Hezikiah Bucher ¹

   Other names for Hezikiah were Ezekias Bucher ² and Hezikiah Buchert.⁴

  Christening Notes:

Sponsors were parents Jesias and Susanna Buchert.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Alt. Name: Buchert,,. Many church and census records are recorded with surname Buchert for this branch of the family.

2. Census in 1850 in New Hanover Twp., Montgomery, PA. ² Jeremiah Bucher, shoemaker, 19, was living single in the household of John Schnell, shoemaker, 33, his wife Rachel, 333, and their children. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

Next door was Matthias Buchert, 68, living in the home of John Pugh, farmer, 47, and his wife Sarah [Matthias' daughter?], 44; and children: Sarah Ann,10; John Henry, 7; Washington, 5; Samuel Lane, 4. Also in the home: Sarah Reifsnyder, 15. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

Two pages later on page 172 is Jesiah Buchert, farmer, 29, with wife Susanna, 25; Precilla, 4; Ezekias, 3; son Sando, 1; also 18-year old Elizabeth Berryman. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. His real estate was valued at $4,500.

3. Census in 1880 in New Hanover Twp., Montgomery, PA. ³ Hezekiah Bucher, farmer, 31, was living with Lydia, 31; Warren, 7; Anne Jane, 6; Sarah Emma, 5; Lydia Ann, 3; and Fretta mala, 2. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

4. Census in 1900 in New Hanover Twp., Montgomery, PA. ⁵ Heckiah Buchert, farmer, 53, was born Aug 1847. He was with wife Lydia, 52, born Nov 1847, who had birthed 10 children by 1900, 8 still alive then. In their home: Annie, 26, Apr 1874; Sarah, 24, Aug 1876; Mary, 18; Mar 1887; Alexander, 16, Aug 1883; Ammon, 13, Aug 1886; Heckiah, 12, Sept 1881; and Edwin, 10, Feb 1880. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

5. In 1909 in New Hanover Twp.: New Hanover Lutheran Church, Montgomery, PA. ⁶ He was an elder in the New Hanover Lutheran Church, at the time of publication of the church's history book in 1909.

Hezikiah married Lydia. (Lydia was born in Nov 1847 in , , PA ⁵.)