Robert Warner Bush

Brief Life History of Robert Warner

When Robert Warner Bush was born on 8 September 1788, in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, his father, Jonathan Bush, was 42 and his mother, Esther Warner, was 35. He married Minerva Chapin on 9 January 1826, in Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 6 daughters. He died on 2 November 1851, in Galesburg, Knox, Illinois, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Galesburg, Knox, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

Robert Warner Bush
1788–1851
Minerva Chapin
1799–1872
Marriage: 9 January 1826
Mary Jane Bush
1827–1891
William Shaler Bush
1828–1896
Julia Minerva Bush
1831–1835
Emily Brown Bush
1834–1906
Julia Elizabeth Bush
1836–1871
Caroline Elizabeth Bush
1838–1838
Ellen Cornelia Bush
1842–1899

Sources (9)

  • Robert Bush, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Robert Bush, "New York, Marriages, 1686-1980"
  • Robert Warner Bush, "Find A Grave Index"

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World Events (8)

1789

George Washington elected first president of United States.

1802 · Brass is Discovered

"In 1802, brass was identified in Waterbury, Connecticut. This gave the city the nickname ""The Brass City."" Brass dominated the city and helped to create the city. The motto of the city is Quid Aere Perennius, which means What is more lasting than brass? in Latin."

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

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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