Bush family

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Bush family
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Current region Texas
Place of origin New Sweden
New York
New England
Midwestern United States
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Estate(s) Walker's Point Estate (Kennebunkport, Maine)
Prairie Chapel Ranch (McLennan County, Texas)

The Bush family is an American political family that has played a prominent role in American politics since the 1950s, foremost as the first family of the United States from 1989-93 and again from 2001-09, during the respective presidencies of George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush. They also played prominent roles in areas of American news, sports, entertainment, and business. They were also the second family of the United States from 1981-1989, when George H. W. Bush was vice president. The Bush family is one of four families to have produced two presidents of the United States by the same surname; the others were the Adams, Roosevelt, and Harrison families.

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Best known for their involvement in politics, family members have held various national and state offices spanning across four generations, including that of U.S. senator (Prescott Bush); governor (Jeb Bush, and President George W. Bush); and President (George H. W. Bush, who had previously served as vice president, and George W. Bush). Other family members include a National Football League (NFL) executive (Joe Ellis) and two nationally known television personalities (Billy Bush and Jenna Bush Hager) and journalists (John Prescott Ellis).

The Bush family is of primarily English and German descent. The Bush family traces its European origin to the 17th century, with Samuel Bush being their first American-born ancestor, in 1647. [1] According to the Swedish Colonial Society, the Bush family also has Swedish ancestry, going back ten generations to a Swedish farmer named Måns Andersson who migrated from Gothenburg to New Sweden (Delaware). [2] [3]

Relatives

Ancestors

Barbara Bush, Jeb Bush, George H. W. Bush, Laura Bush, George W. Bush and Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Feller watch tee ball on the White House lawn. Five members of the Bush family (June 2001).jpg
Barbara Bush, Jeb Bush, George H. W. Bush, Laura Bush, George W. Bush and Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Feller watch tee ball on the White House lawn.

Patrilineal line

Other relatives

Connections to other prominent families

Former presidents George W. Bush and George H. W. Bush in Houston, Texas, 2009 US Navy 091025-N-1854W-228 The Commanding Officer of USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) Capt. Chip Miller, left, and Presidents George W. Bush, center, and George H.W. Bush.jpg
Former presidents George W. Bush and George H. W. Bush in Houston, Texas, 2009

George Herbert "Bert" Walker (1875–1953) was a wealthy American banker and businessman. His daughter Dorothy married Prescott Bush, making him the maternal grandfather of the 41st President George H. W. Bush and the great-grandfather of the 43rd President George W. Bush. He is also the namesake of the Walker Cup, a men's amateur golf trophy contested in odd-numbered years between a U.S. team and a combined Great Britain and Ireland side.

The influential Lowthorp family, with longstanding roots in American and British politics, military, clergy and business—and strong ties to institutions such as the Freemasons, is related to the Bush family through Samuel P. Bush and Rev. John Lathrop. [25]

Flora Sheldon, wife of Samuel P. Bush, was a distant descendant of the Livingston, Schuyler, and Beekman families, prominent New Netherland merchant and political patrician families.

Barack Obama is a 10th cousin once-removed of George W. Bush, through Samuel Hinkley of Cape Cod.

Family tree

President George W. Bush, Laura Bush, former First Lady Barbara Bush, and former President George H.W. Bush sit surrounded by family in the Red Room, Thursday, Jan. 6, 2005. Friends and family joined former President Bush and Mrs. Bush in celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary during a dinner held at the White House. Also pictured are, from left, Georgia Grace Koch, Margaret Bush, Walker Bush, Marvin Bush, Jenna Bush, Doro Koch, Barbara Bush, Robert P. Koch, Pierce M. Bush, Maria Bush, Neil Bush, Ashley Bush, Sam LeBlond, Robert Koch, Nancy Ellis LeBlond, John Ellis Bush, Jr., Florida Gov. John Ellis "Jeb" Bush, Mandi Bush, George P. Bush, and Columba Bush. President George W Bush And Family.png
President George W. Bush, Laura Bush, former First Lady Barbara Bush, and former President George H.W. Bush sit surrounded by family in the Red Room, Thursday, Jan. 6, 2005. Friends and family joined former President Bush and Mrs. Bush in celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary during a dinner held at the White House. Also pictured are, from left, Georgia Grace Koch, Margaret Bush, Walker Bush, Marvin Bush, Jenna Bush, Doro Koch, Barbara Bush, Robert P. Koch, Pierce M. Bush, Maria Bush, Neil Bush, Ashley Bush, Sam LeBlond, Robert Koch, Nancy Ellis LeBlond, John Ellis Bush, Jr., Florida Gov. John Ellis "Jeb" Bush, Mandi Bush, George P. Bush, and Columba Bush.

Sources: [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33]

Awards and honors

Sports

Politics/public service

Military

Family network

The following organizations are associated with[ vague ] the Bush family.[ citation needed ]

Businesses

Charities, colleges & nonprofit organizations

Political offices held

The Bush family are among four American families (Adams, Harrison, and Roosevelt being the others) to have had multiple members serve as U.S. President. Seal of the President of the United States.svg
The Bush family are among four American families (Adams, Harrison, and Roosevelt being the others) to have had multiple members serve as U.S. President.
George P. Bush represents the fourth generation of the Bush family to have held elected office after becoming Texas Land Commissioner in 2015. George P. Bush by Gage Skidmore.jpg
George P. Bush represents the fourth generation of the Bush family to have held elected office after becoming Texas Land Commissioner in 2015.

