Albertina Bush

Brief Life History of Albertina

Albertina Bush was born on 20 September 1825, in Town of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess, New York, United States as the daughter of Mary N. Bement. She married Louis Daniel Boisot on 27 April 1854. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Dubuque, Dubuque, Iowa, United States in 1870. She died on 27 February 1889, in Evanston, Cook, Illinois, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

Louis Daniel Boisot
1823–1900
Albertina Bush
1825–1889
Marriage: 27 April 1854
Caroline Mary Boisot
1855–1855
Louis Boisot
1856–1933
Emile Kellogg Boisot
1859–1941
Edward Bement Boisot
1861–
Mary Alice Boisot
1864–1942

Sources (5)

  • Albertine Boisot in household of Louis Boisot, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Albertina Bush Boisot, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Albertina Bush in entry for Edward B. Boisot, "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1994"

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World Events (8)

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.

1833

GNiS Detail - Dubuque, Dubuque, Iowa USGS Database describes Dubuque as Post Office. Post Offices Opened as Dubuque's Mines 05/27/1833. Name changed to Dubuque 01/24/1837.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

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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