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'''George Herbert Walker Bush''', 43rd US President 1989-93 ==George Herbert Walker Bush== George Bush, Sr was born [[Jun 12]], 1924 in Milton, Norfolk County, [[Massachusetts]], the second child of Prescott Bush (1896-) and his wife Dorothy (1902-). In Jan 1945, he married Barbara Pierce. They had six children: George, Robin, John "Jeb", Neil, Marvin and Dorothy. He was US Vice-President from 1981 to 1989, and US President from 1989 to 1993. He ran for President in the 1992 Election but lost to William "Bill" Clinton. ===Primary sources=== *[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=View&r=an&dbid=6224&iid=CTT626_257-0741&fn=Prescott+S&ln=Bush&st=r&ssrc=&pid=9162263 1930 Census of Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut] showing "Prescott S Bush, 34, OH/MA/OH, Banker; Dorothy, wife, 28, ME/MO/MO; Prescott S Jr 7 ME, Walker 5 MA, Nancy 4, NY" and three servants. ===Secondary sources=== *[http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/gb41.html George H W Bush biography] on whitehouse.gov ==Prescott S Bush== Prescott Bush was born 15 May 1895 in Columbus, [[Ohio]], the son of Samuel Prescott Bush by his wife Flora Sheldon. He married Dorothy Walker of Kennebunkport, [[Maine]], on [[Aug 6]], 1921 and by 1930 they are living in Fairfield, Connecticut with three children. He died in [[New York]] on [[Oct 8]], 1972 ===Primary sources=== *[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ssdi&so=2&rank=0&tips=0&gsfn=Prescott&gsln=Bush&sx=&gs1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gs1pl=1%2c+&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4%3b_80000002%3b_80000003&srchb=r&prox=1&db=&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-c&o_iid=21416&o_lid=21416&o_it=21416 SSDI] entry for Prescott Bush *[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=View&r=an&dbid=7488&iid=NYT715_7504-0297&fn=Prescott&ln=Bush&st=r&ssrc=&pid=3038463215 New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957], returning by airplane in 1947 from Bermuda, Prescott and Dorothy. *[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=WWIIdraft%2c&rank=0&tips=0&gsfn=Prescott&gsln=Bush&sx=&gs1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gs1pl=1%2c+&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4%3b_80000002%3b_80000003&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&o_iid=21416&o_lid=21416&o_it=21416&fh=0&recid=754733&recoff=1+3 World War II Draft Registration Card], showing that at that time he is employed by "Brown Bros. Harriman & Co" on Wall street. He was 6'4" and 210 pounds. *[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=nypl%2c&rank=0&tips=0&gsfn=Prescott&gsln=Bush&sx=&gs1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gs1pl=1%2c+&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4%3b_80000002%3b_80000003&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&o_iid=21416&o_lid=21416&o_it=21416&fh=2&recid=10227105&recoff=1+2 New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957] Returning from Southampton, England in 1938, Prescott and Dorothy *[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=nypl%2c&rank=0&tips=0&gsfn=Prescott&gsln=Bush&sx=&gs1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gs1pl=1%2c+&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4%3b_80000002%3b_80000003&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&o_iid=21416&o_lid=21416&o_it=21416&fh=1&recid=10227104&recoff=1+2 New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957] returning from Bermuda in 1937, Prescott, Dorothy, Prescott Jr and George W. *[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=View&r=an&dbid=6224&iid=CTT626_257-0741&fn=Prescott+S&ln=Bush&st=r&ssrc=&pid=9162263 1930 Census of Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut] showing "Prescott S Bush, 34, OH/MA/OH, Banker; Dorothy, wife, 28, ME/MO/MO; Prescott S Jr 7 ME, Walker 5 MA, Nancy 4, NY" and three servants. *[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=View&r=an&dbid=6061&iid=MOT625_961-0163&fn=Prescott+S&ln=Bush&st=r&ssrc=&pid=45471827 1920 Census of St Louis, St Louis, Missouri] showing "Prescott S Bush, boarder, 24, single, b OH/NY/OH, General Manager, Hadona ? Co" ===Secondary Sources=== *[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=genepool%2c&rank=0&tips=0&gsfn=Prescott&gsln=Bush&sx=&gs1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gs1pl=1%2c+&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4%3b_80000002%3b_80000003&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&o_iid=21416&o_lid=21416&o_it=21416&fh=6&recid=387692&recoff=1+2+39+40 Family Data Collection] showing "Prescott Sheldon Bush, spouse Dorothy Walker, parents Samuel Prescott Bush and Flora Sheldon, born Columbus, Ohio, born 15 May 1894, died 8 Oct 1972 New York" *[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=ohssm%2c&rank=0&tips=0&gsfn=Prescott&gsln=Bush&sx=&gs1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gs1pl=1%2c+&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4%3b_80000002%3b_80000003&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&o_iid=21416&o_lid=21416&o_it=21416&fh=0&recid=25289&recoff=1+3 ''Ohio Military Men'', 1917-18] with some details on his military career. [[Category:Massachusetts]] [[Category:Connecticut]] [[Category:Missouri]] [[Category:Ohio]] [[Category:Maine]]
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