Isaac Wilson Rush

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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Family Time Line

Isaac Wilson Rush
1870–1937
Ida Zelma Fitz Randolph
1866–1948
Marriage: 11 October 1893
Clyde Legrand Rush
1895–1969
Hugh Wilson Rush
1897–1973
Maysie Marian Rush
1899–1978
Archibald Vin Russell Rush
1901–1965
Ila Blanche Rush
1903–1944
Olive Minerva Rush
1904–1997
Wilbur Theodore Rush
1907–1983

Sources (19)

  • 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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