Sarah C. Bush b. 30 Mar 1834 New Jersey, USA d. 24 Apr 1915 Fairfield, Essex, New Jersey, USA: Moore Mays Genealogy

Moore Mays Genealogy

1834 - 1915 (81 years)

Name	Sarah C. Bush
Birth	30 Mar 1834	New Jersey, USA [1, 2]
Gender	Female
Census	18 Sep 1850	Caldwell, Essex, New Jersey, USA [3]
Census	14 Jun 1860	Caldwell, Essex, New Jersey, USA [4]
Census	17 Jun 1870	Caldwell, Essex, New Jersey, USA [5]
Census	2 Jun 1880	Caldwell, Essex, New Jersey, USA [6]
Census	1 Jun 1885	Caldwell, Essex, New Jersey, USA [7]
Census	1 Jun 1895	Caldwell, Essex, New Jersey, USA [8]
Census	13 Jun 1900	Caldwell, Essex, New Jersey, USA [9]
Census	26 Jun 1905	Caldwell, Essex, New Jersey, USA [1]
Census	17 May 1910	Caldwell, Essex, New Jersey, USA [10]
Death	24 Apr 1915	Fairfield, Essex, New Jersey, USA [2, 11]
Death		Sarah C. Bush - Death Certificate
Obituary	26 Apr 1915	Newark, Essex, New Jersey, USA [11]
Obituary		Sarah C. Bush - Obituary
Burial	28 Apr 1915	Prospect Hill Cemetery, Caldwell, Essex, New Jersey, USA [2, 11]
Burial		John Ward, Sarah C. Bush - Headstone
Person ID	I85	Moore Mays Genealogy
Last Modified	7 May 2025

Father	John Bush
Mother	Nancy Masker
Family ID	F33	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 John Doremus, b. Abt 1829, New York, USA d. 2 Sep 1862, Caldwell, Essex, New Jersey, USA (Age 33 years)

Children

+	1. Josephine Doremus, b. 20 Oct 1854, Caldwell, Essex, New Jersey, USA d. 19 Aug 1942, Caldwell, Essex, New Jersey, USA (Age 87 years)
	2. Adaline Doremus, b. 17 Sep 1857, Caldwell, Essex, New Jersey, USA
+	3. Mary Ida Doremus, b. Feb 1862, New Jersey, USA d. 9 Mar 1924, Fairfield, Essex, New Jersey, USA (Age 62 years)

Family ID F21 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 1 Jan 2025

Family 2 John Ward

Marriage 23 Nov 1867 Fairfield, Essex, New Jersey, USA [12]

Children

+	1. Ella Ward, b. Jul 1864, New Jersey, USA d. 19 Feb 1942, Little Falls, Passaic, New Jersey, USA (Age 77 years)
	2. Smith B. Ward, b. About 1868, New Jersey, USA d. 20 Sep 1883, New Jersey, USA (Age 15 years)
+	3. Emma Rebecca Ward, b. 2 Apr 1870, Caldwell, Essex, New Jersey, USA d. 21 Jan 1954, Caldwell, Essex, New Jersey, USA (Age 83 years)
+	4. Fannie R. Ward, b. Apr 1873, New Jersey, USA d. Sep 1961, Caldwell, Essex, New Jersey, USA (Age 88 years)

Family ID F34 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 1 Jan 2025

Photos
Sarah C. Bush - Default Photo
Notes
Sarah seems to be born before John Bush's marriage to Nancy Masker. I will be searching out another wife and marriage before John's marriage to Nancy.

Sources

[S53] 1905 NJ State Census - Essex Co.
1905 New Jersey State Census, Essex County, New Jersey, population schedule, Caldwell borough, p. 06-A, dwelling 108, family 112, line 14, John Ward household; digital images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 31 Dec 2024).
[S1] NJ - Death Certificates, 1848-1950.
New Jersey Bureau of Vital Statistics, death certificate (1915), Sarah C. Ward; New Jersey State Archives, Trenton.
[S80] 1850 US Census - NJ - Essex Co.
1850 U.S. census, Essex County, New Jersey, population schedule, Caldwell township, p. 90-A, dwelling 308, family 345, John Bush household; digital images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 31 Dec 2024); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M432, roll 449.
[S79] 1860 US Census - NJ - Essex Co.
1860 U.S. census, Essex County, New Jersey, population schedule, Caldwell township, p. 8 (penned), dwelling 60, family 60, John Doremus household; digital images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 30 Dec 2024); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M653, roll 690.
[S65] 1870 US Census - NJ - Essex Co.
1870 U.S. census, Essex County, New Jersey, population schedule, Caldwell township, p. 119-B, dwelling 239, family 259, John Ward household; digital images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 31 Dec 2024); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M593, roll 860.
[S56] 1880 US Census - NJ - Essex Co.
1880 U.S. census, Essex County, New Jersey, population schedule, Caldwell township, enumeration district (ED) 095, p. 420-D, dwelling 32, family 33, John Ward household; digital images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 31 Dec 2024); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 780.
[S57] 1885 NJ State Census - Essex Co.
1885 New Jersey State Census, Essex County, New Jersey, population schedule, Caldwell, p. 48, dwelling 2, family 2, line 7, John Ward household; digital images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 31 Dec 2024).
[S58] 1895 NJ State Census - Essex Co.
1895 New Jersey State Census, Essex County, New Jersey, population schedule, Caldwell, p. 7, dwelling 40, family 44, line 188, John Ward household; digital images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 31 Dec 2024).
[S63] 1900 US Census - NJ - Essex Co.
1900 U.S. census, Essex County, New Jersey, population schedule, Caldwell township, enumeration district (ED) 214, sheet 08-B, dwelling 188, family 192, John Ward household; digital images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 31 Dec 2024); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623, roll 970.
[S54] 1910 US Census - NJ - Essex Co.
1910 U.S. census, Essex County, New Jersey, population schedule, Caldwell township, enumeration district (ED) 157, sheet 05-A, dwelling 82, family 83, John Ward household; digital images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 31 Dec 2024); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T624, roll 882.
[S81] NJ - Newark Evening Star (Newark, NJ).
"Mrs. Sarah C. Ward," Newark Evening Star, 26 Apr 1915, p. 14, col. 6; digital images, Chronicling America (https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn91064011/1915-04-26/ed-1/?sp=14&q=Thorward : accessed 1 Jan 2025).
[S61] NJ - Birth, Marriage and Death Records, 1711-1878.
New Jersey State Archives, Birth, Marriage and Death Records, 1711-1878, v BG: 189, 3, John Ward, Sarah Doremus; digital image, "Marriages, 1868," Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com: 30 Dec 2024).