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The Bushong United Family Tree
Is Back!
 A tip of the hat and a big thanks to Ancestry.com, and their crew, for their efforts, at restoring RootsWeb! Because the Bushong United Family Tree is back on line! The tree has been unavailable since February 24th, when the RootsWeb and World Connect sites suffered a serious hardware failure. It took over three weeks, to get this portion of the massive website fully functioning. As they began restoring the various parts of the site, the Bushong United database could be seen, only their "search" was not functioning properly and that has been corrected.
If any area of the tree is not functioning properly, RootsWeb has put up access to an easy form, for reporting glitches in the software, here. Of course, any changes or additions to the tree should be sent to Bushong United.
Rick
March 19, 2016
The Colonial Bushong DNA
matches
Ashkenazi Levite
There has been a report from FTDNA where some Bushong DNA testing has been done, that the Colonial Bushong DNA samples match what is called the Ashkenazi-Levite. The R1a1a mutation that defines the Colonial Bushong haplogroup, occurred around 18,500 years ago, however the Ashkenazi-Levite mutation is dated to just 1,000 to 1,300 years back. The Levite DNA Website, here, proclaims it "is devoted to the R1a1a Ashkenazi Levite Y-DNA subclade", and it has a lot of detailed information on the subject. This portion of a recent article of theirs below, has an interesting summary to the various theories. Read the full article here.
Origins of R1a1a Ashkenazi Levites
The R1a1 haplogroup is very common throughout Europe and Western Asia. For this reason, and because the R1a1 haplogroup is found among R1a1a Ashkenazi Levites but is not commonly found in other Jewish populations and because the R1a1a Ashkenazi Levite progenitor was believed to have lived about 1,000 years ago, researchers have theorized that the progenitor may have been a Jewish convert from Khazaria or Adiabene. Other researchers, believing it unlikely that a convert to Judaism could have assumed Levite status, have suggested that R1a1a Ashkenazi Levites could be descended from: - Nethinim of Iranian origin who returned to Jerusalem after the Babylonian Exile or
- a member of a Levite tribe in Arabia who came to Spain with the Moors.
A more recent analysis of STR data, posted here and summarized here, indicates that the ancestor of R1a1a Ashkenazi Levites was likely Jewish going back to the founding of Judaism, in Abrahamic times.
However this summary alone, mentions five different theories. So it must be recognized that DNA Science is still new and with analysis at this level, there will inevitably be differing interpretations. For those interested, read the studies and draw your own conclusions.
Rick
Revised and reposted: March 13, 2016
The Correct Pronunciation
How Do You Say Hans Boschung?
Hans Boschung
It's true, within the family, the surname Bushong, has a few subtle but different pronunciations. We can hear what is probably very close to the Boschung immigrant's original pronunciation, by clicking here: Hear Boschung pronounced with a German accent. But what about the first names? What about Hans? When I read or pronounce it, it always sounds like "Hanz", with a "z" sound on the end.
But when it was noticed that both Nicholas and Hans used ‘ß’, called an "eszett" (in German), or "sharp S", for the "ending s" when writing their first names, it became clear that "Hanz" was the wrong pronunciation. An ‘ß’, when spoken, is pronounced "ess", or like the letter "s", which is the ending his name should have, Han‘ß’ - ending in an "s" sound.
It's also interesting, the church transcriptions for Hans Boschung (III) and Anna Maria Boschung's children, Anna Elisabeth and Hannss Geoerg, both have Hans' name ending with a double "ss", this obviously indicates an ‘ß’, which was used in the original spelling but in the translation "ss" was used instead, since the ‘ß’ key is not on western typewriters and keyboards. Nevertheless, it reinforces the fact that Hans Boschung the 1731 immigrant and his father, Hans, who immigrated in 1719 or before, pronounced his name Hanss.
That said, I'm not sure if it's possible to change, but at least it's nice to know when it's being pronounced incorrectly.
Rick
March 11 2015
Vetting Eva Boschung
of Schmalenberg, Germany
A New Sister for Nicholas and Hans?
I was restudying one of the PDF files of Dietmar Meyer's book with the Waldfischbach, area Germany Church records and I spotted (in two places) another sibling for Hans and Nicholas Boschung. It was on Easter, April 9, 1719, that thirteen year old Eva Buscheng was Confirmed there, in the Reformed Church. With Nicholas' brother, Andreas discussed here, also being listed, that's two siblings for Nicholas and his likely brother, Hans (IV), that have been documented from Herr Meyer's book.
But is she really Nicholas' sister? It's possible she's a cousin of Nicholas'. The Bushong United Tree, has a few Boschungs in the Trippschadt area, a few miles away from the Waldfischbach area, and Schmalenberg. But with so many Boschung, related to Nicholas already in Waldfischbach, with the same misspelling "Buscheng", by the scribe, it seems logical she was thought of in in the same family. This was in Nicholas' church with his stated brother, Andreas. It is a fact, that a lot of family lived in the Schmalenberg area. So it seems likely Eva's parents are Hans John Boschung-Bushong (III) and his wife, Anna Maria. Then Eva is Nicholas' and likely Hans John's (IV), sister. That said, the range of years for Hans John's (III) children is at least from 1682 to 1706, or 24 years of childbearing, which, though not unheard of, suggests possibly, Hans John (III) had a second wife.
Interestingly, if this is true, this changes and refines, what is known about the siblings' parents. It was theorized that Hans John Bushong (III) and family voyaged to Pennsylvania before 1719, when John is noted on a 1719 property tax list. (See Mr Rupp's List, page 438, here.) But this would mean he sailed to America after April 9, 1719, when Eva was Confirmed. It would mean 13 year old Eva most likely came with him. Then, please recall our own Anthony Andrew Bushong, was confirmed, in Waldfischbach, in 1731, a few months before he sailed to America, too. Nevertheless, we can only wonder, if Eva survived the voyage, and reached adulthood in America. Possibly she married and had a family but her maiden name was lost? However, it seems a tall task to find her using just Eva and no maiden name.
Yet, taking Eva into account, this means the family might have split up in 1719, with her father and only some of the family, leaving Germany. They would have sailed to America, and acquired land, all in 1719. Did he secure some kind of land grant in advance or just have ample money to buy his land immediately? At this point, it can only be speculated. But it appears this might be the case, that he left Germany in 1719 and once in America, was a landowner within the year.
