The bush Surname
bush Name Meaning and History
- English: topographic name for someone who lived by a bushy area or thicket, from Middle English bush(e) ‘bush’ (probably from Old Norse buskr, or an unrecorded Old English busc); alternatively, it may derive from Old Norse Buski used as a personal name.
- Americanized spelling of German Busch.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| James Bush b. ca 1792 in North or South Carolina to Georgia | Margaret Bush | 20 |
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| Looking for Bobby Dixon - researching Bush family from Tennessee | Kelly Bush | 1 |
| James Overton Bush Jr. from Tennessee | Bobby Dixon | 3 |
| Reynold Bush 1590, England |
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