Jacob Reider Bicher
(1866-1940)
Mary Sensenig Fox
(1872-1949)
Elam Groff Sensenig
(1872-1959)
Emma Auker Weaver
(1870-1938)
Henry Fox Bicher
(1892-1967)
Lydia Weaver Sensenig
(1897-1962)
Jacob Sensenig Bicher
(1927-)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Susanna Good Eberly

Jacob Sensenig Bicher 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

  • Born: 19 Jun 1927, Ephrata Twp., Lancaster, PA 3 7 8 9
  • Marriage (1): Susanna Good Eberly on 26 Jun 1948 1

   Another name for Jacob was Jacob F. Bicher.8 9 10 11

   FamilySearch ID: L65H-XN9.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1930 in Ephrata Twp., Lancaster, PA. 12

2. Census in 1940 in Ephrata Twp., Lancaster, PA. 13 The 1940 census recorded at 114 Murrell: Henry Bicher, farmer, 49, living with wife Lillie, 44; Emma, shirt factory, 20; Minnie, house maid, 19; Ada, 15; Jacob, 13; Mary, 11; Elsie, 8; Edna, 5. Henry Jr., 4; and Warren, 1 month. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. They lived in the same place in 1935.

3. He was described as 5' 5" 137 lbs., brown hair, brown eyes, ruddy complexion on 19 Jun 1945 in Bethel, Berks, PA. 7

4. Census in 1950 in Ephrata, Lancaster, PA. 14 The 1950 census recorded Jacob S. Bicher, joiner in shirt factory, 22, living with wife Suzanna G., 22; sister Mary B. Bicher, hemmer in slip factory, 21; sister Elsie, 17, binder in slip factory. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

5. Newspaper: Lebanon Daily News: birth of Lois Bicher, 18 Apr 1952, Lebanon, Lebanon, PA. 4 Births. BICHER. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Bicher of Bethel Route 1 announce the birth of a daughter. The baby was born at 4:04 p.m. Thursday in the Good Samaritan Hospital. Mrs. Bicher is the former Susanna Eberly. The father is employed in Mt. Aetna at the Crescent Plastic Factory.

6. Residence: in 1992 in Bethel Twp., Lebanon, PA. 10

7. Residence: in 2005 in Bethel Twp., Lebanon, PA. 11


Jacob married Susanna Good Eberly, daughter of Joseph Martin Eberly and Alice Shirk Good, on 26 Jun 1948.1 (Susanna Good Eberly was born on 2 Oct 1927 in Lancaster, Lancaster, PA,3 15 16 17 18 died on 30 Nov 1995 in Myerstown, Lebanon, PA 15 16 18 19 and was buried on 5 Dec 1995 in Bethel: Little Swatara Church of the Brethren Cemetery, Berks, PA 16 20.)


Sources


1 Wenger, Eli D., History of Michael S. Wenger (1819-1900) : ancestors and descendants (Manheim, Pa.: 1960, 96 pgs.), Page 44.

2 Reading Eagle (Reading, PA) (Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania.), 20 Sep 1981, page 59. Marriage of Beth Ann Killinger and Henry Bicher.

3 Gehman, Anna M., The Gehman-Gayman family history (Mohnton, Pa. :: Unknown,, 1953, 96 pgs. Available online on Heritage Quest.), Page 76.

4 Lebanon Daily News (Lebanon, PA), 18 Apr 1952, page 28. Birth of Lois Bicher.

5 Reading Eagle (Reading, PA) (Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania.), 25 Feb 2018, obituary of Warren Bicher.

6 Lebanon Daily News (Lebanon, PA), 3 Jul 1983, page 22. Bicher-Machamer Wedding.

7 Ancestry.com, U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Jacob Sensenig Bicher b. 19 Jun 1927.

8 Zimmerman, David N., A twig of the Zimmerman off-spring of Glause Zimmerman born 1647, died 1729 : and his 3 sons and 1 daughter who came from Europe : record of 11 generations, births over 300 years, over 1300 families (Adamstown, Pa.: Ensinger Print. Service, 1956, 311 pgs.), Page 196.

9 Sensenig, Barton, Sensineys of America: Senseny, Sensenig, Sensenich, Senseney (BARTON SENSENIG
A. D. 1943






Lyon & Armor, Inc., Philadelphia, Pa., 1943), Page 109.

10 Gazette, Wellsboro, Tioga County, Pennsylvania, Sept. 9 1992 Edition, Page 12.

11 Lancaster Intelligencer Journal Newspaper (Lancaster, Lancaster County, PA), May 24, 2005, Obituary for Emma S. Eberly.

12 1930 United States Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Ephrata, Lancaster, Pennsylvania; Roll: 2056; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 0044; Image: 1037.0; FHL microfilm: 2341790.

13 1940 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KQ7M-FVK Henry Bicher, Ephrata Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 36-49, sheet 7A, family 114, NARA digital publication of T627, roll 3530.

14 "1950 United States Census," https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6XBG-6MK5 Jacob S. Bicher, Ephrata, PA.

15 U.S. Social Security Death Index.

16 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=96301467.

17 Anna M. Gehman, The Gehman - Gayman Family History (1954. Mohnton, Route J, Pennsylvania . Online at https://archive.org/details/gehmangaymanfami00gehm), Page 65.

18 Lebanon Daily News (Lebanon, PA), 2 Dec 1995, page 20. Obituary of Susanna G. Bicher.

19 Lancaster New Era (Lancaster, PA), 1 Dec 1995, page B-3. Obituary of Susanna Bicher.

20 Lebanon Daily News (Lebanon, PA), 5 Dec 1995, page 2. Funeral of Susanna G. Bicher.



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