Priscilla Gertrude Beicher ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9}

   Another name for Priscilla was Percilla G. Beicher.^{11 12}

   FamilySearch ID: LDBJ-C46.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1900 in Cornwall Twp., Lebanon, PA. ³ Reuben Beecher [census taker's handwriting could be Bucher], laborer furnace, 37, was born May, 1863. He was married for 12 years to Emma, 32, born Oct 1867, who had given birth to seven children, four still living in 1900. In their home: Priscilla G., 11, Jul 1888; James A., 6, Mar 1894; Agnes J., 1, Aug 1898; and John R., 7 months, Oct 1899. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania. Reuben was renting his home.

2. Occupation: servant on 6 Jan 1906 in Cornwall, Lebanon, PA. ⁷

3. Residence: on 6 Jan 1906 in Cornwall, Lebanon, PA. ⁷

4. Census in 1910 in Lebanon, Lebanon, PA. ² Reuben Bucher [census taker's handwriting could easily be Biecher instead of Bucher], laborer in iron works, 47, was married for 26 years to wife Mary, 43. She had given birth to 10 children, 7 of whom were living in 1910. Also in their household: Priscilla, machine operator in shirt factory, 21; James, barber, 16; Agnes, 13; John, 10; Joseph, 8; and Helen, 7. Also in the home was Gertrude Kauffman, granddaughter, 4. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania as were their parents.

5. Residence: Lebanon City Directory: 364 N. Prune Al. Beicher, Reuben, iron wkr.; Mrs. Emma M., Priscilla G., James A. Barber, Agnes J., John R., Joseph L., Helen R., Gertrude J. In 1913 in Lebanon, Lebanon, PA. ¹³

6. Residence: on 12 Aug 1918 in Reading, Berks, PA. ⁵

7. Newspaper: Reading Times: Kochert-Beicher Wedding, 14 Oct 1918, Reading, Berks, PA. ¹ The marriage ceremony of Charles W. Kochert and Miss Priscilla G. Beicher will be solemized this evening at 7:30 at the rectory of St. Peter's Catholic Church, 322 South Fifth street, by Rev. James F. Toner. The couple will be unattended and a small reception to friends will follow at the home of the couple, 412 Johnson street, where they intend to reside.
The bride-to-be is a daughter of Reuben and Mary Beicher, 366 prune street, Lebanon, Pa., and resided for several years in this city. The prospective bridgegroom is a son of George and the late Ellizabeth Kochert, and is employed as a boltmaker at the Bethlehem Steel Company.

8. Census in 1920 in Reading, Berks, PA. ¹¹ The 1920 census recorded renting at 412 Johnson Street: Charles W. Kichert, bolt maker, 43, living with wife Percilla G., 31; daughter Gertrude J., 15; and son James F., 11 months old when the census was recorded on 8 Jan 1920. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

9. Residence: 412 Johnson Street, Reading, PA on 13 Mar 1921 in Reading, Berks, PA. ¹²

10. Obituary: Reading Times: obituary of Mrs. Priscilla E. Kochert on 17 Nov 1938 in Reading, Berks, PA. ¹⁰ MRS. PRISCILLA E. KOCHERT. 50, wife of Charles W. Kochert, died at 7:45 o'clock yesterday morning in Good Samaritan Hospital, Lebanon. Her home was at 108 E. Weidman St Lebanon. Mrs. Kochert was a member of St. Gertrude's Catholic Church. She is survived by her husband, Charles W. Kochert; a son, James; a daughter, Gertrude; and a grandchild, as well as by three brothers and two sisters, James and Joseph Beicher, Lebanon; John Beicher, Minersville; Mrs. John Lerch and Mrs. Andrew Winkler, Lebanon. Services at 9:30 o'clock Saturday morning from the Thompson Funeral Home, 126 S. Ninth St., Lebanon, with further services at 10 o'clock in St. Gertrude's Church and burial in St. Gertrude's Cemetery.

Priscilla married Joseph Jasper Coffman. (Joseph Jasper Coffman was born on 10 Jan 1886 in Goods Mill, Rockingham, VA,^{7 14} died on 17 Dec 1945 in Washington, District of Columbia, DC ¹⁴ and was buried in Hebron: Hebron Cemetery, Augusta, VA ¹⁴.)

Priscilla next married Charles Washington Kochert, son of John Kochert and Elizabeth Stoudt, on 14 Oct 1918 in Reading, Berks, PA.¹ (Charles Washington Kochert was born on 10 Dec 1876 in Muhlenberg, Berks, PA ^{11 15 16 17 18 19}, christened on 20 Mar 1877 in Muhlenberg, Berks, PA,¹⁸ died on 23 Sep 1943 in Lebanon, Lebanon, PA ^{16 17 19} and was buried on 27 Sep 1943 in Reading: Charles Evans Cemetery, Berks, PA ^{16 17 19}.)