Augustus Fry
(1851-1882)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Lydia Bicher

Augustus Fry 2 3

  • Born: 1851, , , , CHE 2
  • Marriage (1): Lydia Bicher on 21 Feb 1880 in , Lancaster, PA 1
  • Died: Nov 1882, East Cocalico Twp., Lancaster, PA at age 31 1

   Another name for Augustus was August Frey.1

   FamilySearch ID: G3ZG-W2N.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. He has conflicting birth information of Abt 1844 and , , , CHE.

2. Census in 1880 in Brecknock Twp., Lancaster, PA. 4 The 1880 census recorded Augustus Frey, baker, 36, living with wife Lydia, 23, and step-son Charles Keller, 2. Augustus and his parents were born in Switzerland. Lydia, Charles, and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

3. Residence: on 21 Feb 1880 in East Cocalico Twp., Lancaster, PA. 1

4. Newspaper: Lancaster Examiner: Married. FREY-BICHER. Feb. 21, 1880, by Rev. S. S. Henry, August Frey, of East Cocalico, to Miss Lydia Bicher, of Brecknock., 3 Mar 1880, Lancaster, Lancaster, PA. 1

5. Occupation: baker in Nov 1882 in Brecknock Twp., Lancaster, PA. 2

6. Newspaper: Reading Times: Henry J. Rhoads and Theodore Benz, of this city, attended the funeral of August Frey, formerly of this city, who died near Adamstown, of consumption., 6 Nov 1882, Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA. 5


Augustus married Lydia Bicher, daughter of Jacob Bicher and Sarah Reider, on 21 Feb 1880 in , Lancaster, PA.1 (Lydia Bicher was born on 11 Feb 1857 in Brecknock Twp., Lancaster, PA,2 6 7 died on 8 Jan 1911 in Vera Cruz, Lancaster, PA, USA 8 9 10 and was buried on 12 Jan 1911 in East Cocalico Twp.: Muddy Creek Church Cemetery, Lancaster, PA 7 8 11.)

Sources

1 The Lancaster Examiner (Lancaster, PA), 3 Mar 1880, page 3. Married. Frey-Bicher.

2 FamilySearch.org, "Pennsylvania Delayed Birth Records, 1941-1976," https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:87KG-R2MM Augustus Fry in entry for Augustus Bicher Fry, 1883.

3 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Certificate 099576-68 Augustus Bicher Fry, b. 4 Jul 1883, d. 17 Oct 1968.

4 1880 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWFR-MF8 Augustus Frey, 1880; citing enumeration district ED 104, sheet 32C.

5 Reading Times (Reading, PA) (Reading, Berks, Pernnsylvania.), 6 Nov 1882, page 4.

6 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1669-2013, Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records; Reel: 586. PA > Lancaster > Reamstown > Salem Lutheran. Online image 520. Burial Mrs. Lydia McDennis.

7 Ephrata Review (Ephrata, PA), 20 Jan 1911, page 6. Obituary of Lydia McDennis.

8 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Certificate 1531, Lydia McDennis, father John Bicher, mother unknown.

9 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/128782886.

10 The News-Journal (Lancaster, PA), 10 Jan 1911, page 2. Obituary of Lydia McDennis.

11 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=128782886.


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