President

Vice President

U.S. Congress

Governor

Other

See also

References

  1. ↑ "President George W Bush Genealogy & Family History".
  2. ↑ "President Bush has Swedish ancestors". Hindustan Times. 2006-04-03. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
  3. ↑ "George W Bush har svenska rötter" [George W Bush has Swedish roots]. SVT (in Swedish). 2006-04-03. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
  4. ↑ CurrentObituary.com. "Prescott Sheldon Bush, Jr. - Obituary - Hingham, MA - PYNE KEOHANE FUNERAL HOME - CurrentObituary.com". www.currentobituary.com. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  5. ↑ "Beth Bush, 91; Community Activist, Widow of Prescott Bush II". Greenwich, CT Patch. 3 March 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  6. ↑ "Francesca Farr Is Bride Of Prescott S. Bush 3d". The New York Times. 28 June 1970. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  7. ↑ "May Bridal Set By Miss Bush, Philip Nadeau". The New York Times. 17 March 1974. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  8. ↑ "Philip Gerald Nadeau Marries Kelsey Bush". The New York Times. 26 May 1974. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  9. ↑ Cirilli, Kevin (20 June 2015). "Blunt Barbara Bush tells Jeb: You're not my favorite son". The Hill. Retrieved February 12, 2016.
  10. 1 2 "The Hartford Courant". Patricia Bush obituary. November 15, 2015. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
  11. ↑ Obituaries, Telegraph (13 March 2020). "Hugh Peskett, genealogist described as the 'Sherlock Holmes of the family tree' – obituary". The Telegraph.
  12. ↑ "Samuel Bush". geni_family_tree. 7 May 1647. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  13. ↑ "Richard Bush". geni_family_tree. 1695. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  14. ↑ "Captain Timothy Bush, Sr". geni_family_tree. June 1728. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  15. ↑ "Timothy Bush, Jr". geni_family_tree. April 1766. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  16. ↑ "Obadiah Newcomb Bush". geni_family_tree. 28 January 1797. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  17. ↑ "Rev. James Smith Bush". geni_family_tree. 15 June 1825. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  18. ↑ Page, Susan (2019). The matriarch: Barbara Bush and the making of an American dynasty (First ed.). New York: Twelve. ISBN   978-1-5387-1364-8. OCLC   1032584246.
  19. 1 2 Taraborrelli, J. Randy (2021). Grace & steel: Dorothy, Barbara, Laura, and the women of the Bush dynasty (First ed.). New York: St. Martin's Press. ISBN   978-1-250-24871-8.
  20. 1 2 Bartlett, J. Gardner (1911). Robert Coe, Puritan. Published for private circulation. ISBN   9780598765826.
  21. 1 2 3 4 Reitwiesner, William Addams. "Ancestry of George W. Bush" . Retrieved 11 Sep 2014.
  22. ↑ Lathrop, Lois (2016). Genealogical History of the Lathrop, Lo-Lathrop, and Allied Families of the United States: Embracing the Descendants of the First Lathrop Family in America (First ed.). North Charleston, SC: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN   978-1628450507.
  23. ↑ Kelly, Jacqueline. "The Untold Story of Mary Ayer Parker: Gossip and Confusion in 1692." Archived February 2, 2009, at the Wayback Machine Revised for presentation at the Berkshire Conference. June 2005.
  24. ↑ Robinson, Enders A. "Salem Witchcraft and Hawthorne's House of Seven Gables." pp. 251–5. Bowie, Md.: Heritage Books. 1992.
  25. ↑ Herskowitz, Mickey (2003), "Bush Family Tree", Duty, Honor, Country: The Life and Legacy of Prescott Bush, Thomas Nelson, p. 9, ISBN   9781401600099
  26. ↑ Herskowitz, Mickey (2003), "Bush Family Tree", Duty, Honor, Country: The Life and Legacy of Prescott Bush, Thomas Nelson, p. 9, ISBN   9781401600099
  27. ↑ Harrison, Bruce (2005), The Family Forest Descendants of Lady Joan Beaufort, Kamuela, Hawaii: Millisecond Publishing Company, Inc.[ permanent dead link ]
  28. ↑ Kelley, Kitty (2004), "Bush / Walker / Pierce / Robinson / Family Tree" (PDF), The Family: The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty, Random House, ISBN   9781407095691
  29. ↑ Philadelphia, Desa (August 7, 2000), Republican Convention: The Family Tree, Time, archived from the original on April 1, 2008
  30. ↑ Phillips, Kevin (2004), "The Bush–Walker Family Tree", American Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune, and the Politics of Deceit in the House of Bush, Penguin Books, ISBN   9780143034315
  31. ↑ Roberts, Gary Boyd; Otto, Julie Helen (1995), Ancestors of American presidents, New England Historic Genealogical Society / C. Boyer, 3rd, ISBN   9780936124193
  32. ↑ Rechcigl, Mila, Czech Roots of President Bush, Washington, D.C.: Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences, archived from the original on September 14, 2015, retrieved June 11, 2012
  33. ↑ Weisberg, Jacob (2008), "The Bush Family Tree", The Bush Tragedy, Random House, ISBN   9780812978353
  34. ↑ "U.S. Senate: 404 Error Page". www.senate.gov. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  35. ↑ Cika, Leon (6 July 2011). "Albanian town thanks George W. Bush with statue". Reuters. Retrieved 10 January 2019– via www.reuters.com.
  36. ↑ "Order of St John | the Gazette".
  37. ↑ "William H.T. Bush, Brother and Uncle of Presidents, Dies at 79". The New York Times . 2018-03-01. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
  38. ↑ Meacham, Jon (2015). Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush. Random House. pp. 92–93. ISBN   978-1-4000-6765-7.
  39. ↑ Swasy, Alecia; Triguax, Robert (September 20, 1998). "MAKE THE MONEY AND RUN". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
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