Levi Wissler
(1817-1881)
Fanny Hess
(1827-1895)
Barbara Hess Wissler
(1848-1924)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Joseph Risser Bucher

Barbara Hess Wissler 1 2 3

  • Born: 26 Jun 1848, Warwick Twp., Lancaster, PA 1 2 3
  • Marriage (1): Joseph Risser Bucher on 19 Nov 1868 1 2
  • Died: 8 Aug 1924, , Lancaster, PA at age 76 3
  • Buried: Lititz: Hammer Creek Mennonite Cemetery, Lancaster, PA 3

   FamilySearch ID: KZNN-9SY.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1870 in Clay Twp., Lancaster, PA. 4 Joseph B. Bucher, farmer, 22, was living with Barbara, 21. Also with them: domestic servants Catherine Weist, 22; Sarah Snyder, 2; and Elias ?, 13. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. Joseph's real estate was worth $9,600 and possessions $3,000.

2. Census in 1880 in Warwick Twp., Lancaster, PA. 5 Joseph R. Bucher, farmer, 32, was living with Barbara, 31; Anna, 9; Levi, 7; Joseph, 4. Also in the home: Susan Deemer, servant, 18; and Albert Duble, farm laborer, 18. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

3. Census in 1900 in Warwick Twp., Lancaster, PA. 2 Joseph R. Bucher, farmer, 52, born May 1848, was married for 31 years to wife Barbara H., 51, Jun 1848. She had birthed 4 children, all alive in 1900. With them: Levi W., 27, Nov 1872; Joseph W., 24, Dec 1875; and Henry W., 16, Oct 1883. Also in the home was servant Lizzie Williams, 23, Apr 1877.

Next door is Sallie Roth, 77, born Aug 1822, single.

Next door is Harry D. Buchter, cigar manufacturer, 29, May 1871, married for 7 years wto Lizzie, 28, Dec 1872. She had one child: Stella H., 4, Dec 1895. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania. Harry was renting his home, probably from Joseph who owned his.


Barbara married Joseph Risser Bucher, son of Joseph Witwer Bucher and Catherine Snyder Risser, on 19 Nov 1868.1 2 (Joseph Risser Bucher was born on 26 May 1848 in Warwick Twp., Lancaster, PA,1 2 6 7 8 died on 15 May 1931 in , Lancaster, PA 8 and was buried in Lititz: Hammer Creek Mennonite Cemetery, Lancaster, PA 8.)


Sources


1 Hess, John. H., A genealogy of the Hess family; from the first emigrant to this country down to the present time as far as could be ascertained (1896. Express Print, Lititz, PA. 248p.), Page 64.

2 1900 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Lancaster County, Warwick Township, Series: T623 Roll: 1426 Page: 174.

3 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=93727056.

4 1870 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Lancaster County, Clay Township, Series: M593 Roll: 1354 Page: 66.

5 1880 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Lancaster County, Warwick Township, Family History Library Film 1255140, NA Film Number T9-1140, Page 323C.

6 1850 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Lancaster County, Penn Township, Series: M432 Roll: 789 Page: 299.

7 1860 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Lancaster County, Warwick Township, Series: M653 Roll: 1120 Page: 481.

8 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=93727010.



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