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Edward Masser Bucher
(1840-1895) |
Edward Masser Bucher 2 3 4 5 6
Another name for Edward was E Masser Bucher. FamilySearch ID: L773-8VS. Noted events in his life were: 1. He was employed. 1 Edward Masser Bucher was a dealer in coal and lived in Sunbury. His coal office was on the Third Street between Chestnut and Penn Streets at the Shamokin railroad. 2. Census in 1850 in Sunbury, Northumberland, PA. 7 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. 3. Census in 1860 in Sunbury, Northumberland, PA. 6 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. 4. Census in 1870 in Sunbury, Northumberland, PA. 5 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. 5. Census in 1880 in Sunbury, Northumberland, PA. 4 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. 6. Book: History of Northumberland County, 1891. 8 Edward married Amelia Susan Fisher, daughter of Rev. Richard Adams Fisher and Amelia Catherine Weiser, in 1882.1 2 (Amelia Susan Fisher was born on 22 Dec 1836 in Sunbury, Northumberland, PA,1 2 9 died on 13 Mar 1923 in Sunbury, Northumberland, PA 1 2 and was buried in Sunbury: Pomfret Manor Cemetery, Northumberland, PA 2.) |
1 Gearhart, Heber G., Heber G. Gearhart Collection (Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.), Bucher families of Pennsylvania and Maryland, call slip FC BU.
2 The Daily Item (Sunbury, PA), March 13, 1923 Edition.
3 Floyd, J.L., Genealogical & Biographical Annals of Northumberland County (1911 online at http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/northumberp/floyd.html), Page 734.
4 1880 United States Census, FHL Film 1255164; National Archives Film T9-1164; Page 527A.
5 1870 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Northumberland County, Sunbury Boro West Ward, M593 Roll: 1385 Page: 498.
6 1860 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Northumberland County, Sunbury Boro, Series: M653 Roll: 1149 Page: 616.
7 1850 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Northumberland County, Sunbury Boro, Series: M432 Roll: 804 Page: 211.
8 Bell, Herbert C., History of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania: including its aboriginal history; the colonial and revolutionary periods; early settlement and subsequent growth; political organization; agricultural, mining, and manufacturing interests; internal improvements; religious, educational, social, and military history; sketches of its boroughs, villages, and townships; portraits and biographies of pioneers and representative citizens etc, etc. (Chicago, Ill.: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers. 1891), Page 484.
9 The Weiser Family : A Genealogy of the Family of John Conrad Weiser, the elder (d. 1746) : prepared on the two hundred fiftieth anniversary of his arrival in America, 1710-1760 (Manheim, Pa.: John Conrad Weiser Family Association, 1960, 905 pgs.), Page 793.
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