Samuel Bucher
(1827-1903)
Henrietta Rebecca Acor
(1835-1906)
William Gauger Follmer
(1833-1909)
Esther Hetty Hoy
(1837-1917)
George Benjamin McClelland Bucher
(1862-1926)
Sarah Kimmel Follmer
(1863-1933)
Harold Follmer Bucher Sr.
(1889-1956)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Marion Muir

Harold Follmer Bucher Sr. 1 2 3 4

  • Born: 1 Jun 1889, Watsontown, Northumberland, PA 2 4
  • Marriage (1): Marion Muir
  • Died: 19 Dec 1956, Mount Lebanon, Allegheny, PA at age 67 4 5
  • Buried: Watsontown, Northumberland, PA 4 5

   FamilySearch ID: MGVQ-CXD.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1900 in Watsontown, Northumberland, PA. 2 Renting at 120 Railroad Street is George Bucher, freight clerk, 37, born Nov 1862, married for 12 years to Sarah K., 37, born Mar 1863. She had three children by 1900, all still living that year. With them is Harold F., 10, born Jun 1889; Esther R., 7, born Jun 1892; and Robert L., 4, born Jul 1895. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

2. Residence: on 23 Feb 1926 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA. 3

3. Census in 1930 in Mount Lebanon, Allegheny, PA. 6 The 1930 census recorded owning a $13,500 home at 134 Marlin Drive in Mount Lebanon: Harold Bucher, civil engineer, 40, living with wife Marian, 36; son Harold Jr., 7; son William, 5; and daughter Marian S., 6 months old. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania except Marian in New Jersey. Her parents and Harold's parents were born in Pennsylvania.

4. Census in 1940 in Mount Lebanon, Allegheny, PA. 7 The 1940 Census recorded Harold F. Bucher, 50, living with wife Marion M., 46; Harold F., 17; William M., 15; Marion S., 10; and father-in-law William M. Muir, 76.

5. Residence: 134 Marlin Drive West, Mount Lebanon, PA on 5 Jun 1943 in Mount Lebanon, Allegheny, PA. 8

6. Census in 1950 in Mount Lebanon, Allegheny, PA. 9 The 1950 census recorded owning a home at 134 E. Marlin Drive in Mount Lebanon: Harold F. Bucher, civil engineer, 60, living with Marion M., 56. He was born in Pennsylvania and she in New Jersey.

7. Residence: 134 Marlin Drive West in 1956 in Mount Lebanon, Allegheny, PA. 5

8. Obituary: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on 19 Dec 1956 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA. 5


Harold married Marion Muir, daughter of William M. Muir and Unknown. (Marion Muir was born on 22 Feb 1904 in Atlantic City, Atlantic, NJ,7 10 died on 24 Apr 1974 in Lewisburg, Union, PA 10 and was buried in Watsontown, Northumberland, PA 10.)


Sources


1 Floyd, J.L., Genealogical & Biographical Annals of Northumberland County (Published 1911
Read it at https://archive.org/details/genealogicalbiog00floy), Page 889.

2 1900 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Northumberland County, Watsontown, Series: T623 Roll: 1450 Page: 257.

3 Miltonian (Milton, PA) (Milton, Numberland, Pennsylvania), 25 Feb 1926 page 1 Death of George B. Bucher.

4 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/142045905.

5 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pittsburgh, PA), http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=RrxRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8moDAAAAIBAJ&dq=bucher%20lebanon&pg=7142%2C3374725 Obituary of Col. Harold Follmer Bucher.

6 1930 United States Census, Harold Bucher, Mount Lebanon, Allegheny, PA.

7 1940 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KQ4N-YSD Harold F Bucher, 1940.

8 Ancestry.com, U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), William Muir Bucher b. 4 Jan 1925.

9 "1950 United States Census," Harold F. Bucher, Mount Lebanon, PA.

10 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/142045962.



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