I am seeking information on the David and Lydia Hamsher family of Upper Macungie Twp., Lehigh Co., PA. David was born about 1817 in Pennsylvania (son of Samuel Hamsher, b. about 1790) and was a shoemaker. He's found first on the 1850 Long Swamp Twp., Berks Co., PA Census. By 1860 they had moved to Upper Macungie Twp., Lehigh Co., PA. Between the 1870 and 1880 Censuses, David had died, leaving Lydia a widow. Living with her were her 30 year old son William and a grandson, Freddie Wolfe, aged 11 years.

David and Lydia Hamsher had the following children:

Catharine (married William Davis)
Mary [was working as a servant in the Levi and Anna Kramliche (?) household in 1860]
Alfred
Benjamin
Hannah
William
David
Alice

If anyone has any information on this family, I would be very grateful.

Deborah Hainley Bonnar
London, England