Mary Ann Masser ^{1 3 4 5 6 7 8}

   FamilySearch ID: 2Z8S-71T.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1850 in Sunbury, Northumberland, PA. ⁹ Francis Bucher, age 45, tanner, is living with wife Mary age 55; son John, 14; Amelia, 12; Edward, 10; Richard, 8; Louisa, 4; and William, 1.

2. Census in 1860 in Sunbury, Northumberland, PA. ¹⁰ The 1860 Census shows Francis Bucher, 53, tanner, living with Mary A., 47; Emily A., 21; Edward M., 19, apprentice to druggist; Richard F., 17, apprentice to tanner; and William H., 11. Living next door is Francis' son John W. Bucher, age 24, tanner, and with him is Esther A., 24; and Francis E., 9 months on June 18, 1860 when the census was recorded. The post office is Sunbury. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. Living next door is Elizabeth Weiser, 73, the widow of George Weiser who began the tannery Francis now operated, who was Francis' older sister. She is living with her daughter Margaret M.

3. Census in 1870 in Sunbury, Northumberland, PA. ⁴ Frank Bucher, age 66, retired farmer, is living with Mary, 56; Edward M., 29, tanner; Emily A., 30; Richard, 28, tanner; and William Henry, 21, tanner.

4. Census in 1880 in Sunbury, Northumberland, PA. ⁵ Mary Bucher, 67, is living with daughter Emma A., 40; sons Edward M., 37, coal and flour merchant; William H., 30, laborer; and Richard F., 33, laborer. Also with them is Jenny Haupt, 16, servant. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

Mary married Francis R. Bucher, son of Henry Bucher and Catherine Epley, on 8 Dec 1831.^{1 2 3} (Francis R. Bucher was born on 1 Sep 1804 in Sunbury, Northumberland, PA,^{2 3 9 10 11} died on 19 Mar 1875 in Sunbury, Northumberland, PA ^{2 3} and was buried in Sunbury: Lower Cemetery, Northumberland, PA.)