Casper BUCHER

Researchers take note: While many noted professional genealogists include this Casper Bucher as a son of Johan Dietrich (Dieter) Bucher, none has presented firm evidence to our satisfaction. Others assume this Casper is the one who immigrated in 1750 on the St. Andrew. If so, then his 1733 birth date which is known from his tombstone eliminates him as a son of Dieter who immigrated in 1732 on the Dragon. Further research is needed to determine Casper's true relationship to Dieter, if any. We are searching for early church records in Pennsylvania to establish Casper was born in or near Montgomery County as Dieter's son, which no researcher has uncovered, OR birth records in Switzerland to establish Casper was born there, in which case he may or may not be related to Dieter. The fact that he is a member of Falkner Swamp Reformed Church at the same time as Dieter's family certainly suggests there is some relationship. Also, we note that when Dieter's land is distributed to his descendents there is no mention of son Casper, although this could be because he had moved to Dauphin County. On the other hand, his movement to Dauphin makes us wonder if he is not related to Rev. John Conrad Bucher, especially considering both are supposedly from Neunkirch, Schaffhausen, Switzerland. Check here for updates as our research continues and we discover the answers. If you are related to this ancestor and a male with this surname (or variant spelling) you are invited to participate at our expense in our Genealogy Y-DNA Research that uses a two-minute mail-in test to prove which family lines are related. Visit http://www.searchtrees.com/dna to see thm to get tested for free.

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