Peter W. Bucher ^{2 3 5 6 7}

   FamilySearch ID: MRRD-GV5.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. He has conflicting birth information of Mar 1838 and , Lebanon, PA. ²

2. He was named as an heir in a will. 6 Oct 1847 Union Twp., Lebanon, PA. ⁹
The will of his father John Bucher is in Will Book C, page 210. An abstract:
Written 6 Oct 1847.
Recorded 2 Dec 1847
Union Township, Lebanon County
Wife: Eve Sons: Jacob, Peter.

3. Census in 1850 in Union Twp., Lebanon, PA. ⁵ In Union Township in 1850 is listed Jacob Bucher, age 25, laborer. He is living with Mary, 23; William, 2; Jacob, 1; and his brother, Peter Bucher, 18. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. On the same page is the household of Peter Kreiser, age 36, Jacob's in-law. On the following page is John Beiker, age 19, believed to be Jacob's brother, living with Tobias Mease, 23.

4. Census in 1860 in Union Twp., Lebanon, PA. The 1860 Census lists Peter Bucher, age 27, laborer. Living in his household is Catherine, 19; and John, 1. All are born in Pennsylvania. The post office is listed as Union Forge.

5. Property on 6 Apr 1861 in Union Twp., Lebanon, PA. ¹⁰ Deed Number 116 #6350 in Lebanon County on April 6, 1861.
Name of grantor (seller): Peter Bucher, Catharine
Name of grantee (buyer): George Deaven
Location: Union Township, Lebanon County
14 acres. 132 perches
Names of adjoining land owners: George Deaven, Jacob B. Weidman, Esq., Jacob Bucher
Former owners: on February 15, 1831 to John Bucher willed to Jacob Bucher on February 16, 1850 to Christian D. Zehring, Esq., guardian of Peter Bucher.
After the name of the seller is his occupation: Bucher - yeoman.

6. He signed a will on 3 Nov 1868 in Union Twp., Lebanon, PA. ⁹ An abstract of his mother's will filed in Volume D, Page 440:
Eve Feohrer
Union Township, Lebanon County
Written 3 Nov 1868, Nov or Dec 23, 1868.
Sons: Jacob Bucher, Peter Bucher.

7. Census in 1870 in Union Twp., Lebanon, PA. ¹¹ Peter Bucher, age 38, laborer, is living with Kate, 31; John, 10; Edward, 8; George, 6; and Agnes, 3. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. Peter's real estate is valued at $1200 and his possessions at $100. The post office is Union Forge.

8. Census in 1880 in Union Twp., Lebanon, PA. ⁸ Peter Bucher, age 48, "works at charcoal burning", is married to Kate Bucher, 41. Living with them is Edward, 17; George, 15; Agnes, 13; and James, 2. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

9. Census in 1900 in Lebanon, Lebanon, PA. ² Peter Bucher, 62, born Mar 1838, laborer, is living with wife Kate, 61, born May, 1838. They were married for 40 years and had 6 children, 5 still living in 1900. In their household is one son, Harry, 21, born Apr 1879, laborer. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

Peter married Katherine Walmer on 21 Jun 1857 in Jonestown: Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Lebanon, PA.^{1 2 3 4} (Katherine Walmer was born in May 1840 in Union Twp., Lebanon, PA,^{2 8 12 13} died in 1913 in Lebanon, Lebanon, PA ¹³ and was buried in Ebenezer: Covenant Greenwood Cemetery, Lebanon, PA ¹³.)