Brief Life History of John
When John Busby was born in 1857, in Illinois, United States, his father, Thomas Busby, was 29 and his mother, Mary Knight, was 20. He married Gertrude Lewis on 5 December 1888, in Arcadia, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Arcadia, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States for about 70 years. He died in 1930, in Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Arcadia Cemetery, Arcadia, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States.
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- John Busby in household of Thomas Busby, "United States Census, 1860"
- John Busby, "Wisconsin, County Marriages, 1836-1911"
- John Busby in household of Thomas Busby, "United States Census, 1870"
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World Events (8)
1858 · A House Divided
Abraham Lincoln's goal was to be different than the previous Senators of Illinois and voice his opinion in how he saw the State and the United States start to drift apart in the different ideology on what was right and what was wrong. Even though it would become an unsuccessful campaign strategy to win the senate seat, to this day it is one of the most famous speeches of US politics.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1877 · The First Workers Strike
The country was in great economic distress in mid-1877, which caused many workers of the Railroad to come together and began the first national strike in the United States. Crowds gathered in Chicago in extreme number to be a part of the strike which was later named the Great Railroad Strike. Shortly after the strike began, the battle was fought between the authorities and many of the strikers. The conflict escalated to violence and quickly each side turned bloody.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Busby in North Yorkshire, recorded in Domesday Book as Buschebi, from Old Norse buskr ‘bush, shrub’ or an Old Norse personal name Buski + bȳ ‘homestead, village’. Alternatively, a habitational name from Bushby in Leicestershire.
Scottish: habitational name from the lands of Busby in Carmunnock (Renfrewshire).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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