Guild of One-Name Studies
One-name studies, Genealogy
Study: Bush
Category: 2 - A study where research using core genealogical datasets and transcriptions is well under way, but currently in some countries only.
Contact: Mr Leslie Bush
The study is still quite young, having been started in April 2008. The impetus to embark on the study arose when the proverbial 'brick wall' was reached in finding the birth details of my GGGGrandfather, James Bush, a Pipe Maker, born 1785 in Bristol, died 1865 in Carmarthen. A visit to Carmarthen in June 2012 failed to yield any additional information. Likely parents of James are Charles Bush and Ann Green, married 15.12.1777 in Bristol.
The data collected so far - though substantial in itself - is probably of limited assistance to Bush researchers outside the U.K. at the moment. Nevertheless I will of course respond to any and every enquiry about the data collected to date. See the Data section below.
Other surnames of interest: Williams (Anglesey), Craigen (Aberdeen) & Ewing (Tradeston)
Perhaps the most notable figure in England was Paul Bush, created Bishop of Bristol in 1542, only to resign the Bishopric in 1554. He had married when it was allowed by King Edward VI - but when it was subsequently forbidden, his position as Bishop became untenable. He died in 1558.
Percy Frank Bush was Captain of Wales and Cardiff Rugby Club at the turn of the 19th century, while one of his brothers, Reginald Edgar James Bush was a noted painter and etcher of his time. These two are both first cousins (twice removed) in my own Bush genealogy.
More recently, the broader Bush family has provided two Presidents of the United States of America.
Transcriptions of BMDs, Census Returns & Other Records: These are my own transcriptions from the images available at Ancestry and FindMyPast - NOT copies of the transcriptions made by those providers. In literally hundreds of cases, corrections have been made to the online transcriptions, leading to a more-complete & accurate coverage. It is always possible, of course, that I have introduced a few inaccuracies myself ....!
England and Wales:
Births, Marriages & Deaths Index 1837 to 2007 complete ... 78,705 records (n.b. The 2006/7 marriages have not been released by GRO)
Wales Census 1841 to 1911 complete
England Census 1841 complete ... 4709 records
England Census 1851 complete ... 4219 records
England Census 1861 complete ... 4918 records
England Census 1871 complete ... 5377 records
England Census 1881 complete ... 7128 records
England & Wales Census 1891 complete ... 7710 records
England & Wales Census 1901 complete ... 8868 records
England & Wales Census 1911 complete ... 9824 records (includes Channel Islands & Isle of Man 1911)
Channel Islands Census 1841-1901 Complete
Isle of Man 1861-1911 Complete ... 9 records
Scottish OPR & Statutory Births Index 1553-2005 complete ... 470 records
Scottish Birth, Marriage & Death Index 1855-2006 complete ... 1033 records
Scottish Census 1841-1911 complete ... 546 records (1901 and 1911, index only)
Scottish Catholic Registers (index to all events) complete
Commonwealth War Dead (WW1 & WWII) ... 380 records
Passenger lists from UK 1896 - 1960 Index .. 3861 records
Parish Record Transcriptions 1535-2005 (work in progress) - Baptisms .... 2312 - Marriages ... 1205 - Burials ....... 6467
Index to the National Probate Calendar, 1861 to 1941 for England and Wales ... 1463 records
http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/g/a/gah4/BushDNA/B1.html