Michael Kocher

Notes:

Lived on a farm near Huntington, Indiana

(Research):

Census Listings:

1850 Census
Indiana, Huntington County, District 52, 114
Enumerated 18 Sept 1850
924-924
Michael Cochar 40 M Farmer 1200 Germany
Catherine Cochar 30 F Germany [Was this a first wife, or is the census in error?}
Mary Cochar 12 M (sic?) Germany
Sarah Cochar 10 F Germany
David Cochar 8 M Germany
John Cochar 2 M Germany [Shown on FindAGrave as a son of Michael Kocher and Mary Cramer, not of Michael and Catherine...also shown as born in Seneca County, Ohio on Find A Grave]
Michael Cochar 1 M Indiana

1860 Census
Indiana, Huntington County, Rock Creek Twp
Enumerated 20 July 1860
Page 181
1245-1263
(Indexed on Ancestry.com as Rocher)
Michael Kocher 52 M Farmer 3000 140 Wertemburg
Mary Kocher 38 F Penn
David Kocher 15 M Oh
John Kocher 12 M Oh
Michael Kocher 10 M Ind
Joel Kocher 8 M Ind
Christian Kocher 6 M Ind
Catherine Kocher 9/12 F Ind


1870 Census
Indiana, Huntington County, Rock Creek Township
Enumerated 4 July 1870
Page 1, Stamped 171
3-3
Kocher, Michael 61 M Farmer 15,000 13,300 Wertenburg
Kocher, Mary W F Keeping Houe Pa
Kocher, Michael 20 At Home Ind
Kocher, Joel 18 M W At home Ind
Kocher, Christine 16 F (sic0 W Ind
Kocher, Mary 10 F W Ind
Kocher, Susannah 8 F W Ind

Family/Spouse: Mary M. Cramer. Mary (daughter of Christian Cramer and Maria Catharina Werner) was born on 12 Mar 1821 in York County, Pennsylvania; died on 18 Nov 1904 in Huntington, Huntington County, Indiana; was buried in Star of Hope Cemetery, Huntington, Huntington County, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Clarence E. Cramer indicates they were farmers near Huntington, Indiana.

Important to find Marriage Record so it can be determined which children shown with the family on the 1860 census were born to her and Michael, and which MAY have been born to the (first wife? named?) Catherine Kocher shown on the 1850 census.

1. Mary Kocher was born about 1838; and died.
2. Sarah Kocher was born about 1840; and died.
3. David Kocher was born about 1845 in Ohio; and died.
4. John Albert Kocher was born in Jul 1848 in Seneca County, Ohio; died on 26 Aug 1920 in Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana; was buried in Lindenwood Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana.
5. Michael Kocher was born about 1850 in Indiana; and died.
6. Joel Kocher was born about 1852 in Indiana; and died.
7. Christian Kocher was born about 1854 in Indiana; and died.
8. Catherine Mary Kocher was born about 1859 in Huntington County, Indiana; and died.
9. Susannah "Susan" Kocher was born about 1862 in Huntington County, Indiana; died about 1935; was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Servia, Wabash County, Indiana.