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  Bush, Dorothy Walker
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NameDorothy Walker Bush
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, Connecticut , United States
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Born July 01, 1901
DiedNovember 19, 1992 (91 years)
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Jul 02, 2008 10:31am
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InfoDorothy Wear Walker Bush (July 1, 1901 - November 19, 1992) was the mother of the 41st President of the United States, George H. W. Bush, and the grandmother of the 43rd president, George W. Bush. She was born near Walker's Point, in York County, Maine, to George Herbert Walker and Lucretia "Loulie" (Wear) Walker (1874-1961).[1]

Walker attended Miss Porter's School and married Prescott Sheldon Bush on August 6, 1921, in Kennebunkport, Maine. They had five children: Prescott "Pressy" Bush, Jr. (1922), George H. W. Bush (1924; (named after Dorothy's father, George Herbert Walker), Nancy Bush (1926), Jonathan Bush (1931), and William "Bucky" Bush (1938).

Lucretia Wear was descended from French Huguenots (Gabriel and Marie Hersent Maupin) who arrived in America in 1700.

Dorothy Walker died in Greenwich, Connecticut, on November 19, 1992.


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Husband Prescott Sheldon Bush Aug 06, 1921-Oct 08, 1972
Son Prescott S. Bush, Jr. 1922-2010
Son George H. W. Bush 1924-2018
Grandson George W. Bush 1946-
Granddaughter Pauline Robinson "Robin" Bush 1949-1953
Grandson Jeb Bush 1953-
Grandson Neil Mallon Bush 1955-
Grandson Marvin Pierce Bush 1956-
Granddaughter Dorothy "Doro" Bush Koch 1959-
Father George H. "Bert" Walker 1875-1953
Brother George Herbert Walker, Jr. 1905-1977
Nephew George Herbert "Bert" Walker, III 1931-2020
Brother John Mercer Walker Sr. 1909-1990
Nephew John Mercer Walker, Jr. 1940-
Brother Louis Walker 1912-2001
Niece Dorothy Walker Stapleton 1946-

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