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THE most powerful man in the world (probably) - George W. Bush - the President
of
the United States of America, may have his ancestral roots in Calderdale.
A
local historian made the connection between the Fairbanks family
of Sowerby Bridge, some of who became important early colonists
of America, and the Bush family.
It was Jonathon Fayrebanke, born in 1595, who emigrated with his
Warley
born wife, to Massachussets. Research showed that Jonathon's
granddaughter married one Richard Bush in 1748.
The
historian traced a direct line of descent through seven generations
to George Herbert Walker Bush who served as U.S. President between
1989 and 1993. Now his son, the former Texas Governor George W.
Bush has joined the long line of men to lead America, though his
roots are in Calderdale.
Found
in the Goggle's cache of a Halifax Today (Courier) webpage, which
seems to no longer exist:
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