Barbara PIERCE (1925- )

1 Barbara PIERCE^1,2 (1925- ) [4382]. Born 8 Jun 1925, Rye, NY.¹ Marr George Herbert Walker BUSH 6 Jan 1945, Rye, NY.¹

From the New York Times.

December 12, 1943 - "BARBARA PIERCE ENGAGED TO WED.
Student at Smith College Will Be Bride of Ensign George Bush of Naval Air Arm.

Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES.

RYE, N.Y., Dec. 11 - Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Pierce have announced the engagement of their daughter, Barbara, to Ensign George Herbert Walker Bush, Naval Air Arm, son of Mr. and Mrs. Prescott S. Bush of Greenwich Conn.
Miss Pierce was graduated from Ashley Hall, Charleston, S.C., and is a student at Smith College. She is a granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Scott Pierce of Dayton and of Mrs. James E. Robinson of Columbus, Ohio, and the late Judge Robinson. Her father is executive vice president of the McCall Corporation, magazine publishers.
Ensign Bush, an alumnus of Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., received his wings in June at Corpus Christie, Tex. His father, a partner in Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., is chairman of the National War Fund Drive. The prospective bridegroom is a grandson of Mr. and Mrs. George Herbert Walker of New York and Samuel Prescott Bush of Columbus.".

2 Marvin PIERCE² ( - ) [10147].

4 Scott PIERCE² ( - ) [10148].

Sources

1	"Information from presidential genealogy websites".

2	"Engagement announcement of Barbara Pierce to George Herbert Walker Bush in the New York Times, December 12, 1943".