Joseph L. Bucher ^{1 2 3 4}

   FamilySearch ID: L7S6-3NB.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1870 in West Hempfield Twp., Lancaster, PA. ¹ John Bucher, clerk at s. mill, 42, was married to Rachel, 38. Living with them: Mary, 15; Alice, 13; and Joseph, 11. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania except Rachel was a Maryland native. John had no real estate value and his possessions were worth $150. The post office was Columbia.

2. Census in 1880 in Columbia, Lancaster, PA. ⁵ John Bucher, working in saw mill, 51, was living with Rachel, 47; Mary, 23; Alice, 21; and Joseph, 19. Rachel was born in Maryland, the others in Pennsylvania. The listing was in the 2nd Ward, Columbia, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

3. Census in 1900 in Trenton, Mercer, NJ. ⁶ The 1900 census recorded at living in the home at 377 Cummings: Joseph Bucher, watchmaker, 40, born Mar 1860, living with wife Ella, 38, Jun 1867; Herbert, pottery, 16, Jan 1884; Mary, 15, Jun 1885; Thomas, 14, Sep 1886; Harry, 12, Mar 1888; and Joseph, 6, Jul 1894. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania except Joseph in New Jersey. The couple was married for 18 years and she had given birth to 7 children, 5 were still alive in 1900.

4. Census in 1910 in Lancaster, Lancaster, PA. ⁷ The 1910 census recorded living at 765 Marietta Avenue: Joseph L. Bucher, grocery retail store 50, living with wife Ella, 49; Thomas W., pattern maker, 24; Mary R., stenographer, 23; Joseph L. Jr., 15; and Edwin T., 7. Joseph and Edwin were born in New Jersey, the others in Pennsylvania. Ella had been married 28 year and given birth to 8 children, 6 alive in 1910.

5. Occupation: watchmaker in 1916 in Lancaster, Lancaster, PA. ⁴

6. Census in 1920 in Lancaster, Lancaster, PA. ⁸ The 1920 census recorded Thomas W. Bucher, 33, living with wife Anna M., 33; Edith R., 8; Jean D., 6; Donald S., 4, and Thomas' father Joseph L. Bucher, 61, and brother Edwin F., 17. Also in the home is a "roomer", Samuel F. Mccomsey, 72. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania except Edwin in New Jersey.

Joseph married Ella Reist about 1882. (Ella Reist was born in 1862 in Manheim, Lancaster, PA,^{4 9} died in 1918 in , Lancaster, PA ⁹ and was buried in Lancaster: City Cemetery, Lancaster, PA ⁹.)