Here's some of what we know about Hans John Bushong (III) and his family
(See full article for sources)
Hans John Boschung, (III). was born in Oberwil, i.S., Bern, Switzerland, around 1662 and for a time lived in Minfeld, Bayern, Germany, In 1699, he received permission to move to Stelzenberg, Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, which is only 7 miles, (11.3 km), away from Schmalenberg. Hans John Bushong immigrated to Pennsylvania before 1719, and died before 1733 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He married Anna Maria Boschung, who was born around 1662 and died before 1733 probably in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
Children of Hans John Boschung and Anna Maria Boschung
- Anna Elisabeth Boschung was born on Feb. 2, 1682 in Minfeld, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany and died unknown.
- Hans Geoerg Boschung was born on July 19, 1684 in Minfeld, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany and died unknown.
- Johann Nicholas Bushong was born about 1691 in <Minfeld, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany> and died about 1733 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
- Hans John *vetting Bushong, (IV). was born in 1692 in <Minfeld, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany> and died on Jul. 18, 1749 in East Lampeter Twp., Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
- Andreas Boschung born, date unknown, in <Minfeld, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany>, date unknown.
- Eva Boschung *vetting, was born in 1706, in Schmalenberg, Südwestpfalz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Care to learn more about Hans John Boschung the father of Nicholas, Hans, and Eva? Read Here
These PDF files of Dietmar Meyer's book have now been made available in The Bushong United Digital Reference Library, for all to read and study. They were provided by Chris Bushong, who after Herr Meyer, was contacted, tracked down copies of the actual books in the LDS Library, and he deserves the thanks and a tip of the hat!
Rick
March 9 2016
RootsWeb is Recovering
Mailing Lists Are Up
Bushong United Tree is Still Down
A tip of the hat to the Ancestry.com programmers and technicians, who look like have gotten some of the RootsWeb website restored. It seems that Ancestry.com is going to be able to recover some of the Mailing list portion, of RootsWeb. I was able to get through to the Bushong List, here. I also checked and the Boschong[sic} List also appears up.
The main RootsWeb page still has the same message, that they plan on being up by March 15th, so expect more down-time, and I wouldn't try to post anything for a few more days, because I doubt they'll allow any new in-coming data.
Also the World Connect portion of RootsWeb - the family trees, appears to be functioning, only there's no data loaded yet. So it will be a few more days at least until the Bushong United Family Tree is back up.
Rick
March 4, 2016
The Bushong Digital Library
Has a New Place and a New Book
A Collection of Upwards of Thirty Thousand Names....
I'm happy to be able to add a new book to the Bushong United Digital Reference Library.
A book cited multiple times in the Bushong Genealogy.
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The complete: A Collection of Upwards of Thirty Thousand Names of German, Swiss, Dutch, French and Other Immigrants in Pennsylvania
By I. Daniel Rupp, 2nd Edition, with translations, published 1927.
 This book by Daniel Rupp, is the ultimate reference for American genealogy, and it thoroughly documents the Colonial American immigration with period ship's passenger manifests, Immigrant Loyalty Oaths, and other original lists. In this wonderful book, all the old manuscripts, from the Pennsylvania Archives, were all expertly translated from German and old German old script by Mr. Rupp.
it will open in a new browser tab and can be read or saved to your computer. The PDF file is 23.5 megs and depending on your download speed will take a moment to open.
However, with the acquisition of Mr Rupp's book came the realization that, his book would just get lost in the website columns, along with the other books and PDF files. So now there's a new web page for them, available from the Articles button above or here...
These downloadable genealogy books have proven to be wildly popular, getting thousands of hits and downloads per month. For example, this January, a book from the Hans John Bushong side titled, the Descendants of John Clark of New Haven, Connecticut had over 10,000 visits (hits) and was downloaded close to 600 times!
So enjoy reading Daniel Rupp's book and the other books, here, on the Bushong United servers, or save them to your computer and have instant access any time.
Update March 4, 2016: It looks like Mr. Rupp's book is going to be a popular book, too. In the first three days it's been on the Bushong United servers, it has been seen more than 300 times - over 100 visitors a day!
Rick
March 1, 2016
Hans Boschung and the Factions
Is He Jean or Josep or Hans?
A new Interpretation
When I began studying Bushong genealogy, thirty-six years ago, I believed that, in the search, we were all looking for the same truth. This was reinforced four years later when the Bushong Bulletin began. Everyone of the original subscribers cooperated and exchanged all they knew about our unique Bushong surname and family. When a fact or a reliable source was found, we all accepted it. And if it differed with what we had, well then, so much the better, in order to get things right. What I didn't realize then, was that genealogy is not a science, where facts are absolute, it is history. And as such, that history being uncovered, was open to interpretation. Occasionally, there were differing interpretations, yet they were soon resolved. But unresolved theories and interpretations often give rise to factions and their accompanying factious discourse. In genealogy, the resulting confusion from factions, can sometimes end up clouding the very history it claims to represent.
Factions
Did you know there were factions in the Bushong Genealogy? With a name as unique as Bushong, you'd think everyone could get on the same page. But I suggest there's been factions in Bushong genealogy, probably as far back as its written records go. Just look at how many genealogists still believe they're descended from Jean Beauchamp/Bushong and Barbara Foltz de Hageneau. That out-of-favor interpretation, began in 1928, with this letter, here or read the full article, here. From that very letter, Mary Feller Wickes interpreted her genealogy to be connected to Jean Buchain and Barbara Foltz. And on the strength of her beliefs, as well as her personality, she convinced a lot of people she was right. To this day, there are factions that believe this is true. But if, rather than just accepting Mrs. Wickes' interpretation, they had looked at and analyzed her source, comparing Jean Buchain with our Hans, they probably could have avoided this almost 90 year old mistake. After all, they could have seen there were differences between the 1928 letter and the name and children listed in Daniel Rupp's book, (discussed below). Later, when there was additional proof that indicated they should change their tree, in the spirit of Mary Wickes, they couldn't or wouldn't change. In the end, it has only encumbered those who believed her, and their descendants. with years and years of faulty genealogy and an incomplete history.
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Then I suppose, there would be this faction here. Consisting of those who methodically seek out and analyze new sources, and keep up with the new advances in Bushong genealogy. Like the advances, discussed here on the Bushong United Website and in the Bushong United Family Tree. Because here, at Bushong United, there's access to thousands and thousands of records and sources in the largest Bushong database and Bushong Family Chart in the world. This faction recognizes it's only through facts, from quality sources, and detailed analysis, that we can reach our goal, which is...
The accurate historical interpretation of our family's history
and the genealogy it deserves.
Just judging from communications and visitors to the website, this faction, falls well inside the mainstream.
