Dr. Benedict Bucher Sr.
(1722-1787)
Maria
John Bucher
(1756-1810)
Elizabeth
(1758-1844)
Benedict Bucher
(1792-1863)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Catherine Mellinger

2. Magdalena Burkholder

Benedict Bucher 1 2 3 4 5

  • Born: 23 Jan 1792, , Lancaster, PA 2 3 4 5
  • Marriage (1): Catherine Mellinger
  • Marriage (2): Magdalena Burkholder on 15 Apr 1852 in West Cocalico Twp., Lancaster, PA 1
  • Died: 22 Feb 1863, , Lancaster, PA at age 71 4 5
  • Buried: Denver: Fairview (Bucher) Cemetery, Lancaster, PA 4 5

   FamilySearch ID: KVGF-KGM.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1850 in Ephrata Twp., Lancaster, PA. 3 Benedict Bucher, age 58, miller, is living with son Morrow, 28, miller; Jacob, 20, farmer; Perry, 18, carpenter; and Lydia Stober, 33. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. No value is listed for Benedict's real estate.

2. Census in 1860 in East Cocalico Twp., Lancaster, PA. 6 Benadic Bucher, master miller, 68, was living with wife Molly, 54; Elizabeth Burkholder, 47, serving; and Martin Rolland, 19, miller apprentice. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. His real estate was worth $5,000 and personal estate $400. The post office was Reamstown.


Benedict married Catherine Mellinger. (Catherine Mellinger was born on 3 Dec 1795 in , Lancaster, PA,7 8 died on 26 Jan 1849 in , Lancaster, PA 7 8 and was buried in Ephrata: Ephrata Cloister Graveyard, Lancaster, PA 7.)


Benedict next married Magdalena Burkholder on 15 Apr 1852 in West Cocalico Twp., Lancaster, PA.1 (Magdalena Burkholder was born on 17 Jan 1801, died on 15 Nov 1887 in , Lancaster, PA and was buried in West Cocalico Twp.: Mellinger Union Meeting House, Lancaster, PA.)

Sources

1 Rev. Daniel Hertz (Microfilm 1433081), Page 14.

2 Gladys Bucher Sowers, The Bucher Family, 1681-1997 (1997. Gladys Bucher Sowers, 1410 Cornwall Road, Lebanon, PA 17042, 78 pp.), Tree Page 1.

3 1850 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Lancaster County, Ephrata Township, Series: M432 Roll: 789 Page: 155.

4 Harmon, Dr. Shirley A., Cemetery Records of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Closson Press, 257 Delilah St Apollo PA, 15613-1933. (724) 337-4482.), Volume 5, page 141.

5 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=30227364.

6 1860 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Lancaster County, East Cocalico Township, Series: M653 Roll: 1124 Page: 242.

7 Egle, William Henry, Notes and Queries: Historical and Genealogical Chiefly Relating to Interior Pennsylvania (1895, Harrisburg Publishing Co., reprinted 1970, Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore.
Editions: First and Second Series Volume I, Notes and Queries - XIX. Volume 2.), Annual Volume, 1899, Page 173.

8 Stroh, Oscar H., Pennsylvania German Tombstone Inscriptions (1980. Harrisburg, Pa. 2 vol.), Page 43.


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