Lydia Ann Flickinger
(1836-1919)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Eli Sprenkle
2. Jacob Burcher

Lydia Ann Flickinger 1 2

  • Born: 24 Aug 1836, Hanover, York, PA 3
  • Marriage (1): Eli Sprenkle on 26 Apr 1874 in Hanover: St. Matthew's Lutheran Church, York, PA 1
  • Marriage (2): Jacob Burcher
  • Died: 20 Apr 1919, Hanover, York, PA at age 82 3
  • Buried: 22 Apr 1919, Hanover: Mount Olivet Cemetery, York, PA 4

   FamilySearch ID: KNQV-TW3.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Newspaper: Gettysburg Times: obituary of Mrs. Lydia Burcher, 22 Apr 1919, Gettysburg, Adams, PA. 4 Mrs. Lydia Burcher
Aged Woman Died in Hanover. Surviviors in Adams County.

Mrs. Lydia Burcher, widow of Jacob Burcher, died Sunday morning at the home of Mrs. and Mrs. Jacob Marquet, of Hanover. Death was due to infirmities of old age. She was aged 82 years, seven months and twenty-seven days.

Mrs. Burcher's maiden name was Miss Lydia Ann Flickinger. She was married twice, her first husband was Eli Sprenkle. After his death she married Mr. Burcher, who died almost fifteen years ago. She is survived by two step-daughters, Mrs. Lizze Berkheimer and Mrs. Isaiah Geisler, of New Oxford, and one sister, Mrs. Tillie Krentler, of Hanover.

Funeral this afternoon. Services conducted at the Marquet home at 2 o'clock, Rev. R. H. Bergstresser officiating. Burial in the family plot in Mt. Olivet cemetery.

2. Newspaper: Gettysburg Compiler: obituary of Mrs. Lydia Burcher, 26 Apr 1919, Gettysburg, Adams, PA. 3 Mrs. Lydia Burcher, widow of Jacob Burcher, died Sunday at the home of Mrs. and Mrs. Jacob Marquet of Hanover, aged 82 years, 7 months and 27 days. Mrs. Burcher's maiden name was Miss Lydia Ann Flickinger. She was married twice, her first husband was Eli Sprenkle. After his death she married Mr. Burcher, who died almost fifteen years ago. She is survived by two step-daughters, Mrs. Lizze Berkheimer and Mrs. Isaiah Geisler, of New Oxford, and one sister, Mrs. Tillie Krentler, of Hanover.

3. Newspaper: New Oxford Item: By the will of Mrs. Lydia Burcher, late of Hanover, $300 is bequeather to Elizabeth Berkheimer, and a similar sum to Annie Geisler, both of New Oxford., 1 May 1919, New Oxford, Adams, PA. 5


Lydia married Eli Sprenkle on 26 Apr 1874 in Hanover: St. Matthew's Lutheran Church, York, PA.1 (Eli Sprenkle was born in , , Pennsylvania, USA.)


Lydia next married Jacob Burcher. (Jacob Burcher was born in May 1841 in , , Pennsylvania, USA,6 7 died on 30 Aug 1902 in Lewisberry, York, PA 6 8 and was buried on 1 Sep 1902 in New Oxford: New Oxford Cemetery, Adams, PA 8 9.)


Sources


1 FamilySearch.org, "Pennsylvania Marriages, 1709-1940," https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V2XW-2L7 Eli Sprenkle and Lydia Ann Flickinger, 26 Apr 1874; citing Saint Matthews Lutheran Church,Hanover,York,Pennsylvania; FHL microfilm 823598.

2 Gettysburg Republican Compiler (Gettysburg, Adams County, PA.), 3 May 1919. Page 2. Obituary of Mrs. Lydia Burcher.

3 Gettysburg Republican Compiler (Gettysburg, Adams County, PA.), 26 Apr 1919. Page 2. Obituary of Mrs. Lydia Burcher.

4 Gettysburg Times (Gettysburg, PA), 22 Apr 1919, page 5. Obituary of Mrs. Jacob Burcher.

5 New Oxford Item (Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania), 1 May 1919.

6 New Oxford Item (Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania), 5 Sep 1902.

7 1900 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M3H7-V2K Jacob Burcher in household of William A Rudy, Newberry Township, Northern District Goldsboro borough, York, Pennsylvania, United States; citing sheet 3B, family 68.

8 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=47312176.

9 New Oxford Item (Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania), 1 Sep 1902.



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