However, over the years, a different faction of Bushong genealogy has risen, making many interpretations, considered outside the mainstream. They're the ones that believed Bosang was a Bushong, and from Daniel Rupp's Thirty Thousand Names book, declared gobs, of new surnames were part of the tree. Names like Dischong, Peroning, Bussung/Hussung, Bischon, Bausum, Bison, Peronz, Biesang, Bisbing, Beissel, Bischoff, Drachel, and Noschang. Some wild stuff that caused a lot of confusion and accomplished nothing in the advance Bushong genealogy. Regardless, there's never been any evidence to suggest those different surnames had anything to do with Bushong. But that's not what they believe. However, since there's always so little proof, this faction is more personality-driven, and less concerned with credible sources and analysis.
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Perhaps not surprisingly, from this group has come a new conclusion about one fact, a name - Hans. This is a name long established, yet they believe it is something different than the common understanding. For the bulk of Bushong genealogists, it's Hans Bushong, (1692-1749) the immigrant, who of course, later anglicized his name to John. However, don't forget the faction calling him Jean. Regardless, most examined the evidence and interpreted his name as Hans. Yet now, this particular faction has re-interpreted the spelling in Hans' signature to be J-o-s-e-p. Though some differ between Josep or Josef or Josepi. At least that's what they believe. Also that the hundreds and hundreds of ancestors, genealogists, and scholars, for the last 140 years were wrong! But they concluded this apparently without consulting any guides to old German Script? That and citing an unnamed "expert" who translated Bossing from Boschung?
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A Careful and Accurate Analysis
So, using charts of old German script and original sources, let's analyze the signatures. Then we can see if this interpretation, that Hans was really Josep has any credibility. Starting with the chart above of German writing styles, it has four different scripts, and then some variant examples...
- Modern - like it sounds
- Fracture - often described as Gothic
- Sutterlin - was adopted in the 1920s from the modified older Kurrent
- Kurrent - what Hans Bushong and Johann Nicholas used.
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Photocopies of the Colonial Boschung signatures that we know of.
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The image on the right, contains photocopies of the currently known signatures of Hans Boschung and Johann Nicholas Boschung. All written in Kurrent script, on top is, Johann Nicholas Boschung, from Loyalty Oath. Next two are Hans Boschung, from either the Loyalty Oath, or ships manifest, and the other, is not certain. Looking at the three signatures, it's easy to see that Nicholas and Hans, wrote in the same style. Specifically, look at the last names, that are written almost identically between the two Bushongs. Also, notice that the spelling of the surname, is clearly Boschung, per the chart. Then note the matching "ending S", with its extra flourish, in both names. This letter ‘ß’, known as an "eszett" in German or "sharp S". When spoken, it is pronounced "ess" or like the letter "s". Since the ‘ß’ in Hans' name is identical to the ‘ß’ that ends Nicholas' name, it's hardly a convincing interpretation that it was the "p" in Josep. Now turning to the first letter, said to be a "J". First of all, Hans likely would have used a capital J, so that rules out a similar small "j". Also, it's obvious that the photocopies are several generations removed from the originals, and the top of the letter has been lost. But it's possible to study the "J" in Johann and see that it doesn't follow the path of the first letter in Hans' name. With the similarities in their script, a "J" would look pretty much the same in both names. Regardless, it can't be over looked, that the styles and flourishes, strongly suggest these two Boschungs learned to write in the same geographic area, if not, from the same teacher. Below, taken from the German Script Chart, letter by letter, is complete script for Hans and Josepi, without pieces missing. They're in Kurrent Script, but there's two examples for the capital "H", one with an earlier variant style. Josepi doesn't come close.
Hans and Josepi, the full names copied from the chart, (Kurrent).
First, Hans, the "H" is written with Kurrent, Middle the "H" is an older style, which matches the original signatures. Last Josepi.
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Evidence and Translations From Original Documents
In the 140 years Hans Boschung has been written about, what other actual examples or accounts of his unanglicized first name are there?
In these sources, the name is Hans. Notice in 1734, for his all important land title, he gave his name as Hans. Then in 1876, a lingual and orthographic scholar, transcribed it as Hans. Yes, the legendary Israel Daniel Rupp read it as Hans. He spoke and read eight or nine different languages, worked all with original documents, and he was well able to read the subtle nuances of the signatures, all in old German script (Kurrent or earlier). He read "Hans" twice. Once from the original ships manifest and the other from a secondary list of the family and their ages. Further, Mr. Rupp, placed a question mark next to any name that was unclear, yet there was none for Hans Boschung, so it was easily read.
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Lingual and Orthographic Expert, I. Daniel Rupp.
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I guess, for this historical discussion, he would be well qualified to represent our "expert". Israel Daniel Rupp, (1803-1878) was born in Hampden Twp, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. He was the grandson of an immigrant, Johann Jonas Rupp, from Baden, Germany, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1751. Mr. Rupp on FindaGrave. Mr. Rupp produced a large number of volumes on Pennsylvania history, translations from German and Dutch into English. He also published six volumes of history on 23 counties in Pennsylvania. But perhaps his best known book is A Collection of Upwards of Thirty Thousand Names of German, Swiss, Dutch, French and Other Immigrants in Pennsylvania. He finished and published it in 1876, just two years before his death. It instantly put the records of the Colonial American immigration within everyone's grasp and it was a monumental boon for genealogists.
And for the record, in all the 30,000 names of the Colonial immigrants that Mr. Rupp documented, there were zero spelled "Josep" zero spelled "Josef" and zero spelled "Josepi". But, (with a few too many letters), there were Josephus, Joseph, Josephe.. Looking in the Bushong United Family Tree, there is not a single documented use of name Joseph, until 1812, (John Joseph Bushong, husband of Margaret Catherine Keckley), and that was 60 years and three generations after Hans was dead. John Joseph was a great great grandson of Hans, so it seems unlikely. Note, John Joseph's middle name is only supported with incidental evidence, but his brother is well document being named Joseph in 1819.
However, reportedly Hans signed his will, J. John Bushong, if this is true, then a much more likely first name, rather than Joseph would be "Johannes" - Johannes John Bushong, like his brother, Johann Nicholas. Mr. Rupp reported on page 488, that there were 8,000 (out of 30,000) immigrants whose names were or were pared with the various forms and spellings of Johannes. Then there's Jacob, one of Hans' sons was named Jacob, as well as many more. But possibly more to the point, Hans' first born grandson bearing the Bushong surname, was named Johannes John Bushong. Johannes is even carved on his tombstone. Either way, without documentation, a first name for Hans, can only be speculated. Yet a first grandson,being named after his grandfather, a year after his grandfather died, certainly seems the most plausible. That grandson was Johannes John Bushong, 1750-1831, the son of Hans Philip Bushong and Anna Eva Hergard, and the husband of Eve Dorothea Eckman.
So, analyze it yourself. Use the charts, look at the scripts and compare the examples. Then look at the sources for Hans, all from original documents. Then judge our "expert" or their's. You decide, which faction you're in, because ultimately it's your history that's being written.
