Eleanor Isabella Busch

Brief Life History of Eleanor Isabella

When Eleanor Isabella Busch was born about 1890, in New Jersey, United States, her father, Carl Georg Von Busch, was 44 and her mother, Elizabeth Berrer, was 36. She had at least 3 sons and 6 daughters with John Carson McKelvey. She died on 12 August 1954, in Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Bayview-New York Bay Cemetery, Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Carson McKelvey
1888–1950
Eleanor Isabella Busch
about 1890–1954
Irma McKelvey
1913–
Jennie McKelvey
about 1914–
William Charles Carson McKelvey
1916–2006
John McKelvey
1919–
Eleanor McKelvey
1920–
Ruth McKelvey
1922–2015
Carol McKelvey
1925–
Ken McKelvey
1927–1979
Joan McKelvey
1930–2007

Sources (12)

  • Eleanor J McKelvey, "United States Census, 1950"
  • Busch, "New Jersey, Births, 1670-1980"
  • Eleanor Busch in entry for Kenneth McKelvey, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"

World Events (8)

about 1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

1894

Mary Philbrook was the first woman in New Jersey to become a lawyer. She had applied for admission to the New Jersey Bar in 1894, but was rejected because the New Jersey Court stated that women were not vested with any right to be attorneys. Mary lobbied with the Jersey City Woman's Club for an update to the law, which was passed in 1895 and allowed women to become lawyers. Mary Philbrook was the first woman to be admitted after the law change.

1907 · Not for profit elections

The first act prohibiting monetary contributions to political campaigns by major corporations.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Erwin, Bernd, Hans, Wolfgang, Klaus, Lorenz, Dieter, Erna, Ernst, Helmut, Meinrad.

German (also Büsch): topographic name for someone who lived by a thicket or wood, from Middle Low German, Middle High German busch ‘bush, copse’, or a habitational name from a place called with this word or Büsch.

Dutch: variant of Bosch .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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