The Bush family lineage has been a challenge. There is not much information available. When I first started Genealogy, I knew Jennie Bush’s birth date and that she was born in Chicago, Illinois. I did the usual searches and found a Jennie Bush born in the right year in Chicago to Henry and Elen Bush. Eureka! Yeah, no. Remember my mantra… “Things are not always as they seem and seldom what you expect. The truth can be greater than imagined.”
There are MANY by the surname of Bush in Chicago, as well as the spellings of Busch, Busche, Bos, Boss, Bas, Boosh… you get the idea. Factor that our Ancestor was an immigrant from the Netherlands and had an accent, I’m sure there are many different variations of spellings based on whatever the transcriber heard.
My tiny breakthrough came when I noticed in Jennie Apsey‘s obituary (1 of 3) that she had a sister at the time of her death by the name of Anna Kramer, living in Chicago. Then I noticed the father’s name given on Jennie’s death certificate was Herman Bos, not Henry. No search results came for Herman Bos, but I wondered if there was one for Herman Bush. That brought the 1880 Michigan Census with Herman Bush and his daughters, Jennie, Annie, Minnie, and Rosa.
*Update… I made contact with Anna’s Great Granddaughter, Judy Majdanski. She has been researching her family history for years and has graciously provided much valuable information about the Bush Lineage.
We are fortunate to have any birth or death records of Ancestors prior to 1877, as it was not required to report either before that. More about Illinois records pre-1916.
Hermannus Bos ~ Herman Bush
b. November 2, 1837 · Uithuizen, Groningen, Netherlands
d. June 3, 1909 · Grand Rapids, Michigan
married November 21, 1863 · Uithuizen, Groningen, Netherlands
Lina (Engelina) Werkman/Workman
b. September 27, 1840 · Uithuizen, Groningen, Netherlands
d. Chicago, Illinois
Baby Boy Bos
b. March 8, 1864 · Uithuizen Groningen Netherlands
d. March 8, 1864 · Uithuizen Groningen Netherlands
Frouke Bos
b. March 23, 1865 · Uithuizen Groningen Netherlands
d. July 4, 1865 · Uithuizen Groningen Netherlands
Elizabeth Bos
b. September 1866 · Illinois
d. August 14, 1924 · Chicago, Illinois
married April 7, 1884 · Illinois
Geert/George Wiersema
b. February 11, 1860 · Wittewierum, Ten Boer, Groningen, Netherlands
d. April 25, 1928 · Chicago, Illinois
Jennie Bush
b. December 2, 1867 · Chicago, Illinois
d. April 24, 1930 · Michigan
John Elisha Apsey Sr Lineage
Anna Bush
b. 1870 · Chicago, Illinois
d. after 1940
married September 19, 1889 · Cook County, Illinois
Epe (Epa) Kremer (Kramer)
b. 1864 · Netherlands
d. before 1920
Oda Kramer
b. April 6, 1890 · Chicago, Illinois
d. October 7, 1959 · Chicago, Illinois
married June 11, 1910 · Chicago, Illinois
Harry Muntz Hires
b. 1890
d.
Hellen Hires
b. March 31, 1913
d. May 8, 1915 · Dallas, Texas
Dorothy Jane Hires
b. Augus 11, 1916 · Dallas, Texas
d. April 6, 1997 · Morton Grove, Illinois
married May 19, 1937 · Lake County, Indiana
Charles Majdanski
b. January 20, 1916 · Chicago, Illinois
d. February 1, 1999 · Morton Grove, Illinois
Judy Majdanski
b. September 25, 1942
d.
Epa Kramer Jr
b. October 3, 1891 · Chicago, Illinois
d. Not in the 1900 census · shows mother had 5 births/4 living
Leona Kramer
b. November 12, 1892 · Chicago, Illinois
d. September 1, 1946 · Oak Park, Illinois · age 54 · date of birth on death record given as November 3, 1892
Francis Kramer
b. September 17, 1894 · Chicago, Illinois
d.
married
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b.
d.
Elizabeth Kramer
b. September 22, 1897 · Chicago, Illinois
d. September 11. 1932 · Chicago, Illinois
married
Frank Mcinerney
b.
d.
Minnie H Bush
b. 1871
d. 1891 · age 21
married December 24, 1888 · Cook County, Illinois
Evert S Baker
b. September 28, 1859 · Tenpost, Holland
d. November 23, 1922 · Cook County, Illinois
Rosa (Rose A ?) Bush
b. ca 1875
d.
married
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b.
d.
1880 Census · Bush
Lived on Strong St · Muskegon, Michigan
Herman · age 40 · married
Jennie · age 12 · keeping home
Annie · age 11 · student
Minnie · age 9
Rosa · age 5
1900 Census · Kramer
Chicago
Edward Kromer · age 35 · immigrated 1872
Annie · age 30
Oda · age 10
Lena · age 8
Frances · age 5
Lizzie · age 4
1910 Census · Kramer
Lived on Grenshaw St · Chicago, Illinois
Edward Kramer · age 46 · immigration 1874
Anna · age 40
Oda · age 20
Lena · age 17
Francis · age 15
Lizzie · age 13
1920 Census · Kramer
Lived on North Harding Ave · Chicago, Illinois
Anna Kramer · age 50 · discrepancy whether married or widowed
Lena Kramer · age 26
Elizabeth Kramer · age 23
Oda Hires · age 29
Dorothy Hires · age 3 (3 4/12)
1930 Census · Kramer
Lived on North Menard Ave · Chicago, Illinois
Anna Kramer · age 60 · widowed
Leona Kramer · age 35
Oda Hires · age 39
Dorothy J Hires · age 13
1940 Census · Kramer
Lived on North Menard Ave · Chicago, Illinois
Oda Hires · age 49
Anna Kramer · age 70
Leona Kramer · age 48