John Kehr
Mary Gerber
Elizabeth Kehr
(1770-1857)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Michael Bucher Sr.

Elizabeth Kehr 1 2 3 4

  • Born: 15 Aug 1770 1 4 5
  • Marriage (1): Michael Bucher Sr. about 1790
  • Died: 22 Sep 1857, , York, PA at age 87 1 4 5
  • Buried: Penn Twp.: Bucher Burial Ground, York, PA 1 4

   Another name for Elizabeth was Elizabeth Carr.2

   FamilySearch ID: KF5S-JF4.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. She signed a will on 20 Nov 1793 in Manheim Twp., York, PA. 3 Elizabeth Kehr was named in the will of her father, John Kehr. An abstract of the will:
Written Nov 20 1793 Executed Mar 8 1794
Kehr, John. Executor: Henry Danner. Manheim Township. Wife: Mary Kehr. Children: Christian, Samuel, Mary wife of Samuel Throne, and Elizabeth wife of Michael Bucher.

2. Census in 1850 in Heidelberg Twp., York, PA. 6 Jacob Bucher, farmer, age 40, was living with wife Nancy, 30; son Jacob, 6; and son George, 3. Jacob's real estate was valued at $3,000. Also with them is his mother, Elizabeth Bucher, 75; and her daughter Elizabeth, 48.


Elizabeth married Michael Bucher Sr., son of Nicholas Bucher III and Moria Kehr, about 1790. (Michael Bucher Sr. was born on 28 Sep 1762 in Heidelberg Twp., York, PA,1 5 7 died on 31 Dec 1831 in Heidelberg Twp., York, PA 1 5 7 and was buried in Penn Twp.: Bucher Burial Ground, York, PA 1 7.)

Sources

1 Bucher Burial Grounds, Penn Township, York County, Pennsylvania (http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/pa/york/cemet.htm).

2 History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania (Warren, Beers & Co; Chicago, IL; 1886).

3 Wright, F. Edward, Abstracts of York County, Pennsylvania Wills 1749-1819 (Family Line Publications, Westminster, MD 1995), Page 143.

4 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6076135.

5 Bible of Jacob F. Bucher (In posession of the Adams County Historical Society. Online at:
http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/york/bibles/bucher01.txt).

6 1850 United States Census, Pennsylvania, York County, Heidelberg Township, Reel M432-839 Page 335b.

7 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6076133.


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