Brief Life History of Isaac Wilson
When Isaac Wilson Rush was born on 7 April 1870, in Madison Township, Clarion, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Isaac Wilson Rush, was 51 and his mother, Clarissa Matilda Hine, was 30. He married Ida Zelma Fitz Randolph on 11 October 1893, in New Athens, Madison Township, Clarion, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Pennsylvania, United States in 1870. He died on 30 November 1937, in East Brady, Clarion, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Rimersburg, Clarion, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Isaac W Rush, "United States Census, 1930"
- Isaac W Rush, "New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936"
- Isaac Wilson Rush, "Find a Grave Index"
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Name Meaning
English: from Middle English rishe, rush(e), rosh(e) ‘rush’ (Old English risc), either a topographic name for someone who lived in a rushy place, or a nickname probably denoting someone who wove mats, baskets, and other articles out of rushes.
English: nickname from Middle English rush ‘beehive’ (probably referring to skeps woven from rushes), perhaps denoting a bee-keeper.
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Ruis ‘descendant of Ros’, a personal name perhaps derived from ros ‘wood’. In Connacht it has also been used as a translation of Ó Luachra due to confusion with the Irish word luachair ‘rushes’ (see Loughrey ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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