Lydia A. Newswanger

  General Notes:

The 1900 Federal Census for Salisbury Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, District 106 records Lydia A. Newswanger (Feb 1890) living with her parents
John (Oct 1843) and Lydia A. (Dec 1857) Newswanger and siblings Maggie (May 1881), Reuben (Dec 1884), Aaron (Feb 1887), Isaac (May 1888), Hettie (Nov 1891), Henry K. (May 1893), Ada (Oct 1895), Jacob M. (Jan 1896), and John G. (Mar 1899). Also in the household is Lydia's widowed grand father, Eli Newswanger (March 1825).

Lydia married James Garfield Becher, son of John B. Becher and Mary Elizabeth Mimm, on 5 Feb 1910 in Lancaster Co., PA. (James Garfield Becher was born on 10 Jan 1881 in New Holland, Earl Township, Lancaster Co., PA and died after 27 Apr 1942 in East Lampeter Township, Lancaster Co., PA.)

  Marriage Notes:

The marriage license records Lydia's guardian as J. M. Good.