Is a family tree descending from Josep or Jean Boschung the genealogy your family deserves?
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March 1, 2016
Revised March 7, 2016 (eszett)
 RootsWeb Outage
Bushong United Tree is Temporarily Offline
Until Around March 15
RootsWeb Update: Still Down and No Known Resolution Date
The Bushong United Family Tree is hosted on the RootsWeb website, which has been down since Wednesday evening, (Feb 24th). Because of this, the tree is currently unavailable. We'll see just how quickly they can get it resolved. One way or the other, the Bushong United Family Tree will be available again. The last time the server crashed, it was necessary to reload the back-up GEDCOM file, which can then take up to 24 hours to be fully indexed.
A tip of the hat to The Ancestry Insider for his reporting and commentary. He also added this ominous thought...
Since Ancestry.com hasn't invested any money (visibly, at least), in RootsWeb in very many years, it is now a ticking time bomb. Or rather, it was a ticking time bomb. It has exploded and we wait nervously now to hear how much damage ensued.
No matter what ends up, let's don't forget, RootsWeb, with all of its different genealogy offerings, is a huge website that had tremendous web traffic and these contributed considerable advertising revenue. And since as was pointed out, (and is obvious), they hadn't spent anything on the site, then all that money goes straight to Ancestry's bottom line. So Ancestry.com has strong motivation to get RootsWeb back online.
Update: "Our initial expectation is to have the site back up and running on or around March 15, 2016."
RootsWeb
Rick
February 27, 2016
Updated: February 29, 2016
Bushong Heritage For Sale
Martin Bushong (1847-1924)
CDV Photo on eBay
Martin Bushong
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Their Listing
antique MARTIN BUSHONG CDV PHOTO lancaster pa grandma rohrer sister son obituary
This listing is for 2.5"x3.5" photo of Martin Bushong and an obituary of his daughter.
This was found in one of the Ella Rohrer Family albums of Strasburg, Lancaster PA, and the narrative in the album said "cousin Martin Bushong, Grandma Rohrer's Oldest Sister's Son".
Clear photo with some antique wear and foxing.
Price:US $47.50
See it on eBay
Price reduced now $40.38
Price raised $47.50
"cousin Martin Bushong, Grandma Rohrer's Oldest Sister's Son" ...it is probably true.
I checked, and Martin's mother, Susan Buckwalter, indeed had a younger sister, Maria Buckwalter who married Christian Rohrer. So that matches. The clipping of his daughter's obituary is included and is correct, too.
Click to enlarge.Died - Bushong. November 18th 1891 in Philadelphia. Mabel S., daughter of Martin and Mary Bushong, in the twelfth year of her age. The relatives and friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, at Heller's church, on Saturday morning at 10:30 o'clock.
BUSHONG LINEAGE: Martin Bushong/ Isaac H. Bushong and Susan Buckwalter/ John R. Bushong and Annie E. Myer/ Johannes John Bushong and Eve Dorothea Eckman/ Hans Philip Bushong and Anna Eva Hergard/ Hans John Bushong IV and Barbara Bushong/ Hans John Bushong III and Anna Maria Boschung/ Hans Boschung II and Anna Stocker/ Hans Boschung I and Anna Anneler/ Michael Studer-Boschung and Dichti Jaggi
This eBay seller bought a large stash of Rohrer photos from Lancaster County and here's a search of similar items. There's more Rohrer's in the group, too. Look through it here.
If he was in was my line, I'd buy it.
Rick
February 22, 2016
Henry Warren Bushong
Father of The Bushawn
Son of Jacob and Jane Bushong
Henry Bushong
(indexed as Bishong) married Betsy Keezer
March 26, 1818
in Ross County, Ohio.
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Henry Bushong
married Mary Delay
July 16 1834
in Ross County, Ohio
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It would seem that at this point there is enough evidence to connect the Henry W. Bushong who was enumerated in 1840 Census, with another listing of a Henry W. Bushong. You may remember two years ago, an article was written about a Henry Warren Bushong, here, who's sons misspelled their last name as "Bushawn". Some had incorrectly assumed he was a son of George Bushong and Lydia Rush, but with no evidence. Well, the Henry in the 1840 Census was living in Sheffield, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, and he was next door to William Adams, and a couple of doors away from Lawson Elsey, both son's-in-law of Jacob Bushong and Jane Bushong (son of Andrew). With the census, it now looks like the two Henrys are one. In a nut shell, to identify Henry Warren Bushong's lineage, we were looking for a Henry W. Bushong and we found one, with his family.
BUSHONG LINEAGE: Henry Warren Bushong/ Jacob Bushong and Jane Bushong/ Anthony Andrew Bushong and Catherine Bushong/ Johann Nicholas Bushong and Anna Magdalena Schaffner/ Hans John Bushong (III) and Anna Maria Bushong/ Hans Boschung (II) and Anna Stocker/ Hans Boschung (I) and Anna Anneler/ Michael Studer-Boschung and Dichti Jaggi
However, Henry Warren Bushong, son of Jacob Bushong and Jane Bushong, followed an interesting trail. He would've been born in the 1790s, in Kentucky, and moved to Ross County, Ohio, sometime around his grandmother, Catherine's death in 1817. Shortly after he arrived in Ross County, in 1818, he married to Betsy Keezer, his first wife, who apparently died. Then in 1834, some 16 years later he remarried, Mary Delay, also in Ross County. According to his children's given place of birth, which is all, Ohio, he probably went to Tippecanoe County, Indiana around 1836. This would be after his son, Aaron's Ohio birth. Then he returned to Ohio, after the 1840 Census and before his son, Henry's 1841 (about) Ohio birth. He was not alone to quit Indiana, when the census taker was there in 1840, he marked W. F. Adams, a brother-in-law on the next line, as transient. This was Isabella Bushong Adam's husband and they were already leaving Indiana, en route to Illinois, where by the 1850 Census, they'd settled. Henry and Mary are known to have six children.
Henry Warren Bushong, About 1795-1856
Born Kentucky, died Ohio
First wife: Betsy Keezer
Second wife: Mary Delay
Children
- William Bushawn, 1835-1909
- Aaron Wesley Bushawn 1836-1901
- Henry Bushawn, about 1841-____
- Eli Bushawn, about 1842-1865
- Nancy N. Bushawn (Losh), 1844-1912
- Mary Elizabeth Bushong (Hill), 1851-1933
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When the American Civil War started, all four of Henry and Mary's patriotic sons, joined the Union Army.
- William served with, Co. C of the 95th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, and also Co A, of the 1st Ohio Heavy Artillery
- Aaron with Co. C 95th Ohio Infantry.
