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Bucher, a Swiss Mennonite family name, has been found among both the German and North American Mennonites. In the early 18th century a Martin Boger was married to the daughter of immigrant Christian Bomberger of [[Lancaster County (Pennsylvania, USA)|Lancaster County]], [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]]. Among the Buchers who have served as ministers in the [[Lancaster Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Lancaster Conference]] are Jonas W. Bucher (1828-1904), minister of the [[Mummasburg (Pennsylvania, USA)|Mummasburg]] congregation from 1897; John B. Bucher, ordained in the [[Hammer Creek Mennonite Church (Lititz, Pennsylvania, USA) |Hammer Creek congregation]] in 1892; and Simon Bucher, bishop beginning in the year 1940.


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