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To view people in the tree select either Bush Family Branch or Sowa Family Branch from top left of page. The Sowa branch is my mother's side. Currently there are over 28,700 people charted here and over 8,000 separate families.
Our branch of the Busch family tree had its genesis in Ruscombmanor Township, Pennsylvania.
Ruscombmanor Township is located in Berks County, Pennsylvania and was originally known as the Manor of Ruscomb, named after a district in Wales, settled in 1749 as part of Philadelphia County and incorporated in 1752 as Ruscombmanor Township.
Pricetown, the only village in the township, took its name from Conrad Price. Conrad was a member of the Dunkards, also known as "The Brethen", and sometimes called "German Baptists" who settled in Oley, PA. Named Elders were the first preachers. Conrad laid out Pricetown about 1774. It contained 25 houses, one store, and 2 taverns with a population of 165.
Heinrich Busch, aka Henry Bush b. 1779 d. 1851, my 4th great-grandfather, is the most distant, direct descendant of the family located thus far. We could not locate him on the 1790 or the 1800 U.S. Census' for Ruscombmanor Township but he does appear in every census from 1810 until his death in 1851. In all census' he is recorded as being born in Pennsylvania, where remains a mystery.
1808 Heinrich buys his first property in Ruscombmanor, a 9 acre tract from John Bush and his wife Catherine for 140 pounds (interestingly recorded in English currency), who these people were is not known... yet.
Then in 1828 Heinrich purchases 98 acres from Daniel Herbein for the princely sum of $1,350.00. and pursues farming as a vocation. His eldest son Benjamin is 17 and is engaged with his father in running the farm. Although nothing is known of the original dwelling that stood on the property the picture above is the house at 134 Spook Lane that Benjamin constructed circa 1850. Today it is a three unit apartment building with only 15 of the original 98 acres remaining. The stone bank barn, across the street, also built by Benjamin, is being used as the maintenance shop/garage for Golden Oaks Golf Course.
Ownership of the farm continues by the family until the passing of Benjamin in 1881. January of 1882 the heirs of Benjamin sell the farm to Rachel Fox for $8,000.00.
May of 1897 Israel is appointed to the office of tax collector for Ruscombmanor Township to replace John Bertolet. In the year 1900 Israel is living in a rented house still employed by the township as tax collector. From 1902 at the death of Israel the family will call the City of Reading and its environs... home.
To view people in the tree select either Bush Family Branch or Sowa Family Branch from top left of page. The Sowa branch is my mother's side. Currently there are over 28,700 people charted here and over 8,000 separate families.
Our branch of the Busch family tree had its genesis in Ruscombmanor Township, Pennsylvania.
Ruscombmanor Township is located in Berks County, Pennsylvania and was originally known as the Manor of Ruscomb, named after a district in Wales, settled in 1749 as part of Philadelphia County and incorporated in 1752 as Ruscombmanor Township.
Pricetown, the only village in the township, took its name from Conrad Price. Conrad was a member of the Dunkards, also known as "The Brethen", and sometimes called "German Baptists" who settled in Oley, PA. Named Elders were the first preachers. Conrad laid out Pricetown about 1774. It contained 25 houses, one store, and 2 taverns with a population of 165.
Heinrich Busch, aka Henry Bush b. 1779 d. 1851, my 4th great-grandfather, is the most distant, direct descendant of the family located thus far. We could not locate him on the 1790 or the 1800 U.S. Census' for Ruscombmanor Township but he does appear in every census from 1810 until his death in 1851. In all census' he is recorded as being born in Pennsylvania, where remains a mystery.
1808 Heinrich buys his first property in Ruscombmanor, a 9 acre tract from John Bush and his wife Catherine for 140 pounds (interestingly recorded in English currency), who these people were is not known... yet.
Then in 1828 Heinrich purchases 98 acres from Daniel Herbein for the princely sum of $1,350.00. and pursues farming as a vocation. His eldest son Benjamin is 17 and is engaged with his father in running the farm. Although nothing is known of the original dwelling that stood on the property the picture above is the house at 134 Spook Lane that Benjamin constructed circa 1850. Today it is a three unit apartment building with only 15 of the original 98 acres remaining. The stone bank barn, across the street, also built by Benjamin, is being used as the maintenance shop/garage for Golden Oaks Golf Course.
Ownership of the farm continues by the family until the passing of Benjamin in 1881. January of 1882 the heirs of Benjamin sell the farm to Rachel Fox for $8,000.00.
May of 1897 Israel is appointed to the office of tax collector for Ruscombmanor Township to replace John Bertolet. In the year 1900 Israel is living in a rented house still employed by the township as tax collector. From 1902 at the death of Israel the family will call the City of Reading and its environs... home.