- Henry served with Co. B of the 82nd Regiment, Ohio Infantry and also Co. A, 1st Regiment, Ohio Heavy Artillery.
- Lastly Eli, who died of disease in the war, served in Co B. 176th Ohio Infantry.
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Want more details? It's all in the Bushong United Tree!
Rick
February 18, 2016
The Genealogist's Creed
"Primum non nocere"
First, do no harm.
The Genealogist's Creed recently came to mind. with a census record. This 1870 Census record has been posted on other blogs, and I am not the first to read the unusual comment a Virginian census taker left for this household. And finding it so unique, I thought about sharing it here....
"These People live in the woods and you can hardly tell whether they're Human or Brutes."
Augustus A. Hobson
July 8, 1870
Census taker
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I'd never seen anything like it. But as I started to lay the page out, something about it kept nagging me, until it dawned on me what was wrong. It was exploitive. With Mr. Hobson's one-sided description of the Daniel Hinkle family, it painted a family in a bleak situation. But being so one-sided, it allows for no understanding or explanation of who the Hinkle family really was. Then I realized that publishing it without the Hinkle's side of it, had inadvertently violated the Genealogist's Creed,
"Primum non nocere"
Latin for "first, do no harm."
So how about Daniel Hinkle and his family? The day Augustus Hobson rode up on the Hinkle's camp, in July 1870, surely didn't go as he thought it would. The Hinkles must have been very leery of Hobson, who was also a Deputy Marshal. Being just five years after the end of the Civil War, there were still many displaced people and families that had not recovered, and the Hinkle's can probably be lumped in with them. But after that, I can find no sign of our Daniel. He and his wife, Johanna Rose Hinkle, just fade away. But his family was real and two of his sons, Joseph, and David, both married sisters, Bette and Mary Lookado and settled down, Mathus, married too. They had families, and are found in the census records. Mat in the 1880 Census, David in the 1880 Census both still living in Christianburg, Montgomery County, Virginia. But as for their meeting with Hobson, I'd like to think that rather than a clash of cultures, the Hinkles, who were obviously not very cooperative, were just giving him a hard time, or in other words, just "playing the fools." Mr. Hobson obviously couldn't take a joke.
And of our Augustus Hobson? 1870 Census, 1880 Census, 1900 Census, 1910 Census. The 1870 Census, was his last as a census taker, and by the 1880 Census, he'd left Virginia and moved to Bristol, Sullivan County, Tennessee, where he eventually became a magistrate. It should be remembered, a number of Bushongs also lived in Sullivan County. Regardless, Augustus A. Hobson died there, in 1910 and was buried in the East Hill Cemetery. Augustus Hobson, 1832-1910 on FindaGrave
But how ironic is the epitaph he had carved on his tombstone?
Augustus A. Hobson's tombstone.
Photo by Sue King, FindaGrave, used with permission, © all rights reserved
Epitaph
"Write me as one of those who loved his fellow men"
It can be certain Mr. Hobson, was not loving his fellow men, that Friday back in July 1870, when he ran across the Hinkle family.
Rick
February 16, 2016
Vetting Removes Two From
Jacob Bushong's Family
John Bushong had been considered for a son of Jacob Bushong and Jane Bushong, however, he has now been eliminated from the list, along with, Catherine Bushong (Miller). (discussed here) In vetting, his geographic association with other lines and resolving a conflict for his state of birth, (Pennsylvania vs Kentucky), it pretty well rules out Jacob Bushong as a father. Also the fact that John did not migrate to Indiana in the 1830s as Jacob's family did, speaks volumes. Later, after the 1840 Census, when he did move, it was to a different county.
John Bushong in Coshocton County in 1840, (click to enlarge), with Catherine and sons Moses and George.
John Bushong in the 1840 Census-Ohio - John Bushong Monroe Township, Coshocton County, Ohio
Catherine Bushong Miller in the 1850 Census-Ohio
- Catherine Bushong, wife of Simon Miller in the 1850 census, also stated born in Pennsylvania.
In 1850 Census, a Simon and Catherine Miller, are living in, Jefferson, Coshocton County, Ohio, only nine miles away from John's Monroe Township of the 1840 Census.
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John's 1850 Census in Turkey Creek, Kosciusko, Indiana, states he was born in Pennsylvania and it also indicates he arrived moved to Indiana after the 1846, birth in Ohio of a daughter and before the Indiana birth of a son, Nicholas, in February 1848. On the other hand, Jacob Bushong's family move to Tippecanoe County, Indiana prior to 1836 when a grandson, Charles was born, (son of Samuel Bushong and Rebecca Lesslie). By the 1840 Census, Jacob's family is found in three townships all in Tippecanoe County: Perry, Fairfield, and Sheffield. So that pretty well rules out Jacob and Jane as lineage for John Bushong.
Rick
February 8, 2016
Catherine Bushong Miller
Daughter of John Bushong and Anna Stover*
Catherine Bushon
married Simon Miller
Mar 29 1832 in Tuscarawas County, Ohio.
BUSHONG LINEAGE: Catherine Bushong/ John Bushong and Anna Stover/ John Jacob Bushong and Eva Catherine Bossert/ John Bushong and Elizabeth Sprenkel/ Hans John Bushong (IV) and Barbara Bushong Hans John Bushong (III) and Anna Maria Bushong/ Hans Boschung (II) and Anna Stocker/ Hans Boschung (I) and Anna Anneler/ Michael Studer-Boschung and Dichti Jaggi
Looking in the Bushong United Family Tree, there is one Catherine, who was not yet married and fits the age of our Catherine, the daughter of John Bushong (1784-1849) and Anna Stover. John and Anna's children are well documented with Bible records and period books. There is one big conflict though, and that is her place of birth. It states Pennsylvania in the 1850 Census, but if her parents were married in Virginia, then moved to Ohio, they'd have to go back to Pennsylvania, which is highly unlikely. So she was born in Ohio? But her two sons consistently state she was born in Pennsylvania. If it's a mix up, she was not alone in her family, to confuse Pennsylvania and Virginia, as a place of birth. Her alleged brother, David is said to be born in Pennsylvania according Biographical Memoirs of Jay County, Indiana: To which is Appended a Comprehensive Compendium of National Biography, originally published by B.F. Bowen in 1901. In fact David's son, Isaac listed Pennsylvania as his father's place of birth in virtually every census.
Catherine is believed to have died in Coshocton County, Ohio, before the 1860 Census, when a 67 year old Simon Miller, is enumerated with no apparent family members.
