Selina Olivia Bush

Brief Life History of Selina Olivia

When Selina Olivia Bush was born on 21 April 1821, in East Hampton, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States, her father, Henry Bush, was 27 and her mother, Lydia Strong, was 22. She died on 6 April 1842, in East Haddam, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 20.

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Family Time Line

Henry Bush
1794–1869
Lydia Strong
1798–1844
Charlotte Amelia Bush
1817–1886
Lucy Ann Bush
1819–1879
Selina Olivia Bush
1821–1842
Elizabeth Emmeline Bush
1822–1873
William Henry Bush
1824–1897
Charles A. Bush
1827–1902
Alfred Elliot Bush
1829–1878
Talman Clifford Bush
1831–1871
Philo Parsons Bush
1836–1905
Emma Antoinette Bush
1838–1863

Sources (4)

  • Selma Oliva Bush, "Connecticut, Deaths, 1640-1955"
  • Miss Salina O. Bush, "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934"
  • Selma Oliva Bush, "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934"

World Events (3)

1825 · The Crimes Act

The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

1829 · Farmington Canal Opened

Farmington Canal spans 2,476 acres, starting from New Haven, Connecticut, and on to Northampton, Massachusetts. The groundbreaking for the canal was in 1825 and opened in 1829.

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

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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