How to read this Bush family tree
Read the Bush family tree from the top down, one generation to a row. Children hang from the line of their parents in order of birth. Husbands and wives off the line of the two presidents are not drawn, and only five of the seventeen grandchildren are.1
A portrait is a person
Each portrait is an official or public domain photograph.
A silhouette has no free photograph
Four people appear in no public domain photograph that names them.
Two lines from one point are twins
Barbara and Jenna Bush are fraternal twins.
Prescott and Dorothy Bush, at the top of the Bush family tree
The Bush family tree begins with Prescott Bush, born at Columbus, Ohio, in 1895, who married Dorothy Walker at Kennebunkport, Maine, on 6 August 1921.14 A banker, he won a Senate seat on 4 November 1952 and served Connecticut until 1963.6
They had five children. Prescott Jr., the eldest, became an insurance executive.10 George was born at Milton, Massachusetts, in 1924.7 Nancy was the only daughter.11 Jonathan worked in finance,12 and William, known as Bucky, was a banker in St. Louis.13
Prescott BushSenator, 1952 to 1963.
Dorothy Walker BushMarried in 1921.
George H. W. and Barbara Bush and their six children
George H. W. Bush41st President, 1989 to 1993
- Born
- 12 June 1924, Milton, Massachusetts
- Married
- Barbara Pierce, 6 January 1945, Rye, New York
- Vice President
- 1981 to 1989
- President
- Sworn in 20 January 1989
- Died
- 30 November 2018, Houston
The second row of the Bush family tree turns on George H. W. Bush. He met Barbara Pierce at a Christmas dance in 1941, and they married at Rye, New York, in January 1945.2
After Yale he moved to Texas in 1948 to work in oil.1 He served in the House from 1967, at the United Nations and the Central Intelligence Agency, and as Vice President from 1981.7 He became the 41st President in 1989.1
Barbara Bush, born in New York City in 1925, founded the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy as First Lady.2 Their six children were George W., born at New Haven in 1946, Robin, who died of leukaemia in 1953 at the age of three, Jeb, Neil and Marvin, born at Midland, Texas, and Doro, born at Houston in 1959.2
Robin lies with her parents at the Bush Library, whose pages give her death as 11 October 1953 and as 12 October.31
Barbara BushFirst Lady, 1989 to 1993.
Robin BushThe second child.
Two governors and a second president
The third row of the Bush family tree holds two governors and the 43rd President. George W. Bush flew F-102 fighters in the Texas Air National Guard from 1968 to 1973 and married Laura Welch at Midland in 1977.815 He was Governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000 and was sworn in as President on 20 January 2001.84 Laura Bush had been a teacher and librarian, and as First Lady she founded the National Book Festival.5
Jeb Bush was Governor of Florida from 5 January 1999 to 2 January 2007, the first Republican reelected to that office.9 He married Columba Garnica Gallo at Austin in 1974.16
George W. BushPresident, 2001 to 2009.
Laura BushFirst Lady, 2001 to 2009.
Jeb BushGovernor of Florida.
Columba BushFirst Lady of Florida.
The grandchildren on the Bush family tree
The fourth row of the Bush family tree draws the children of the two governors. Barbara and Jenna, the twin daughters of George W. and Laura Bush, were born at Dallas on 25 November 1981.15
Jeb and Columba Bush had George P. in 1976, Noelle in 1977 and John Ellis Jr. in 1983.16 George P. Bush was Texas Land Commissioner from 2015 to 2023.17
Barbara Pierce BushBorn in 1981.
Jenna Bush HagerHer twin sister.
How this Bush family tree was drawn, and how to draw your own
The Bush family tree on this page was drawn in four steps. First, begin with the oldest couple whose marriage can be dated. Second, set each child under the parents, eldest on the left.
Third, write one public fact under each name from a page you have opened. Fourth, for a living person record only names, years, marriages, children and offices, and cite each source with its date.
The guide to reading a family tree explains the rows and lines.
The Bush family tree in dates
Prescott marries Dorothy
At Kennebunkport, Maine.
George marries Barbara
At Rye, New York.
Robin dies
She was three.
The 41st President
George H. W. Bush is sworn in.
Governor of Florida
Jeb Bush takes office.
The 43rd President
George W. Bush is sworn in.
Everyone on the Bush family tree
Choose a period to list the people of the Bush family tree alive in it.
All 21 people on the chart are listed.
| Portrait | Person | Years | Life | On the chart |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prescott BushUS Senator for Connecticut | 1895–1972 | Banker, senator from 1952 to 1963. | |
| Dorothy Walker BushWife of Prescott Bush | 1901–1992 | Married at Kennebunkport in 1921. Sources14 | |
| PB | Prescott Bush Jr.Eldest son | 1922–2010 | An insurance executive. Sources10 | |
| George H. W. Bush41st President | 1924–2018 | President from 1989 to 1993. | |
| Barbara BushFirst Lady, 1989 to 1993 | 1925–2018 | Founder of a family literacy foundation. Sources2 | |
| NB | Nancy Bush EllisOnly daughter | 1926–2021 | She campaigned for her brother and her nephew. Sources11 | |
| JB | Jonathan BushFourth child | 1931–2021 | He worked in finance. Sources12 | |
| WH | William H. T. BushYoungest son | 1938–2018 | A banker in St. Louis. Sources13 | |
| Laura BushFirst Lady, 2001 to 2009 | 1946– | A teacher and librarian from Midland. Sources5 | |
| George W. Bush43rd President | 1946– | Governor of Texas, then President from 2001 to 2009. | |
| Robin BushSecond child | 1949–1953 | She died of leukaemia at the age of three. | |
| Jeb BushGovernor of Florida | 1953– | Governor from 1999 to 2007. Sources9 | |
| Columba BushWife of Jeb Bush | 1953– | Born in Mexico, married in 1974. Sources16 | |
 | Neil BushThird son | 1955– | Born at Midland, Texas. Sources2 | |
 | Marvin BushFourth son | 1956– | Born at Midland, Texas. Sources2 | |
 | Doro Bush KochYounger daughter | 1959– | Born at Houston in 1959. Sources2 | |
| Barbara Pierce BushDaughter of George W. Bush | 1981– | Twin sister of Jenna. Sources15 | |
| Jenna Bush HagerDaughter of George W. Bush | 1981– | Twin sister of Barbara. | |
 | George P. BushTexas Land Commissioner | 1976– | Eldest child of Jeb Bush. | |
 | Noelle BushDaughter of Jeb Bush | 1977– | Born in Texas in 1977. Sources16 | |
 | John Ellis Bush Jr.Son of Jeb Bush | 1983– | Born at Miami in 1983. Sources16 |
Questions about the Bush family tree
Who is on the Bush family tree
Twenty-one people in four generations, from Prescott Bush to five great-grandchildren.
How the two Bush presidents are related
George H. W. Bush, the 41st President, was the father of George W. Bush, the 43rd. Senator Prescott Bush was the father of the first.
Why the chart records no illness of the living
Most of the family is alive or died in 2000 or later, so this Bush family tree keeps to public facts.
People and sources
A page of its own lists the 17 numbered sources this article cites. It also gives the credits of the portraits and this page as a reference in the APA, MLA, Chicago and Harvard styles, ready to copy.