Dr. Benedict Bucher Jr.
(1759-1830)
Susanna Mohler
(1764-1827)
Michael Henry Valentine
Magdalena Stiegel
(1775-)
Dr. Christian Bucher
(1796-1860)
Mary Valentine
(1803-1889)
Dr. Alfred Valentine Bucher
(1831-1867)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Susan Amanda Zimmerman

Dr. Alfred Valentine Bucher 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

  • Born: 2 Jul 1831, Schaefferstown, Lebanon, PA 1 5 7
  • Christened: 14 Aug 1831, Schaefferstown: St. Luke's Lutheran Church, Lebanon, PA 4 7
  • Marriage (1): Susan Amanda Zimmerman
  • Died: 10 Nov 1867, , Lebanon, PA at age 36 7 8
  • Buried: Schaefferstown: Schaefferstown Cemetery, Lebanon, PA 7

   Another name for Alfred was Allfred Bucher.4

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Occupation: postmaster on 12 May 1853 in Schaefferstown, Lebanon, PA. 9

2. Census in 1860 in Schaefferstown, Lebanon, PA. 5 7 Christian Bucher, physician, 64, was living with wife Mary, 56; Alfred, merchant, 29; Isaac, physician, 28; Elizabeth, 14; and Ellen Valentine, 10. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. Christian's real estate was worth $5850 and personal estate $300. Alfred's personal estate was 20,000. The post office was Myerstown.


Alfred married Susan Amanda Zimmerman, daughter of Peter Zimmerman and Mary Rex. (Susan Amanda Zimmerman was born on 8 Mar 1834 in , , Pennylvania, USA,8 10 died on 29 Dec 1924 in S. Lebanon Twp., Lebanon, PA 8 10 11 and was buried in Schaefferstown: Schaefferstown Cemetery, Lebanon, PA 10.)

Sources

1 Gladys Bucher Sowers, The Bucher Family, 1681-1997 (1997. Gladys Bucher Sowers, 1410 Cornwall Road, Lebanon, PA 17042, 78 pp.), Tree Page 3.

2 Biographical Annals of Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens and of many of the early settled families. (1904. Chicago. J.H. Beers & Co.), Page 607.

3 Meginness, John F., Biographical Annals Of Lancaster County, Pa: Containing Biographical And Genealogical Sketches Of Prominent And Representative Citizens And Many Of The Early Settlers (J. H. BEERS and CO., 1903. Online at: https://books.google.com/books?id=HM4xAQAAMAAJ), Page 1023.

4 St. Luke's Lutheran Church, Schaefferstown: , Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA.

5 1860 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Lebanon County, Schaefferstown, Series: M653 Roll: 1129 Page: 619.

6 Egle, William Henry, 1830-1901, History of the Counties of Dauphin and Lebanon in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania : Geographical and Genealogical (Philadelphia : Everts & Peck, 1883
360 p., 63 p. of plates : ill., maps), Page 237.

7 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=32271133.

8 Gladys Bucher Sowers, The Bucher Family, 1681-1997 (1997. Gladys Bucher Sowers, 1410 Cornwall Road, Lebanon, PA 17042, 78 pp.), Tree Page 5.

9 Ancestry.com, U.S., Appointments of U. S. Postmasters, 1832-1971 (Original data: Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971. NARA Microfilm Publication, M841, 145 rolls. Records of the Post Office Department, Record Group Number 28. Washington, D.C.: National Archives.), Alfred V. Bucher (indexed Bicher), 12 May 1853, Vol. 24.

10 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=32271139.

11 FamilySearch.org, Pennsylvania, Probate Records, 1683-1994 (Images of court probate book pages online at https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1999196 .), Estate Index 1813-1935 A-K, page 163, online image 111 of 388 at https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-28757-40803-92?cc=1999196&wc=M99F-H8L:n1805015856.


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