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Anna
Mathilda (Meinder)
Buchert |
Anna Mathilda Meinder was born in December 1817 in Rockland Township, Berks County, the daughter of Burkhard and Elizabeth (Konrath) Meinder.
She was baptized at the Mertz Church in Rockland Township on July 5, 1818, and serving as her sponsors were Wilhelm Konrath and Magdalena ---.
Anna married Gideon Buchert (1816- ? ), also spelled "Bucher." They were wed before she reached the age of 21.
They had five known children -- William Bucher, Catherine Bucher, Mary Jane Bucher, Emeline Bucher and Daniel A. Bucher.
They lived circa 1842 in Clinton Township, Lycoming County, PA. That year, she received a bequest of $332.42 from the estate of her late grandfather, William Cronrad ("Kronrath" or "Conrad").
By 1860, the family had moved to Mifflinburg, White Deer Township, Union County, PA, where Gideon worked at "spinning & carder" and daughter Catherine, age 15, as a "weaver." Boarding in their home that year was 38-year-old "spinner" George Nevil, more than likely an assistant to Gideon in their trade.
Anna and Gideon's fates after that are lost to history.
~ Son William Bucher ~
Son William Bucher (1841- ? ) was born in January 1841. Evidence suggests that by 1865, he migrated to Indiana, settling in Rockville, Parke County.
The 1870 census shows that he was married to Indiana native Elizabeth (?) (1850- ? ) and had one son, Orien E. Bucher (born in 1866). In 1870, William's occupation was listed as "carder and spinner wool."
With the productivity and efficiency of machines quickly surpassing hand-weaving, William turned to the retail trade during the 1870s. In 1880, now in Florida Township, Parke County, he worked in the grocery business. Their son was not in the household that year.
The census of 1900 of the town of Rosedale, Parke County, shows William engaged in the silver smith industry and that they had been married for 35 years. Nothing more is known.
~ Daughter Catherine Bucher ~
Daughter Catherine Bucher (1845- ? )
~ Daughter Mary Jane Bucher ~
Daughter Mary Jane Bucher (1849- ? )
~ Daughter Emeline Bucher ~
Daughter Emeline Bucher (1851- ? )
~ Son Daniel A. Bucher ~
Son Daniel A. Bucher (1859- ? )
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