Brief Life History of Emma Rosette
When Emma Rosette Bush was born on 1 May 1864, in Pompey, Onondaga, New York, United States, her father, William Henry Bush, was 25 and her mother, Sarah Hiscock, was 24. She married Robert Barkdull Kellogg on 14 June 1887, in Ashland, Hanover, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Lansing, New Hope, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States in 1900 and Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States for about 30 years. She died on 21 February 1950, in Spokane, Spokane, Washington, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Oakhill Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States.
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- Rosa Bush in household of Wm H Bush, "United States Census, 1870"
- Rosy Bush, "Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940"
- Rose B. Kellogg, "Washington Deaths and Burials, 1810-1960"
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1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
1871
Historical Boundaries 1871: Spokane Falls, Stevens, Washington Territory, United States 1879: Spokane Falls, Spokane, Washington Territory, United States 1889: Spokane Falls, Spokane, Washington, United States 1891: Spokane, Washington, United States
1887 · The Bagley Memorial Fountain
The Bagley Memorial Fountain was erected in 1887 with funds from the estate of John Judson Bagley. Bagley's will ordered the construction of the drinking fountain which would provide the people of Detroit "water cold and pure as the coldest mountain stream." H.H. Richards was the architect for the Romanesque-style, pink granite, lionhead fountain. It is engraved with the words, "TESTAMENTARY GIFT FOR THE PEOPLE FROM JOHN JUDSON BAGLEY A.D. MDCCCLXXXVII".
Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived by a bushy area or thicket, from Middle English bush(e) ‘bush’ (probably from Old Norse buskr, or an unrecorded Old English busc).
Americanized form (translation into English) of German Busch .
Americanized form of Czech and Slovak Buš, Búš (see Bus ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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