, widow of Elmer Davis, and Esther, wife of Clinton Flickinger, both of Shillington; four grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren and a sister, Minnie, widow of Elmer Bender, Mohnton.

John married Minerva Schonour Glasmyre, daughter of William Rathman Glasmyre and Emaline Schonour, in 1909.¹ (Minerva Schonour Glasmyre was born on 27 Apr 1888 in Cumru Twp., Berks, PA,^{1 6} died on 11 Apr 1957 in West Reading, Berks, PA ^{6 19} and was buried on 16 Apr 1957 in Mohnton: Mohnsville Cemetery, Berks, PA ⁶.)