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Household of Senator Prescott Sheldon Bush

He is married to Dorothy Wear Walker.

They got married on September 6, 1921 at Kennebunkport, York, Maine, he was 26 years old.


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Notes about Senator Prescott Sheldon Bush


Prescott Sheldon Bush (Columbus (Ohio), 15 mei 1895 – New York City, 8 oktober 1972), was een Amerikaans senator en bankier op Wall Street. Zowel zijn zoon George H.W. Bush als zijn kleinzoon George W. Bush zijn later president van deVerenigde Staten geworden.

Jeugd, studie en vroege carrière

Bush was de zoon van Samuel Prescott Bush en Flora Sheldon Bush. Het gezin bestond uit vijf kinderen. Van 1908 tot 1913 zat hij op de St. George's School net buiten Newport. In 1913 schreef hij zich als student in aan de Yale-universiteit.In 1917 behaalde hij zijn diploma.

Na zijn afstuderen diende Bush als artilleriekapitein voor het Amerikaanse leger (1917-1919) in de Eerste Wereldoorlog. Hij was gestationeerd in Verdun, Frankrijk.

Na zijn ontslag in 1919, werd hij werkzaam bij het bedrijf Keen Kutter in St. Louis, Missouri. In 1923 werkte Bush voor Hupmobile en daarna voor het bedrijf Stedman Products. In 1924 werd Prescott Bush vicevoorzitter van investeringsbank A.Harriman & Co. Bush werd in 1931 partner van de zakenbank nadat deze fuseerde met Brown Brothers & Company.
In 1925 sloot Bush zich aan bij de United States Rubber Company.
Vanaf 1932 zat Bush in het Raad van Bestuur van CBS.Van 1944 tot 1956 was Prescott Bush lid van de Yale Corporation, het belangrijkste bestuursorgaan van Yale.
Bush was een van de zeven directeuren van de investeringsbank Union Banking Corporation. Daar bleef hij tot 1943.

Bush was politiek actief met betrekking tot sociale thema's. Zo was hij vanaf 1942 betrokken bij een organisatie voor geboortebeperking en in 1951 een organisatie voor het fondsen werven voor zwarte studenten.
Hij werd senator van 1953 tot 1963. Een van zijn speerpunten was overstromings- en orkaanbescherming.

Prescott Bush trouwde met Dorothy Walker op 6 augustus, 1921, in Kennebunkport, Maine. Ze kregen vijf kinderen: Prescott Bush Jr., George H.W. Bush, Nancy Bush, Jonathan Bush en William "Bucky" Bush.
Hij overleed in 1972 te New York City, Connecticut.

In diverse media zijn er berichten verschenen over het feit dat bedrijven waar Bush leiding over had of zaken mee deed, winst maakten en financiële steun verleende aan de opkomst van het Derde Rijk. Daarbij wordt Fritz Thyssen en een bankin Rotterdam genoemd.
Verder wordt Prescott Bush verantwoordelijk gehouden voor de roof van het graf van Apache indiaan Geronimo ten behoeve van het geheime genootschap Skull and Bones.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Prescott Sheldon Bush

Robert Emmet Sheldon
1845-1917
Mary Elizabeth Butler
1850-1897
Flora Sheldon
1872-1920

Prescott Sheldon Bush
1895-1972

1921

Dorothy Wear Walker
1901-1992

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Birthday May 15, 1895

  • The temperature on May 15, 1895 was about 12.5 °C. There was 9 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1895: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • April 3 » The trial in the libel case brought by Oscar Wilde begins, eventually resulting in his imprisonment on charges of homosexuality.
    • April 6 » Oscar Wilde is arrested in the Cadogan Hotel, London, after losing a libel case against the Marquess of Queensberry.
    • April 24 » Joshua Slocum, the first person to sail single-handedly around the world, sets sail from Boston, Massachusetts aboard the sloop "Spray".
    • October 8 » Korean Empress Myeongseong is assassinated by Japanese infiltrators.
    • November 28 » The first American automobile race takes place over the 54 miles from Chicago's Jackson Park to Evanston, Illinois. Frank Duryea wins in approximately 10 hours.
    • December 28 » Wilhelm Röntgen publishes a paper detailing his discovery of a new type of radiation, which later will be known as x-rays.

Day of marriage September 6, 1921

  • The temperature on September 6, 1921 was between 5.7 °C and 24.8 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 11.6 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1921: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.9 million citizens.
    • March 1 » Following mass protests in Petrograd demanding greater freedom in the RSFSR, the Kronstadt rebellion began, with sailors and citizens taking up arms against the Bolsheviks.
    • March 1 » The Australian cricket team captained by Warwick Armstrong becomes the first team to complete a whitewash of The Ashes, something that would not be repeated for 86 years.
    • March 31 » The Royal Australian Air Force is formed.
    • June 15 » Bessie Coleman earns her pilot's license, becoming the first female pilot of African-American descent.
    • September 21 » A storage silo in Oppau, Germany, explodes, killing 500–600 people.
    • October 29 » United States: Second trial of Sacco and Vanzetti in Boston, Massachusetts.

Day of death October 8, 1972

  • The temperature on October 8, 1972 was between 2.9 °C and 21.5 °C and averaged 11.0 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet Biesheuvel I, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1972: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 13.3 million citizens.
    • January 26 » JAT Fight 367 is destroyed by a terrorist bomb, killing 27 of the 28 people on board the DC-9. Flight attendant Vesna Vulović survives with critical injuries.
    • April 13 » Vietnam War: The Battle of An Lộc begins.
    • July 1 » The first Gay pride march in England takes place.
    • September 21 » Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos begins authoritarian rule by declaring martial law.
    • November 8 » American pay television network Home Box Office (HBO) launches, initially transmitting to 365 Teleservice Cable subscribers in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. First operating as a Northeastern U.S.-based regional service, HBO was one of the first cable-originated television channels. HBO's inaugural programming that evening consisted of its first event telecast—an NHL hockey game between the New York Rangers and the Vancouver Canucks, and its first movie presentation—the 1971 Paul Newman–Henry Fonda film Sometimes a Great Notion.
    • December 23 » A 6.5 magnitude earthquake strikes the Nicaraguan capital of Managua killing more than 10,000.


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