Individual Details

Henry Joseph BUSH

(2 Apr 1847 - 27 Jun 1909)

Baptized "Joseph Honore Boucher" (church records of Ste.-Anne-d'Yamachiche --FHL #1288927). His mother's name on this record is given as Marguerite Denaout.

French records use original family name, BOUCHER.

Called "Henri Boucher" on 1861 Census of Québec -- Yamachiche, St-Maurice County, p.182 (AGLL film #C-1322), which gives his age as 15.



Listed among survivors in obituary of Olivina Boucher, his stepmother, as Col. Henry Bush of Philipsburg, Mont. (Menominee County Journal, 4 Apr 1908).

1900 Montana Census shows Henry living alone in Stone Station Precinct, Granite County, working as a miner. He was still single.

Events

Birth2 Apr 1847Yamachiche, Saint-Maurice, Québec, Canada
Christen2 Apr 1847Yamachiche, Saint-Maurice, Québec, Canada
CensusJun 1855Salina, Onondaga, New York, United States
Census1861Yamachiche, Saint-Maurice, Canada East
Military1862 - 186613th Infantry -- Civil War
Occupation1900Miner - Stone Station, Granite Montana, United States
Census1 Jun 1900Stone Station, Granite, Montana, United States
Death27 Jun 1909Philipsburg, Granite, Montana, United States
Alt nameJoseph Honoré BOUCHER

Families

FatherJoseph BOUCHER (1820 - 1889)
MotherMargaret DONAHUE (1828 - )
SiblingMargaret BUSH (1845 - 1884)
SiblingJames BUSH (1849 - 1908)
SiblingGeorge W. BUSH (1851 - 1937)
SiblingMary BUSH (1854 - 1905)
SiblingEdward Antoine BUSH (1856 - 1908)

Notes

Christen

In the baptismal record, his mother's name was spelled "Marguerite Denaout." Godparents were Eusèbe Bellemare and Hermine Boucher.

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Census

Henry Bush, age 8

Military

The Register of Enlistments states that he was born at Three Rivers, Lower Canada. He was enlisted at Syracuse, NY by Lt. Clift, on 6 Feb 1863. His occupation was teamster. His age is difficult to make out -- might have been 15 or 16. He had blue eyes, light hair, and a fair complexion. His height was 5 ft. 2 inches. He went into the 13th Infantry (B). Deserted 19 Feb 1866. There was more writing after this, but it has been covered and obscured.

Census

Henry Bush, age 53 -- born April 1847 in French Canada. Father born in Canada. Mother born in New York. Year of immigration to the United States: 1849. Years in United States: 51. Naturalized. Lived alone. Single. Occupation difficult to make out -- looks like "miner of ores." There are a number of other men on the page with the same occupation. There was a lot of mining being done in Granite county, including gold-mining, so that would make sense.

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Death

Index card in "Michigan Obituaries" (FamilySearch) states that he died in Phillipsburg, Montana. No death date given, but article was posted on 11 July 1909 in the Escanaba Morning Press (Sunday), page 1. The abstracted information also states that Henry was unmarried, was a veteran of the Civil War, was 66 years of age, and was a brother of Joseph L. Bush of Escanaba. Below this typed information is more handwritten information, stating that he died June 27, 1909, at age 62, the son of Margaret Donehue and Joseph Bush. It further states that this information was from a great-granddaughter of Joseph L. Bush and Malvina Marchand, of Gladstone/Escanaba. Her contact information is : Ann Billings, 1433 Beech St. SW, Wyoming, MI 49509; 616-532-5131; annshadow@aol.com

Listed as a survivor in his stepmother's obituary, but not listed as a survivor in the obituary of Mary Bush LeBlanc.

Abstract of Obituary of Henry J. Bush

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Endnotes

1. Parish Registers: Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche, Saint-Maurice, Quebec. Digital images online; Familysearch.org, Vol. 10, feuillet 16.

2. "Parish Registers: Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche, Saint-Maurice, Québec," digital images, Ancestry.com ( : accessed ), Joseph Honore Boucher; Québec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection); 1847, folio 15, image 16, baptism 49.

3. Parish Registers: Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche (Yamachiche, Saint-Maurice, Québec), Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1836-1855, folio 382, image 389, baptism of Joseph Honore Boucher; digital images online, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1321742 : accessed ).

4. 1855 New York State Census, Onondaga County, New York, population, Salina, First Election District, , dwelling 116, family 139, lines 23-29, Joseph Bush and family; FHL microfilm 0870757.

5. Parish Registers: Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche, Saint-Maurice, Quebec. Digital images online; Familysearch.org, Vol. 10, feuillet 16.

6. "Parish Registers: Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche, Saint-Maurice, Québec," digital images, Ancestry.com ( : accessed ), Joseph Honore Boucher; Québec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection); 1847, folio 15, image 16, baptism 49.

7. Parish Registers: Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche (Yamachiche, Saint-Maurice, Québec), Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1836-1855, folio 382, image 389, baptism of Joseph Honoré Boucher; digital images online, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1321742 : accessed ).

8. 1855 New York State Census, Onondaga County, New York, population, Salina, First Election District, , dwelling 116, family 139, lines 23-29, Joseph Bush and family; FHL microfilm 0870757.

9. Census Returns for 1861, Canada East, population, St. Maurice, image 182, line 33, Henri Boucher ; digital images, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., (www.ancestry.com : accessed 11 October 2015); Library and Archives Canada.

10. "U.S. Army, Register of Enlistments, 1798-1914," database and digital images, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1198 : accessed 1 September 2018), Henry Bush; Records of the Adjutant General’s Office; 1859-1863 > A-D > image 130, line 141.

11. 1900 U.S. Federal Census, Montana, Granite, Stone Station Precinct, e.d. 40, sheet 4A, line 18, dwelling 69, family 69: Henry Bush.

12. 1900 U.S. Federal Census, Montana, Granite, Stone Station Precinct, e.d. 40, sheet 4A, line 18, dwelling 69, family 69: Henry Bush.

13. "Montana, Death Index, 1868-2011," database online, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=5437 : accessed 22 March 2014), Henry J Bush; State of Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, Office of Vital Statistics; died 27 June 1909.

14. "Montana Death Index, 1907-2007," database online, Ancestry.com ( : accessed 22 April 2014), Henry Bush; Index no. 24-0034; Source: Montana Office of Vital Statistics.

15. "Michigan Obituaries, 1820-2006," digital images, FamilySearch ( : accessed 1 September 2018), Henry J. Bush (Escanaba Morning Press); various offices and archives, Michigan.; Michigan, Delta - Obituaries > Abhold, John - Warren, Mae > images 208-209.

16. "Parish Registers: Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche, Saint-Maurice, Québec," digital images, Ancestry.com ( : accessed ), Joseph Honore Boucher; Québec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection); 1847, folio 15, image 16, baptism 49.

17. Parish Registers: Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche (Yamachiche, Saint-Maurice, Québec), 1836-1855, folio 382, image 389, baptism of Joseph Honore Boucher; digital images online, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1321742 : accessed ).