See BOSCHONG Archives for October 2009 for further information. I believe this information to be correct but if not, please let me know and I will be happy to correct it. -------------- LINEAGE: Andreas Bushong and Mary Catharine George W. Bushong and Martha Davis John Andrew Bushong and Feraby White Hutchins James M. Bushong and Nancy Collings William E. Bushong and Ida Rambo ------------------------- I always thought that it was odd that in the 1880 census record for James and Nancy Bushong that their "son" John A. Bushong's places of birth for his parents were left blank and yet the others children's were all filled in. After now doing DNA testing on some of the Bushongs who turned out not to be Bushongs by blood, possibly this is the case with John A. Bushong, that he really wasn't a Bushong but was taken in by the Bushongs. ------------------ 1880 Federal Census: Indiana Wright Township, ED 298, Greene County Enumerated 14 June 1880 Page 81A Lines 7-15, HH 226/225 James Bushong White/Male/53/Married/Farmer/KY/KY/---- Nancy Bushong White/Female/43/Wife/KeepingHouse/IN/KY/KY John A. Bushong W/M/22/Son/Single/Farming/IN/--/-- {Why aren't his parents places of birth filled in?} George W. Bushong White/Male/20/Song/Single/AtSchool/IN/KY/IN Mary J. Bushong White/Female/17/Dau/AtHome/AttendedSchool/IN/KY/IN Charles E. Bushong White/Male/14/Son/AtHome/AttendedSchool/IN/KY/IN Elmer M. Bushong White/Male/13/Son/AtHome/AttendedSchool/IN/KY/IN James E. Bushong White/Male/10/Son/AtHome/AttendedSchool/IN/KY/IN William E. Bushong White/Male/7/Son/AttendedSchool/IN/KY/IN ----------------------- State of Illinois Marriages Knox County Marriage Book G, Page 8 License #10136 Married: 27 August 1892 GROOM: William E. Bushong Age 21 Father: James Bushong Mother: Nancy Collins (Collings) BRIDE: Ida Rambo Age 20 Father: John D. Rambo Mother: Anna Nelson -------------------- 1900 Federal Census: Missouri Madison Township, ED 115, Mercer County Enumerated 26 June 1900 Page 149B, Sheet 13 Lines 56-58, HH 258/264 William Bushong Head/M/W/Aug1871/28/Md8yrs/Farmer/RentsFarm/Nebraska/OH/OH Alice Bushong Wife/F/W/Sept1871/28/1child1living/MO/IN/IN {Ida Alice Rambo Bushong} Wilma Bushong Dau/Female/White/Dec1892/7/MO/Nebraska/MO ----------------------- Between the 1900 census and the 1910 census William and Ida Alice two things happen. I believe Wilma died and her parents separate and finally divorce. William then disappears. -------------------------- 1910 Federal Census: Iowa Ottumwa, Ward 3, Wapello County Coryden Canfield Head/Male/White/31/Married/IN/KY/IN Nancy Canfield Wife/Female/White/30/Iowa/VA/OH IDA BUSHONG Boarder/Female/White/40/Married/MO/IL/Sweden {Sweden makes no sense} F. J. Sanford Boarder/Male/White/14/AttendedSchool/Iowa/Iowa/Iowa ------------------------------- 1920 Federal Census: Montana Musselshell County Fred M. Carrico Head/Male/White/52/Widowed/IL/---/--- Ida M. Bushong Sister/Female/White/48/Divorced/IL/---/--- {Ida ex-wife of William} NOTE: Sister? Fred must have been a half brother of Ida not a full brother unless they were both adopted by a Rambo family and their real name was Carrico. ------------------------------- Then Ida moves back to Knox County Illinois where she was first married to William Bushong. -------------------------------- 1930 Federal Census: Galesburg, Knox County Oliver W. Walkup Head/Male/White/73/Married/PA/PA/PA Mary V. Walkup Wife/Female/White/67/OH/PA/OH Phoebe Waldon Maid/Female/White/60/Widowed/England/England/France IDA M. BUSHONG Housekeeper/Female/White/59/Widowed/MO/IL/Sweden ------------------------------- 1940 Federal Census: Illinois Knoxville City, ED 48-40, Knox County Enumerated 29 April 1940 Page 581B, Sheet 23 Line 46, HH 105 West Side Public Square Ida M. Bushong Head/Female/White/69/Widowed/Rents/BornMissouri ------------------------------------ Researched and Submitted by Gloria Neiger Bushong