Ralph Waldron Bucher 1 2
- Born: 28 Oct 1879, Pottstown, Montgomery, PA 1 2 3
- Christened: 27 Jun 1880, Pottstown: Trinity Reformed Church, Montgomery, PA 2
- Marriage (1): Bertha Ecker on 4 Mar 1899 in Reading, Berks, PA 1
- Died: 1949 at age 70 3
- Buried: Pottstown: Pottstown Cemetery, Montgomery, PA 3
FamilySearch ID: 96DK-W75.
Christening Notes:
Sponsors were the parents.
Noted events in his life were:
1. Census in 1900 in Reading, Berks, PA. 4 The 1900 census recorded at 135 W. Buttonwood: Lewis H. Bucher, pudler iron works, 50, born Mar 1850, with wife Esther G., 46, Jun 1854; son Raymond L., 14, Feb 1886; son Ralph W., machinist, 21, Oct 1879; daughter-in-law Bertha, 18, Jul 1882; and grandchild Esther, 1, Nov 1899. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.
2. Book: Reading and Berks County, Pennsylvania, A History, 1925. 1
Ralph W. Bucher - In the industrial world of Pennsylvania, Ralph W. Bucher has for many years been a prominent figure, and as a skilled mechanic and instructor in various lines of mechanical activity his significance to the progress of the people is definite and far-reaching. Mr. Bucher is a man of progressive sprit, always interested in the affairs of his time, and in his definite usefulness the community and the people generally realize permanent benefit. He is a son of Lewis W. and Esther (Gilbert) Bucher, both now deceased, his father an iron-worker of Pottstown for many years.
Ralph W. Bucher was born in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, October 28, 1879. Receiving his early education in the public schools, he completed his formal studies at Pottstown High School, then learned the machinist's trade. Active along that line for some fifteen years, Mr. Bucher then entered the garage business and for about seven years was active as manager of prominent garages in Reading. Then, for six years, he devoted his attention to the sale and installation of Westinghouse Air Springs, acting as instruction in the use of this famous device. His interests centered in Philadelphia during that period, and for the past four years he has been active along similar lines, with headquarters in Reading, at No. 116 Madison Avenue. He has done much to forward local industrial progress, and his work is of that type which bears enduring significance to the welfare and progress of the people. Mr. Bucher is widely known in fraternal circles, being a member of Isaac Hiester Lodge, No. 660, Free and Accepter Masons, and all bodies of the Masonic Order, up to and including the Consistory (thirty-second degree). He is also a member of Rajah Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, and Neversink Forest, No. 32, Tall Cedars of Lebanon. Other organizations to which Mr. Bucher belongs are: Lodge No. 115, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, of Reading; and Manatawny Lodge, No. 214, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Pottstown. His religious affiliation is with Richardson Memorial Presbyterian Church, of Philadelphia.
Ralph W. Bucher married, March 4, 1899, in Reading, Bertha Ecker, daughter of Henry G. and Lydia Ecker. Mr. and Mrs. Bucher are the parents of one child: Esther B., wife of George Glass, and they have one child: Dorothy.
Ralph married Bertha Ecker, daughter of Henry G. Ecker and Lydia, on 4 Mar 1899 in Reading, Berks, PA.1 (Bertha Ecker was born in 1883 in , , Pennylvania, USA,5 died in 1942 5 and was buried in Pottstown: Pottstown Cemetery, Montgomery, PA 5.)
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