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The surname Bush is a topographical one, coming from the Old English busc or buskr, describing someone who lived by a bushy area or thicket. The German equivalent is Busch and Bushes in America may have German or even possibly Dutch roots.
England. An early record of the surname was Richard de la Busce in the Yorkshire pipe rolls of 1181. The Bush name did seem to have appeared in Yorkshire first. Later it spread west and south and west. The 19th century distribution of the name shows one cluster in the west country around Somerset and Gloucestershire and another in London and East Anglia.
Bushes in Bristol were recorded from around 1490. Paul Bush was the first Bishop of Bristol and his brother John purchased the Edington estate from church lands at the time of the dissolution of the monasteries. It seems that these Bushes had come originally from Wiltshire.
Reynold Bush was a yeoman farmer in Messing in north Essex who emigrated to America in the 1630's. A William Bush was born in the village of Pebmarsh nearby in 1764. A later Bush of this village, a farm laborer of the early 1800's, is believed to have been the ancestor of the singer Kate Bush. And Bushes from Wymondham and Attleborough in Norfolk date from the late 1600's.
America. An early Bush in America was of Dutch descent. Jan Bosch immigrated to what was then New Amsterdam from Holland in 1662. These Bushes were for many years farmers in upstate New York. It was Rufus T. Bush who made the first family fortune in the late 19th century from oil refining. His son Irving made a second fortune through the Bush terminal in Brooklyn and his real estate ventures in New York and London.
Early English Bushes to America were:
So the Bushes stayed East and went to Yale instead. Samuel Bush was a close advisor to President Hoover, Prescott Bush served as Governor of Connecticut, and both his son and grandson became American Presidents.
Many more German Busches came to America than did English Bushes. Some like Adulphus Busch, the founder of Budweiser beer, kept the Busch spelling. Others anglicized their name to Bush.
Thus Conradt Busch who arrived from Germany in 1775 and fought in the Revolutionary War became Conrad Bush afterwards. Mathias and his family came to America in 1852 as Busches. By the time of the 1860 census for Dane county, Wisconsin, they were Bushes. The Jewish Isidor Busch/Bush left Vienna for New York after the failure of the 1848 Revolution. For a short while he published the first Jewish weekly newspaper in America before moving to St. Louis where he developed an interest in vineyards.
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Irving T. Bush was the real estate developer of the Bush terminal in Brookyn, the Bush Tower skyscraper in New York, and Bush House in London.
George H.W. Bush was the 41st President of the United States.
George W. Bush was the 43rd President of the United States.
Kate Bush has been a highly popular English singer/songwriter.
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The surname Bush is a topographical one, coming from the Old English busc or buskr, describing someone who lived by a bushy area or thicket. The German equivalent is Busch and Bushes in America may have German or even possibly Dutch roots.
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- Bush/Bushe. Bushes in the west country.
- Bush Family Asssociation. Bush family association in the US.
- The Bush Family. The American Bush family.
- Bush DNA Results. Bush DNA.
England. An early record of the surname was Richard de la Busce in the Yorkshire pipe rolls of 1181. The Bush name did seem to have appeared in Yorkshire first. Later it spread west and south and west. The 19th century distribution of the name shows one cluster in the west country around Somerset and Gloucestershire and another in London and East Anglia.
Bushes in Bristol were recorded from around 1490. Paul Bush was the first Bishop of Bristol and his brother John purchased the Edington estate from church lands at the time of the dissolution of the monasteries. It seems that these Bushes had come originally from Wiltshire.
Reynold Bush was a yeoman farmer in Messing in north Essex who emigrated to America in the 1630's. A William Bush was born in the village of Pebmarsh nearby in 1764. A later Bush of this village, a farm laborer of the early 1800's, is believed to have been the ancestor of the singer Kate Bush. And Bushes from Wymondham and Attleborough in Norfolk date from the late 1600's.
America. An early Bush in America was of Dutch descent. Jan Bosch immigrated to what was then New Amsterdam from Holland in 1662. These Bushes were for many years farmers in upstate New York. It was Rufus T. Bush who made the first family fortune in the late 19th century from oil refining. His son Irving made a second fortune through the Bush terminal in Brooklyn and his real estate ventures in New York and London.
Early English Bushes to America were:
- Reynold Bush who arrived in Massachusetts in the 1630's from Messing in Essex. Samuel Bush of Westfield, Massachusetts was his grandson.
- and William Bush who came to Maryland in 1671 and Richard Bush to
Virginia around the same time, from possibly related families.
"Obadiah left his home during the War
of 1812, became a schoolmaster, then caught gold fever and left for
California during the Gold Rush of 1849. Two years later he tried
to return home to reclaim his family and take them west. He
died in the attempt and was buried at sea, leaving his wife and seven
children alone in Rochester, New York."
So the Bushes stayed East and went to Yale instead. Samuel Bush was a close advisor to President Hoover, Prescott Bush served as Governor of Connecticut, and both his son and grandson became American Presidents.
Many more German Busches came to America than did English Bushes. Some like Adulphus Busch, the founder of Budweiser beer, kept the Busch spelling. Others anglicized their name to Bush.
Thus Conradt Busch who arrived from Germany in 1775 and fought in the Revolutionary War became Conrad Bush afterwards. Mathias and his family came to America in 1852 as Busches. By the time of the 1860 census for Dane county, Wisconsin, they were Bushes. The Jewish Isidor Busch/Bush left Vienna for New York after the failure of the 1848 Revolution. For a short while he published the first Jewish weekly newspaper in America before moving to St. Louis where he developed an interest in vineyards.
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Irving T. Bush was the real estate developer of the Bush terminal in Brookyn, the Bush Tower skyscraper in New York, and Bush House in London.
George H.W. Bush was the 41st President of the United States.
George W. Bush was the 43rd President of the United States.
Kate Bush has been a highly popular English singer/songwriter.
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