Joseph (Racher) Rachar (1874)

Born 7 Sep 1874 in Burford, Brant, Ontario, Canada

Ancestors

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Biography

Joseph was the son of Asher Racher and Mary Broadley. ^[1]

The family was found in the 1891 Canada Census in Kincardine, Ontario in the household of the Fergusons. Achur or Asher or Achar was a Farm Labour Worker.^[2]The household was enumerated as follows:

• Ferguson, Thomas
• Ferguson, Elizabeth
• Ferguson, Andrew
• Rachar, Achar, M, 47, M, Ontario, Ireland, Ireland, Farm Labourer
• Rachar, Mary, F, 36, M, Ontario, Ireland, Ireland, Ch of Eng.
• Joseph, 16, S,
• Sarah, 14, D,
• John, 12, S,
• Margaret, 9, D,
• George, 7, S,
• Allice, 4, D,
• Charles,1, S,

Joseph married Mary Patterson, daughter of Robert Hamilton on 19 Oct 1903 in Alpena, Michigan.^[3]

Children:

1. Guy O. Rachar, b.1904^[4]Mother listed as Lizzie.

The family was found in the 1910 US Census in Wilson, Alpena, Michigan.^[5]The household was enumerated as follows:

• Joseph Rachar Head Male 37 Canada English
• Mary Rachar Wife Female 38 Canada English
• Guy Rachar Son Male 5 Michigan

Joseph was found in the 1920 United States Census in Rust, Montmorency, Michigan.^[6]The household was enumerated as follows:

• Joseph Rachar Head Male 46 Canada
• Guy Rachar Son Male 15 Michigan

Sources

1. ↑ "Ontario Births, 1869-1912," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNLV-K29 : 16 July 2017), Asher Racher in entry for Joseph Racher, 07 Sep 1874; citing Birth, Burford, Brant, Ontario, Canada, citing Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,845,042.
2. ↑ Library and Archives Canada 1891 for Ontario (https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1891&op=img&id=30953_148131-00030)
3. ↑ "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQQH-7ZG : 18 February 2021), Joseph Rachar and Mary Patterson, 19 Oct 1903; citing Marriage, Alpena, Alpena, Michigan, , Citing Secretary of State, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 4033033.
4. ↑ "Michigan, County Births, 1867-1917," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP3H-L586 : 19 July 2021), Joseph Rachar in entry for Guy Rachar, 16 Jul 1904; citing Birth, various county courts, Michigan.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLPC-38S : accessed 7 November 2019), Guy Rachar in household of Joseph Rachar, Wilson, Alpena, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 22, sheet 5A, family 87, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 635; FHL microfilm 1,374,648.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZQL-MWQ : accessed 7 November 2019), Joseph Rachar, Rust, Montmorency, Michigan, United States; citing ED 269, sheet 7A, line 9, family 140, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 787; FHL microfilm 1,820,787.