Barton Sylvester Bitzer ^{2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10}

   FamilySearch ID: LD9M-MTD.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1900 in Upper Pottsgrove Township, Montgomery, PA. ¹³ The 1900 census recorded Barton Bitzsa, farm laborer, single, 15, born Jan 1885, as a boarder in the household of Ephraim Davidheiser, 35, Apr 1865, and his wife Mary A., 36, Jun 1863. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

2. Occupation: box maker on 20 May 1904 in Reading, Berks, PA. ¹

3. Residence: 315 Pear St., Reading, PA on 20 May 1904 in Reading, Berks, PA. ¹

4. Newspaper: Reading Times: "Barton Bitzer and Miss Mary Bicher were married on Saturday evening by Rev. U. S. G. Renn. The couple were unattended.", 24 May 1904, Reading, Berks, PA. ²

5. Census in 1910 in Mohnton, Berks, PA. ¹⁴ The 1910 census recorded at 174 Chestnut St: Barton Bitzer, grinder hardware works, 25, living with wife Mary, 27. They had been married 6 years and she had birthed no children by 1910. They and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

6. Residence: 224 N. Second St., Reading, PA on 12 Sep 1918 in Reading, Berks, PA. ⁴

7. Census in 1920 in Reading, Berks, PA. ¹⁵ The 1920 census recorded renting at 224 Second St: Barton Bitzer, boarder in hosiery mill, 35, living with wife Mary, 35; daughter Mildred, 9; and son Ralph, 3 months. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

8. Census in 1930 in Reading, Berks, PA. ¹⁶ The 1930 census recorded Burton S. Bitzer, 46, living with wife Mary A., 48; and son Richard W., 5. Also in the home is the family of their daughter, Mildred L. Powell, 19, with son-in-law Ronald A. Powell, 25; and granddaughter Nyla M. Powell, 7 months.

9. Census in 1940 in Shillington, Berks, PA. ¹⁷ The 1940 census recorded two Bicher sisters living as neighbors with their husbands:
At 128 Philadelphia Avenue: Mary A. Bitzer (nee Bicher), office clerk in dept. store, 57, living with husband Bartson S. Bitzer, photo finisher in retail sporting store, 55; and son Richard, 15.
At 132 Philadelphia Avenue: Warren D. Kegerise, 50, living with wife Carrie E. Kegerise (nee Bicher), 49; Warren B., laborer in paint works, 19; Paul, 13; Harry L, 10; and Warren's father, Hiram P. Kegerise, widowed, 79.
Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.
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10. Residence: 128 Philadelphia Ave., Shillington, PA on 27 Apr 1942 in Shillington, Berks, PA. ¹¹

11. Census in 1950 in Reading, Berks, PA. ¹⁸ The 1950 census recorded living at 1009 Pike Street: Barton S. Bitzer, photo finishing in sporting goods store, 65, living with wife Mary A., sales clerk in retail dry goods, 67; and son Richard W., sales clerk in music store, 25. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

12. Residence: 1009 Pike St., Reading, PA on 12 Feb 1964 in Reading, Berks, PA. ⁶

13. Obituary: Reading Eagle: Death Notice for Barton S. Bitzer on 4 Feb 1968 in Reading, Berks, PA. ¹⁰ BITZER -- On the 1st inst., BARTON S. BITZER, age 83 years. The REv. Samuel C. Jaxheimer will officiate at services in the Gosnell Funeral Home, Shillington, Monday at 1:30. Interment in Mohnsville Cemetery, Mohnton. Friends may call Sunday, 7 to 9 p.m. (Gosnell).

Barton married Mary A. Bicher, daughter of John Moyer Bicher and Elizabeth Amanda Bitzer, on 21 May 1904 in Reading, Berks, PA.^{1 2} (Mary A. Bicher was born on 3 Sep 1882 in Voganville, Lancaster, PA,^{1 3 8 19 20} died on 12 Feb 1964 in Reading, Berks, PA ^{3 8 20} and was buried on 17 Feb 1964 in Mohnton: Mohnsville Cemetery, Berks, PA ^{3 8 20}.). The cause of her death was Congestive heart failure.