Nicholas Bucher
(1806-1873)
Elisabeth Bachman
(1803-1871)
Daniel Acor
(1810-1873)
Leah Whitman
(1816-1883)
Samuel Bucher
(1827-1903)
Henrietta Rebecca Acor
(1835-1906)
Joseph Harvey Bucher
(1874-1933)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Rebecca Elizabeth Dry

Joseph Harvey Bucher 2 3 4

  • Born: 13 Mar 1874, Chillisquaque Twp., Northumberland, PA 2 3 4 5 6
  • Marriage (1): Rebecca Elizabeth Dry on 17 Dec 1897 in Milton, Northumberland, PA 1
  • Died: 8 May 1933, Watsontown, Northumberland, PA at age 59 3 4 6
  • Buried: 11 May 1933, Milton: Harmony Cemetery, Northumberland, PA 3 4 6

   Other names for Joseph were Harvey Bucher and J. Harvey Bucher.6

   FamilySearch ID: L2W9-HFM.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1880 in Chillisquaque, Northumberland, PA. 2 Samuel Bucher, 53, farm laborer, is living with Henrietta R., 42; Daniel A., 14; John N., 12; David S., 10; Joseph H., 6; William H., 20, laborer; and George M., 14, laborer. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania except Samuel's father was born in Wurtemberg.

2. Occupation: farmer on 17 Dec 1897.

3. Residence: on 17 Dec 1897 in Chillisquaque Twp., Northumberland, PA. 1

4. Residence: on 23 Feb 1926 in Watsontown, Northumberland, PA. 8

5. Cause of Death: autopsy: carcinoma of the pancreas and liver, 8 May 1933, Watsontown, Northumberland, PA. 4

6. Occupation: laborer, brick and carpenter on 8 May 1933 in Watsontown, Northumberland, PA. 4

7. Residence: 518 Liberty St., Watsontown, PA on 8 May 1933 in Watsontown, Northumberland, PA. 4

8. Obituary: Shamokin News on 10 May 1933 in Shamokin, Northumberland, PA. 9 Brother Of Mrs. Ella Hovenstine Dies Of Hurts
Watsontown Man, Injured When Crushed Under Log Last August, Succumbs to Complications
Joseph Bucher, 59, of Watsontown, brother of Mrs. Ella Hovenstine of this city died at his home at that place from a complication of diseases, resultant from an injury suffered on August 1 of last year.
Mr. Bucher was carrying a heavy log when he fell, the weight of the log causing severe injurles to the back and internally.
Complications followed and he had been bedfast eighteen weeks preceding his death.
Surviving are his widow, two daughters, one son, two brothers and the local sister.


Joseph married Rebecca Elizabeth Dry, daughter of George Adam Dry and Catharine Margaret Reifsnyder, on 17 Dec 1897 in Milton, Northumberland, PA.1 (Rebecca Elizabeth Dry was born on 26 Dec 1875 in , Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States,10 11 died on 12 Dec 1943 in Williamsport, Lycoming, PA 10 11 and was buried on 15 Dec 1943 in Milton, Northumberland, PA 10 11.)


Sources


1 Pennsylvania, U.S., Marriages, 1852-1854 ([database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Secretary of the Commonwealth. Series 26.28, Record and Indexes of Births, Deaths, and Marriages. Microfilm, rolls 668-673. Records of the Department of State, Record Group 26. Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Joseph H. Bucher m. 17 Dec 1897 Rebecca E. Dry in Milton PA.

2 1880 United States Census, FHL Film 1255163; National Archives Film T9-1163; Page 19A.

3 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/150114785.

4 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1971 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Certificate 46204 Joseph Harvey Bucher b. 13 Mar 1874 d. 8 May 1933 Watsontown PA father Samuel Bucher mother Henrietta R. Acor wife Rebecka E. Bucher.

5 1880 United States Census, FHL Film 1255163; National Archives Film T9-1163; Page 19B.

6 Meiser, Joseph A., Jr., and Lontz, Mary Belle, A Genealogist's Guide to Burials in Northumberland County, PA, Vol. VI, Tombstone Inscriptions of Milton, PA, 1993.

7 Pennsylvania, U.S., Marriages, 1852-1854 ([database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Secretary of the Commonwealth. Series 26.28, Record and Indexes of Births, Deaths, and Marriages. Microfilm, rolls 668-673. Records of the Department of State, Record Group 26. Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.).

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

9 Shamokin News-Dispatch (Shamokin, Northumberland, Pennsylvania.), 10 May 1933 page 2 obituary of Joseph Bucher.

10 The Daily Item (Sunbury, PA), 13 Dec 1943 page 8. Obituary of Rebecca E. Bucher.

11 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/279610929.



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