George Adam Dry
(1836-1918)
Catharine Margaret Reifsnyder
(1848-1916)
Rebecca Elizabeth Dry
(1875-1943)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Joseph Harvey Bucher

Rebecca Elizabeth Dry 2

  • Born: 26 Dec 1875, , Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States 2 3
  • Marriage (1): Joseph Harvey Bucher on 17 Dec 1897 in Milton, Northumberland, PA 1
  • Died: 12 Dec 1943, Williamsport, Lycoming, PA at age 67 2 3
  • Buried: 15 Dec 1943, Milton, Northumberland, PA 2 3

   FamilySearch ID: L27B-5KR.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Obituary: The Daily Item on 13 Dec 1943 in Sunbury, Northumberland, PA. 3 Mrs. Rebecca E. Bucher, Watsontown, Succumbs
Mrs. Rebecca E. Bucher, 67, widow of J. Harvey Bucher, of 518 Liberty street, Watsontown, died at 6 a.m. Sunday in Williamsport Hospital, where she had been removed Saturday following a cerebral hemorrhage suffered at her home.
She was a member of the Evangelical and Reformed church at Watsontown, where she had resided practically all her life. Her husband died in 1933.
Surviving are one son, Clarence J., of Philadelphia; two daughters, Mrs. Dorothy M. Matchette and Miss Daisy M., of Watsontown, and three grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Ranck funeral home, Milton.


Rebecca married Joseph Harvey Bucher, son of Samuel Bucher and Henrietta Rebecca Acor, on 17 Dec 1897 in Milton, Northumberland, PA.1 (Joseph Harvey Bucher was born on 13 Mar 1874 in Chillisquaque Twp., Northumberland, PA,4 5 6 7 8 died on 8 May 1933 in Watsontown, Northumberland, PA 6 7 8 and was buried on 11 May 1933 in Milton: Harmony Cemetery, Northumberland, PA 6 7 8.)

Sources

1 Pennsylvania, U.S., Marriages, 1852-1854 ([database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Secretary of the Commonwealth. Series 26.28, Record and Indexes of Births, Deaths, and Marriages. Microfilm, rolls 668-673. Records of the Department of State, Record Group 26. Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Joseph H. Bucher m. 17 Dec 1897 Rebecca E. Dry in Milton PA.

2 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/279610929.

3 The Daily Item (Sunbury, PA), 13 Dec 1943 page 8. Obituary of Rebecca E. Bucher.

4 1880 United States Census, FHL Film 1255163; National Archives Film T9-1163; Page 19B.

5 1880 United States Census, FHL Film 1255163; National Archives Film T9-1163; Page 19A.

6 Meiser, Joseph A., Jr., and Lontz, Mary Belle, A Genealogist's Guide to Burials in Northumberland County, PA, Vol. VI, Tombstone Inscriptions of Milton, PA, 1993.

7 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/150114785.

8 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1971 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Certificate 46204 Joseph Harvey Bucher b. 13 Mar 1874 d. 8 May 1933 Watsontown PA father Samuel Bucher mother Henrietta R. Acor wife Rebecka E. Bucher.


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