Henry Masser
(1775-1853)
Mary Barbara Baldy
(1785-1828)
Mary Ann Masser
(1813-1903)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Francis R. Bucher

Mary Ann Masser 1 3 4 5 6 7 8

  • Born: 6 May 1813, Sunbury, Northumberland, PA 3 4 5 6
  • Marriage (1): Francis R. Bucher on 8 Dec 1831 1 2 3
  • Died: 1 Oct 1903 at age 90 3 6
  • Buried: Sunbury: Lower Cemetery, Northumberland, PA

   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.)


Sources


1 Wright, F. Edward., Church records of the 18th century, Lancaster County, Pa. (Westminster, MD Family Line Publications 1994), Vol. 5., page 178.

2 Floyd, J.L., Genealogical & Biographical Annals of Northumberland County (1911 online at http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/northumberp/floyd.html), Page 734.

3 Gearhart, Heber G., Heber G. Gearhart Collection (Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.), Bucher families of Pennsylvania and Maryland, call slip FC BU.

4 1870 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Northumberland County, Sunbury Boro West Ward, M593 Roll: 1385 Page: 498.

5 1880 United States Census, FHL Film 1255164; National Archives Film T9-1164; Page 527A.

6 Floyd, J.L., Genealogical & Biographical Annals of Northumberland County (1911 online at http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/northumberp/floyd.html), Page 499.

7 Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Sunbury Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, 15 Dec 1858 Marriage Records.

8 Arizona Death Certificate (Arizona State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics. Certificate available online at:
http://genealogy.az.gov), for John Weiser Bucher died 6 Apr 1921.

9 1850 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Northumberland County, Sunbury Boro, Series: M432 Roll: 804 Page: 211.

10 1860 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Northumberland County, Sunbury Boro, Series: M653 Roll: 1149 Page: 616.

11 Fisher, Charles A., Central Pennsylvania Marriages, 1700-1896 (Selingsgrove, PA 1946.), Page 2.



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