Mary D. Bechtel ^{1 2 3}

   Another name for Mary was Mary A Bechtel.¹

   FamilySearch ID: LZJ2-YXV.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Residence: in Jul 1865 in Douglass Twp., Berks, PA. ¹

2. Census in 1880 in Pottsgrove, Montgomery, PA. ⁴ Sebastian Bucher, age 34, "works in iron house", is married to Mary D., age 31. Living in their household is Lily, 12; Morris, 9; Hannah M., 5, Sarah A., 5; and Savilla B., 3. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

3. Census in 1900 in Pottstown, Montgomery, PA. ² Sebastian Bucher, shoemaker, 54, born Feb 1846, was married for 34 years to Mary E., 50, Sep 1849. She had birthed 10 children, 7 alive in 1900. Living with them: Lillie, 32, Apr 1868, occupation "banding shirt factory"; Sallie A., 25, Aug 1874, dressmaking; John W., 19, Nov 1880, electrician; and Isaac E., 12, Apr 1888. Also: son-in-law John Auman, 31, Jun 1868, day laborer, married for 7 years to Sebastian's daughter Hannah M., 31, Aug 1868. Hannah had birthed 2 children: Donald, 6, May 1894; and Leonard, 3, Dec 1896. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania. Sebastian owned the home at 123 Third St. East.

Mary married Sebastian M. Bucher, son of Henry Bucher and Hannah Moser, on 3 Aug 1865 in Pottstown: Trinity Reformed Church, Montgomery, PA.¹ (Sebastian M. Bucher was born on 17 Feb 1846 in Pottsgrove Twp., Montgomery, PA ^{1 4 5 6 7}, christened on 14 May 1848 in Pottstown: Trinity Reformed Church, Montgomery, PA,¹ died in 1924 ⁷ and was buried in Pottstown: Pottstown Cemetery, Montgomery, PA ⁷.)