Brief Life History of Dorothy
When Dorothy Bussey was born on 12 July 1826, in Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Jesse Bussey Jr, was 25 and her mother, Sidonia Crane John, was 27. She lived in Cass District, Monongalia, West Virginia, United States in 1900 and Perry Township, Greene, Pennsylvania, United States in 1910. In 1880, at the age of 54, her occupation is listed as weaving cloth . She died on 9 February 1912, in Greene, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Cedar Grove Cemetery, Mount Morris, Perry Township, Greene, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Sources (10)
- Dorothy Bussey, "United States Census, 1900"
- Legacy NFS Source: Dolly Bussey - birth:
- Dortha Bussey, "Pennsylvania Deaths and Burials, 1720-1999"
Parents and Siblings
1801–1865 Male
1799–1860 Female
Siblings (6)
1824–1895 Male
1826–1912 Female
1830–1887 Female
1832–1911 Female
1835–1923 Female
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World Events (8)
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Age 4
1830 · The Oregon Trail
Age 4
1863
Age 37
Name Meaning
English (Norfolk, of Norman origin): habitational name from any of several places in Normandy, France: Boucé in Orne, from which came Robert de Buci mentioned in Domesday Book, Bouce (Manche), or Bucy-le-Long (Aisne). All are named with a Latin personal name Buccius (presumably a derivative of bucca ‘mouth’) + the locative suffix -acum.
English: variant of Boosey .
Americanized form of German Busse .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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