Catherine Bushong
- March 24 1810-before 1860, Ohio
- Married Mar 29 1832 in Tuscarawas County, Ohio to Simon Miller
Simon Miller
- Simon Miller about 1798-after 1860, in Pennsylvania
- 1850 Census in Jefferson, Coshocton, Ohio, 1860 Census, (a cripple), in Monroe Township, Coshocton, Ohio
Children
- Adam Miller, 1932-1899, 1850 Census in Jefferson, Coshocton, Ohio, 1860 Census, 1870 Census, 1880 Census. Married Edith Yonker, Pheobe Leavengood, Funerary: on FindaGrave
- Nathaniel M. Miller, 1840-1933, 1850 Census in Jefferson, Coshocton, Ohio, 1870 Census, 1880 Census, 1900 Census, 1910 Census, 1920 Census, 1930 Census, Married Anna Smith*, Ella M. Morrill
*vetting - divorced, separated, or must have died within 14 months to have remarried.
*It should be pointed out, that a different Catherine Bushong, a daughter of Johannes John Bushong and Barbara Kreighbaum, who married Abraham Ream in 1829 in Stark County, is virtually interchangeable with our Catherine. She was born also born in 1810 and though her 1850 Stark County residence lends credence to an association with Johannes John Bushong, they still could have been mixed up.
Rick
February 8, 2016
Indiana Bushong Families
and the Mystery of
John Bushong Husband of Catherine Miller
John Bushon
married Catherine Miller
Oct 13 1831 in Tuscarawas County, Ohio.
John Bushong, husband of Catherine Miller, is a mystery. He is undoubtedly related to the Colonial Bushong family, but it just can't be said which one. John was born, according to one census statement, in Pennsylvania, about 1810 and died in 1855. Of John and Catherine's children, sadly, none lived past 1877, and only one, Mary, who married Wesley Sroufe had any known descendants. After John's death, his wife, Catherine married two more times, first to John Michel, and second to Richard Harrison.
He's first noted in Coshocton County, Ohio in the 1840 Census, then John moved to Turkey Creek, Kosciusko County, Indiana between 1846 and 1848. Descendants of the Colonial Bushong family first arrived in Indiana in the 1820s, But by the mid 1850s dozens of Bushongs had migrated. They would make the state of Indiana into the second largest home for Bushongs, in the country, this based on census records through 1940, (Ohio has the most). In Indiana, for the 1850 Census, there were 13 individuals listed. It jumped in the 1860 Census to 50, and skipping ahead to 1940, there were 170 Bushongs enumerated in Indiana, (Ohio 300). * Exact spelling.
The emigration of Bushong families into Indiana, occurred in several periods and they had several good trails and passable roads into Indiana. The first known Bushong in Indiana was Johathan Bushong, 1803-1843, from Virginia. According to J. H. Beers & Co., in an Indiana Commemorative Biography, he and his wife, Mary Margaret Cordy, emigrated to Indiana from Virginia, in 1823 and settled in Hamilton County. Then in the mid 1830s some descended from Jacob and Jane Bushong (son of Anthony Andrew Bushong). came from Pickaway County, Ohio to Tippecanoe County. In the 1840s Bushongs charted to Johannes John Bushong and Barbara Kreighbaum, along with our John ended up in Kosciusko County. A year or two after the 1850 Census, John Joseph Bushong, 1812-1867, and wife, Margaret Catherine Keckley came to the same county. As will be seen, these last two families interacted.
John Bushong
- About 1810-1855, in Pennsylvania
- Married Oct 13 1831 in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, to Catherine Miller
- Sources: 1840 Census, Monroe Township, Coshocton, Ohio, 1850 Census, Turkey Creek, Kosciusko, Indiana.
- Funerary record: Cable Cemetery, Kosciusko County, Indiana
Catherine Miller Bushong
- about 1808-1883, Pennsylvania
- Sources: 1850 Census, Turkey Creek, Kosciusko, Indiana, 1860 Census, 1870 Census, (Catherine Michel). 1880 Census, (Catherine Harrison).
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Marriage record: To John Michel, To Richard Harrison.
- Funerary record: Cable Cemetery, Kosciusko County, Indiana
Children
- Moses Bushong, Sources: 1850 Census, Turkey Creek, Kosciusko, Indiana, 1860 Census, Funerary record: Cable Cemetery, Kosciusko County, Indiana
- George Bushong, Sources: 1850 Census, Turkey Creek, Kosciusko, Indiana, 1860 Census, Funerary record: Cable Cemetery, Kosciusko County, Indiana
- Ellen Bushong (Sroufe), Sources: 1850 Census, Turkey Creek, Kosciusko, Indiana, 1860 Census, Married: Wesley Sroufe, Sr., Source: Whitley County and Its Families, 1835-1995, Originally published 1901, Page 192, Funerary record: Cable Cemetery, Kosciusko County, Indiana
- Mary Margaret Bushong, Sources: 1850 Census, Turkey Creek, Kosciusko, Indiana, 1860 Census,, Funerary record: Cable Cemetery, Kosciusko County, Indiana
- Nicholas Bushong, Funerary record: Cable Cemetery, Kosciusko County, Indiana
- Noah Bushong, Sources:1860 Census, Funerary record: Cable Cemetery, Kosciusko County, Indiana
 But who were John Bushong Parents?
- He's not a son of John Bushong (1784-1849) and Anna Stover. Some of their 12 children moved to Indiana, but they are well documented with Bible records and period books. Further they were married in Virginia.
- He's not a son of Peter Bushong (1793-1868) and Elizabeth Fertig. Though they and most of their eight children move to Indiana, they were married too late (1818) for our John.
- He's not a son of John Jacob Bushong, (1754-1830) and Eva Catherine Bossert. Their son Peter moved to Kosciusko County, but their will identifies their descendants.
- He's not a son of Henry W. Bushong (1763-1836) and Barbara Lohr. Though some of their 6 children move to Indiana in the 1830s. They also had sons named Jonathan and John (Solomon), and the children are listed in an 1837 civil suit over the estate.
- He's not a son of John Bushong (1781-1840) and first wife Magdalena Bauserman, nor his second wife Catherine Ruffner. Though two sons moved to Indiana, their family is well documented with Bible and other records.
- He's not a son of Johannes John Bushong (1787-1870) and Barbara Kreighbaum, unless they named three sons some form of John, (John, Jonathan, and Johannes)?
John stated he was born in Pennsylvania and Johannes John and Barbara Kreighbaum, were also from Pennsylvania. They have just a slim chance to be his parents. And with the popularity of the family name John, it's possible they used all three configurations of it, (Johannes, John, Jonathan). But their family is not well documented and they already are listed with 11 children. In addition, it's 63 miles from Monroe Twp., Coshocton County to Lake Twp., Stark County, Ohio. For reference, it's about 50 miles between Weller, Richland, Ohio, where John Joseph Bushong was in 1850
However, there is an association by John's widow Catherine Miller Bushong with another Bushong widow, Margaret Catherine Keckley Bushong, who was married to John Joseph Bushong, son of John Bushong and Anna Stover.
