Ancestry of Dr.
Vannevar Bush

President, Carnegie Institution of Science

William Bush

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• • Great-grandfather of Vannevar Bush — 4th Generation
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  • 8 
  • Father:
  • William Bush 
  • Mother:
  • Deziah Rider   
  • Birth Date:
  • 21 Jan 1792 
  • Birth Location:
  • Provincetown, Barnstable, Massachusetts 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Jemima Perry
  • Marriage Date:
  • 21 Nov 1816 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Provincetown, Barnstable, Massachusetts 
  • Child:

  Richard Perry Bush (Ahnentafel No:4 )

• Sources for William Bush

  • ¹ Massachusetts, U.S., Marriage Records, 1840-1915, Marriage record for son Richard P Bush and Mary W Williams.
  • ² Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Provincetown, Vol. 4, p. 11, Birth record for William Bush.
  • ³ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Provincetown, Vol. 2, p. 23, Marriage of William Bush Jr and Jemima Perry.
  • ⁴ The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography, Current Volume F, 1939-42, New York: James T. White and Company (1942), 67.