Brief Life History of John Sheridan
John Sheridan Bucher was born in 1884, in Pennsylvania, United States as the son of John S. Bucher and Jane Bucher. He married Ruth E Holtzman on 12 February 1907, in Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. He lived in Swatara Township, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States in 1910 and Middle Paxton Township, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States for about 20 years. He died on 8 April 1972, at the age of 88, and was buried in Mount Laurel Cemetery, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- John S Bucher, "United States Census, 1930"
- John S Bucher, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
- John Sheridan Bucher, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
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1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1888
Oldest grave seen in the memorials list
1907 · Not for profit elections
The first act prohibiting monetary contributions to political campaigns by major corporations.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Butcher .
German and Swiss German (also Bücher): topographic name for someone who lived by a beech tree or beech wood, from Middle High German buoche ‘beech tree’ + the suffix -er denoting an inhabitant, or a habitational name for someone from any of numerous places called Buch. This surname is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine).
French: occupational name for a woodsman, from a derivative of buche ‘log’. Alternatively, in Alsace and Lorraine, a surname of German origin (see 2 above).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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