BUSHONG LINEAGE: John Joseph Bushong/ John Bushong and Anna Stover/ John Jacob Bushong and Eva Catherine Bossert/ John Bushong and Elizabeth Sprenkel/ Hans John Bushong (IV) and Barbara Bushong Hans John Bushong (III) and Anna Maria Bushong/ Hans Boschung (II) and Anna Stocker/ Hans Boschung (I) and Anna Anneler/ Michael Studer-Boschung and Dichti Jaggi
Following the death of her husband, Catherine, remarried in Kosciusko County, in 1866 to John Michel. What's interesting is John Michel lived next door to Margaret Catherine Keckley Bushong, for the 1870 Census. So it would seem a safe assumption that Catherine and John Michel met through Catherine Keckley Bushong, and that the two Catherine's (and families) knew each other.
So if John was born in Pennsylvania, and John Johannes Bushong and Barbara Kreighbaum are not the parents, there are few other candidates. Possibly he descends from Pennsylvanian William Bushong, 1759-1859, whose lineage is not known. He was living with the Haukes in Pennsylvania in 1850, and would be the correct age. But nothing else has been found about him. A descendant of one of the Pennsylvanian Bushongs, who fell through the crack. Maybe the future can answer to his mystery?
As usual, any Bushong discussed here is charted in the Bushong United Family Tree, with more details.
Rick
February 8, 2016
Bushong Genealogy Marches On
2015 - the Year in Review
This year has to go down as another banner year for Bushong United and Bushong genealogy! Yes, web traffic to Bushong United has nearly tripled, but more importantly, the Bushong family "jumped the pond"! Andrew and Nicholas have been tracked back to Germany. And next to be able to link them up with Hans Boschung (III) and Anna Maria Boschung, their Boschung family in Germany. Hans and Maria had also immigrated to Pennsylvania, only they were first, starting in Switzerland, then to Germany, and Pennsylvania. However, there was more, taking the Bushong-Boschung line back three more generations, all the way to Michel Studer and Dichtli Jaggi, in Boltigen, Bern, Switzerland. Meanwhile, to have it all confirmed by Dietmar Meyer, a German historian and author, from the same town as Andrew! Herr Meyer's comment... "Emigration of this family to America was unknown in Palatinate until now."
- The Bushong-Boschung family was traced to Germany. Read here.
- Then to Switzerland. Read here.
- Andrew was born in Schmalenberg, Germany. Read here.
- Andrew's mother, Anna Magdalena Schaffner and her family were identified. Read here and here.
- Nicholas' son, Henrich was traced to Virginia. Read here.
- Nicholas has a brother, Andreas identified in Germany. Read here.
- Andrew and Catherine's son, Jacob has descendants identified. Read here.
- Abraham Rakestraw, husband of Lydia Bushong was identified in a Daguerreotype. Read here.
- Hundreds of Bushong photos were added to the Bushong Photo Album. See it here.
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 Still there's a lot of Bushong genealogy coming in 2016. There'll be more about Jacob Bushong, (son of Andrew) and Hans John Bushong (IV), and other items, coming down the pike. Watch for them!
Happy New Year!
Rick
December 31, 2015
Correction
Jacob Bushong's Wife
Is Not Jane Nozler
Continuing to vet Jacob Bushong, it's a fact that the son of Anthony Andrew Bushong and Catherine Bushong, was married to a Jane. This is proven with transcriptions from multiple documents and deeds. But her maiden name is never stated. However when the marriage record of a Jane Nozler and Jacob Wishong, that occurred March 12, 1796, in Montgomery County, Virginia, was seen, many genealogists thought Wishong was really a mistranscription of Bushong. The similarity of the surnames, as well as a brother, (George), also being married in Montgomery County, made it seem more likely. Then, when this is coupled with the fact that both Andrew Bushong's and Jane's father, Boston Nozler, moved to Augusta County, (later Rockingham), Virginia, about the same time and had property fairly close to each other, it appeared confirmed.
BUSHONG LINEAGE: Jacob Bushong/ Anthony Andrew Bushong and Catherine Bushong/ Johann Nicholas Bushong and Anna Magdalena Schaffner/ Hans John Bushong (III) and Anna Maria Bushong/ Hans Boschung (II) and Anna Stocker/ Hans Boschung (I) and Anna Anneler/ Michael Studer-Boschung and Dichti Jaggi
But Jacob Bushong's Revolutionary War service was from Kentucky, and there is a listing for a Jacob Wishong as a Virginia Revolutionary War veteran, too. So Jacob Wishong really did exist.
Searching a bit, it was easy to find genealogists charting the Wishong. Some Wishong-Wishon-Wysong genealogists believe Jacob is descended from a Ludwig Wysong (Lodowick Weissang), of French descent, and a native of Strasbourg, Alsace. He went to Wales and enlisted in the British Army. His division was sent to America about 1717. But, when his term of enlistment expired, while in America, he decided to remain and become a colonist. He settled in York County, Pennsylvania and was a brick mason, where he married a Mary Hammer.
However, others believe, as I do, that Jacob is descended from one of the Wishong-Wishon brothers, Conrad and Philip, who are found in Daniel Rupp's 30,000 Names book, arriving in Philadelphia, November 25, 1740. Two of the Palatines imported in the ship Loyal Judith, carrying 265 passengers.
Interestingly, Jacob Wishong would also find his way into Ohio and he's listed in the 1820 Census, in Franklin Township, Jackson County, Ohio, This is only about 31 miles from where Jacob Bushong is enumerated in Ross County. Later in the 1830 Census Jacob Wishon, was again enumerated, still in Franklin Township, Jackson County, along with an obvious son, Jacob Jr., two households away. Note: there are 21 Franklin Townships in Ohio. There was also a Jacob Wysong in Butler, Montgomery County, Ohio.
But, what are the odds that for the 1840 Census, Jacob Wishong would move to the same county, and same township as our Jacob Bushong was living for the 1820 census?
The 1840 Franklin Township, Ross County, Ohio Census.
What are the odds? In such a thinly populated township?? Click to enlarge.
Further more, he's living a little over 20 houses (households) away Jacob Bushong's old house? Some might think it's just a mistake by the enumerator, and that Jacob Bushong had moved from Pickaway County, back to Ross County. But no, it is Wishong not Bushong and the Wishong's had moved to Ross County, from Jackson County. The writing on the census record is clear and also Jacob Wishong Senior's house is right next to a Squire Hurl. In 1831, Squire Hurles had married Jacob's daughter Elizabeth Wishong, in Jackson County Ohio. The Wishong surname finally stabilized as "Wishon" and this is reflected in the 1,000 plus Wishon listed on FindaGrave.com, with only one Wishong.
