Henry W. Bucher ¹

   Another name for Henry was Henry F. Bucher.³

   FamilySearch ID: L78G-LJ8.

  General Notes:

In the Sunbury American newspaper, dated March 17, 1876, was this death notice:

"In this place, at the residence of her son-in-law, Henry BUCHER, Sr., Rebecca HARP, aged about 77 years."

This indicates that a Henry Bucher Sr. married a Harp, but is that the Henry W. Bucher born 1825 who married Malinda ?, or the Henry D. Bucher born 1842 who married Louisa C. ?

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1850 in Sunbury, Northumberland, PA. ² Henry Bucher, 23, ferryman, is living with Malinda, 23; and Margaret, 1. The previous household is Elizabeth Bucher, 58, living with Francis Bucher, 20. Elizabeth could be the mother of Henry and Francis and living with them as a widow. Since Henry is a ferryman, and The History of Northumberland County states a ferry was run by a Henry, son of the original pioneer Henry Bucher (1764-1824), we assume this Henry is the grandson, still operating the family business.

2. Census in 1860 in Sunbury, Northumberland, PA. ^{5 6} Henry Bucher, age 29, laborer, is living with Malinda, 30; Rosetta, 9; and Jane, 1. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. His real estate is valued at $1000 and his possessions worth $150.
[Note: Ages for parents in each case are 4 years too high. Malinda's is an additional year since the census was recorded right after her birthday in August, 1860.].

3. Census in 1870 in Sunbury, Northumberland, PA. ⁴ Henry Bucher, 45, locomotive fireman, was living with Malinda, 45; Rosetta, 19; William, 16; Henry, 14; Jane, 11; Charles, 10; George, 8; and John, 3. Henry's real estate is valued at $3,000 and his possessions worth $300. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

4. Census in 1880 in Sunbury, Northumberland, PA. ³ Henry F. Bucher, age 55, occupation R.R. fireman, is living with wife Malinda, 56; William L., 27, R.R. car inspector; Charles A., 19, laborer; George D., 16, laborer; John A., 13; and Samuel B., 9. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

Henry married Malinda Harp, daughter of Jonathan Harp and Rebecca. (Malinda Harp was born on 18 Aug 1825 in , , PA,^{1 2 3 4} died on 28 Feb 1897 in Sunbury, Northumberland, PA ¹ and was buried in Sunbury: Sunbury Cemetery, Northumberland, PA ¹.)