Lewis Bucher ^{1 2 3}

   FamilySearch ID: LHR6-F1R.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. He has conflicting birth information of Abt 1838 and , , PA. ⁴

2. He has conflicting birth information of Abt 1839 and , , PA. ²

3. He has conflicting birth information of Abt 1842 and , , PA. ⁵

4. Census in 1850 in White Deer Twp., Union, PA. ¹ Jacob Bucher, carpenter, age 54, is living with Susannah, 52; Henry, 25, laborer; Sarah, 52; and Lewis, 13. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

5. Census in 1860 in Washington Twp., Elkhart County, IN. ² Jacob Bucher, carpenter, 62, was living with wife Susanna, 62; and Lewis, farm laborer, 21. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. The post office was Bristol.

6. Census in 1870 in Constantine, St. Joseph, MI. ⁴ Lewis Bucher, cabinet maker, 32, was living with wife Frances, 28; daughter Nettie, 7; Jennie, 6; and Clyde, 1. Lewis was born in Pennsylvania, the others in Michigan. He had no real estate of value and his personal estate was worth $200.

7. Census in 1880 in Three Rivers, St. Joseph, MI. ⁵ Lewis Bucher, cabinet maker, 38, was living with wife Mary, 37; daughter Leafey, 7; Guy F., 3 months. Also in the home: stepson Richard Lewis, works in cigar s., 19; stepdaughter Ella Lewis, 16; and Lewis Thoms, retired farmer, 73, father-in-law, who was born in Switzerland of Swiss parents. Lewis, his parents, and Mary's mother were born in Pennsylvania. Mary's first husband was also born in Pennsylvania.

8. Occupation: mechanic on 17 Jul 1891 in Constantine, St. Joseph, MI. ³

Lewis married Frances Jones. (Frances Jones was born about 1842 in , , MI ⁴.)

Lewis next married Mary Thoms, daughter of Lewis Thoms and Unknown. (Mary Thoms was born about 1843 in , , PA ⁵.)