Hans Martin Bucher
(Abt 1715-1779)
Elizabeth Bomberger
(Abt 1715-1779)
Rev. Melchoir Brenneman II
(1726-1809)
Ann Snavely
(1730-Aft 1817)
Christian Bucher
(1742-1825)
Frances Veronica Brenneman
(1751-1804)
Frances Veronica Bucher
(1772-1857)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. John Brandt

Frances Veronica Bucher 1 3

  • Born: 30 Dec 1772, Donegal Twp., Lancaster, PA 3
  • Marriage (1): John Brandt on 26 Apr 1791 in Lancaster: Trinity Lutheran Church, Lancaster, PA 1 2 3
  • Died: 10 Sep 1857, Donegal Twp., Lancaster, PA at age 84 1 4
  • Buried: East Donegal Twp.: Reich's Cemetery, Lancaster, PA 4

   Other names for Frances were Ferena Bucher 3 and Veronica Bucher.4

  Noted events in her life were:

1. She has conflicting birth information of 18 Jan 1769 and Donegal Twp., Lancaster, PA. 1

2. She has conflicting birth information of 18 Jan 1772 and Donegal Twp., Lancaster, PA. 4

3. Book: Biographical Annals of Lancaster Co., Pa., 1903. 1
John Brandt, Grandfather of Samuel L. Brandt, in 1784, was indentured to George Rutt for three years and eight months to learn the trade of joiner and spinning wheel maker. After he had grown to man's estate, he, with his employer and fellow carpenters, built a number of Swiss barns in the vicinity of Maytown. Among these buildings was one erected for Christian Bucher, one of the wealthiest citizens of Donegal township, who was born March 27, 1742, and died Dec. 27, 1825. The young carpenter, John Brandt, fell in love with Mr. Bucher's third daughter, Frances, born Jan. 18, 1769, and they were married April 26, 1791.


Frances married John Brandt, son of John Brandt and Maria, on 26 Apr 1791 in Lancaster: Trinity Lutheran Church, Lancaster, PA.1 2 3 (John Brandt was born on 24 Feb 1767 in Conewago Twp., Dauphin, PA,1 4 died on 14 Dec 1842 in Donegal Twp., Lancaster, PA 1 4 and was buried in East Donegal Twp.: Reich's Cemetery, Lancaster, PA 4.)


Sources


1 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 1068.

2 Trinity Lutheran Church, Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

3 Eighth Bucher Reunion Souvenir Magazine and Program (3 Aug 1928, Long Park, Lancaster, PA.), Page 7. Author: Joseph L. Brandt, Marietta, PA., 1928.

4 Gerberich, Albert H., The Brenneman History (Scottdale, Pa.: Printed by Mennonite Pub. House, 1938, 1240 pgs.), Page 56.



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