When James Brush was born in December 1842, in Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States, his father, John Brush, was 56 and his mother, Phebe Golder, was 44. He married Margaret McGrath on 19 December 1877, in Kings, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States in 1900 and New York City, New York, United States in 1915. He died on 17 March 1916, in Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States, at the age of 73.
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English: metonymic occupational name for a brush maker, from Middle English brush ‘brush’ (Old French brosse ‘brushwood’).
Americanized form of German Brusch or Brüsch ‘heather, broom, brushwood’ (see Bruesch ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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