As such there is substantial evidence that our Jacob Bushong's wife was not Jane Nosler-Nozler . This is now recorded in the Bushong United Family Tree and the term "vetting" in Jacob Bushong's wife's listing is changed to "ANCI" (indicates an interest in additional research for ancestors). So minus the incorrect marriage, and the Nozler parents it provided, it leaves very little we know about Jane. If anyone can provide any information, it would be greatly appreciated and would help fill in this obscure branch of Anthony Andrew Bushong and Catherine Bushong's descendants in the Tree.
Jacob Bushong's Wife
- Jane Bushong (maiden name unknown)
- Born 17__ possibly Virginia or Kentucky died after 1830, maybe in Perry, Tippecanoe County, Indiana
- Married ____
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December 30, 2015
An Interesting Find
A Pink "John and William" Passenger
Writes a Pamphlet on Voyaging to Pennsylvania
"...how they can avoid, on the desperate journey they plan for themselves, the greatest hardship and privations"
Mr Melchior, discusses many aspects of the voyage, in a well written attempt to educate his German countrymen, about the steps, procedures, and costs involved in the undertaking. His rules and guidelines, illustrate just how difficult a journey our ancestors made.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Rick
November 25, 2015
Update: Bushong Heritage For Sale Sold!
The Sallie Gilbert Photo Album
150 Year Old, Bushong Photos Spotted on eBay!
Listed on eBay...
"RARE ALBUM w/ ID'S - UNDERGROUND RAILROAD w/ C. W. SOLDIERS - BUSHONG FAM - PA"
The owner of the Sallie Gilbert identified photo album from the 1860s has put the album up for auction on eBay! It has many rare photographs including Henry Bushong, Esther Valentine Bushong, Jacob Bushong, and Margaret Hobson Bushong, who were all members of the Underground Railway. Read the article about the album here, and read about Jacob and the Underground Railway posted here.
The auction runs until November 11th and the current price is $200. See and bid on the item here, (opens in new tab), -
The Sallie Gilbert Photograph Album on eBay.
This is your chance to buy a rare piece of the Bushong Heritage! Help keep it in the family!
Ultimately, wherever it ends up, unless it's someone's direct family line, this beautiful photo collection of Bushong family members and their friends from the community, really belongs in a Lancaster area museum for all to see.
Update
The auction has ended, and Sallie's album sold for $371.99! I even put in a bid, hoping to unite it with descendants. I will try and confirm, however it looks like the album now belongs to another collector. But what a missed opportunity by Bushong descendants to bring a nice bit of heritage back into the Bushong Family. Maybe it will come back on the market again? At least for now, we have the digital copies that the prior owner, Carol Sneddon was good enough to share.
Update
It has now been confirmed, that the album was purchased by another collector. This time Sallie's album is going from California to West Virginia. If someone needs it, I have the new owner's address. Thankfully, the new owner has also indicated that he'd like to keep the album together, and he has no plans of splitting it up.
Rick
November 5, 2015
updated: November 11, 2015
updated: November: 17, 2015
Who Is
A. Maria Bushung "eine Rahab", (a Prostitute)?
Of Lancaster Co. Pennsylvania, 1767-1771
I spotted this in an old Bushong Bulletin the other day and found it interesting...
Sources & Documents of the Pennsylvania Germans: II
page 137: 19 Apr 1767 "Holy Communion was held in Earl
- Comm. with the following confirmands present:
Bushungin, A.Maria - eine Rahab"
page 142: 1768 Confirmands A. M. Bishungin
page 142 13 May 1768 Confirmands A. M. Bushungin
page 144 1769, Confirmands A. M. Bushungin
page 146 15 Apr 1770, Confirmands M. Bushungin
page 149: 18 May 1771, Confirmands A. M. Bushungin
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From the Bushong Bulletin Volume 2, number 2, page 17, submitted by Judy Cassiday, (records go on to 1812, but aren't noted).
Looking it up, Rahab is an old word from the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament, not German and in the Bulletin, Judy correctly translated "eine Rahab" a prostitute. The suffix "in", added to
Bushung is a common German suffix used on female surnames, and A. Maria Bushungin is undoubtedly from the Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Bushong family. But who is she? Her parents aren't known. The name Maria was such a common name, and it was added to almost any name, much like Anna, which is probably the first name, so she is probably Anna Maria Bushung. Or could our subject have three first names, like some in the early lines did? For instance, Johann Anton Andreas, or his sister, Maria Barbara Julianna.
It can only be speculated, but of the immigrants, there's only one daughter of Hans John Bushong, the immigrant, whose whereabouts after immigration, hasn't been tracked, All the others are well documented and that leaves his daughter, Christianna, who was age three in 1731 when she arrived in Philadelphia. That would make her born in 1728 or so. Could her full name have included some configuration of Anna Maria? Maria Christianna Boschung or Christianna Maria Boschung? Christianna, has often been mentioned with a middle name of Elizabeth, but this has never been proven, and is likely little more than incorrect "family lore."
So, was it Hans' and Barbara's daughter, who in 1767 was called "eine Rahab"? At age 39, she would have been a little old to still be still "practicing the profession." But with such conservative religious mores, prevalent in the Lutheran and Reformed Churches, of the day, it's certainly possible, that the adage "once a sinner always a sinner" could have applied. Christianna would have been around 21 when her father, Hans died in 1749, but his will doesn't list his daughter's names. Also there's a 1772 Lancaster County land indenture, where Hans Bushong's descendants, sell their land, inherited from their father, to their brother, Philip. Only there is absolutely no mention of Christianna. Had she died? Without heirs? Or had she been cut out of her father's will, for her profession?
- Mary Eckman, Her X mark and Seal
- Barbara Grimm, Her X mark and Seal
- John Boshong, His Signature and Seal
- Jacob Bushing, His Signature and Seal
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Christianna's siblings. Her brother, Philip, was listed elsewhere, as he was buying the property.
On the other hand, was our subject, Nicholas' son, Andrew's daughter by his first wife, Maria Catrina? Born September 5 1746, in Cocalico, also in Lancaster County, she was baptized Maria Julianna but after that, nothing else is known, and it is thought that she died young. But she would have been twenty years old at the time. Her father had moved to Virginia by then, having left Pennsylvania before 1754.
So the question is: who was A. Maria Bushung? Hans and Barbara's daughter, or possibly Andrew and Maria Catrina's daughter? If not, who was she and what happened to Christianna and Maria Julianna?
Rick
October 18, 2015
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