Bushong Family History
Bushong Name Meaning
Americanized spelling of French Bouchon, a habitational
name from a place in Somme, so named with the personal name
Buccius + Gallic duros ‘fortress’, or a topographic name
for someone who lived in an area of bushes, from Old French
bousche ‘bush’.Possibly an altered spelling of
German Buschang, which is of Slavic origin (see Bushek).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Bushong Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Bushong families
 43 - 83  15 - 42 |
 1 - 14  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Bushong families
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2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Bushong Family Origin
Bushong Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Bushong
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Bushong Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Bushong census records
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