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A Pronouncement:
The Bushongs
in the 1930 Census
Are Charted
By Rick Bushong
Updated: June 2014
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In a genealogical charting project, completed in December, 2011, the entire Bushong Family as found in the 1930 U.S. Census, was charted state by state and Bushong by Bushong from the FamilySearch.org online database.[1] All the 1930 Census information was entered into a modern and easily searched and archived database, a GEDCOM. The results are published in The Bushong United Family Tree at RootsWeb.Ancestry.com in the Bushong United Family Tree.[2] Search the Tree Here
Each and every Bushong and Bushon's census record, as it appears at FamilySearch.org, has been copied faithfully into the notes of each individual, complete for the head of household and abbreviated for the rest of the family. The errors and misspellings were left to show how they were transcribed and indexed, and so they might be easily relocated.
Charting all the Bushong families in the census has irreversibly defined the Bushong Family tree. Before, there were genealogists who imagined uncountable hordes of Bushongs. Just using the census as an indicator, there were only 1,545 in 1930, at least who had their names spelled and transcribed correctly by the enumerator. At the time, it created a family tree with over 3,500 Bushong surnamed descendants, it has now grown to almost 4,900.
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Only Two Lines of Colonial Bushongs Then Only One
One determination that could be made from the results of the project was that it confirmed there were only two Colonial American Bushong lines.[3] Virtually all Bushongs charted back to two men, Hans John Bushong and Anthony Andrew Bushong. At the time, this assertion could only be made acknowledging that Johannes John Bushong, husband of Barbara Kreighbaum, was of unknown parentage. Johannes has a distinct family tree that was only later shown through census studies, to be the son of Philip Bushong Jr. and Margaret Smith, and great grandson of Hans Boschung, the immigrant.[4] Subsequently, when Bushong DNA evidence became available and was analyzed, the two lines were proven to be closely related. Since then, with Andreas Bushong of the 1754 ship, Recovery being proven a son of Johann Nicholas Bushong, they are shown to be one line.[5][6] Read DNA article, Read Andrew's Article
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The 1940 Census
When the 1940 U.S. Census was released and indexed, all Bushongs enumerated, who were born after the 1930 U.S. Census, were charted. This added over another 250 young Bushongs to the totals and in effect, charted the 1940. When the data from the two census records is considered along with a prior charting of the entire FindaGrave.com Bushong/Bushong data, it is indisputable that the Bushong Family is all but completely charted. There are always more, the Bushong line will never be completely charted, as it is a living tree, but certainly, most of them are.
Notes on Charting the 1930 Census in the Bushong United Family Tree
Every Bushong listed with exact spelling was charted with the exception of a few Bushong divorcee's and widows, with no children listed. But charted with others from before, there are 24 as of now, individuals, listed in the 1930 Census whose lineage has yet to be connected to their ancestors. They can be found by searching at RootsWeb for "ANCI Bushong". The abbreviation, ANCI has been added to individual's first names to indicate "Ancestor Interest" or additional research for ancestors of this individual is needed.
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