Minerva Schonour Glasmyre ^{1 2 3 4}

   Another name for Minerva was Minerva Schonour Glassmyer.^{1 2}

   FamilySearch ID: 9C6N-PHK.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. 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.

2. Residence: on 1 Jul 1913 in Reading, Berks, PA. ⁶

3. Census in 1920 in Shillington, Berks, PA. ^{7 8} 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.

4. Census in 1930 in Shillington, Berks, PA. ⁷ 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.

5. Census in 1940 in Shillington, Berks, PA. ⁹ 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.

6. Residence: 133 E. Elm Street, Shillington, Pa in 1942 in Shillington, Berks, PA. ¹⁰

7. Census in 1950 in Shillington, Berks, PA. ¹¹ 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.

8. Cause of Death: Minerva died at Reading Hospital from broncho pneumonia due to cerebral apoplexy, 11 Apr 1957, West Reading, Berks, PA. ²

9. Residence: 133 E. Elm St., Shillington, Pa. On 11 Apr 1957 in Shillington, Berks, PA. ²

Minerva married John Ellis Bicher, son of John Moyer Bicher and Elizabeth Amanda Bitzer, in 1909.¹ (John Ellis Bicher was born on 18 Jan 1888 in Farmersville, Lancaster, PA ^{1 10 12 13} and died on 30 Jun 1975 in Reading, Berks, PA ¹³.)