Name: Although her grave marker spells her nickname as "Molly," the newspapers during that era usually spelled her name as "Mollie," although they sometimes too spelled it "Molly." Interestingly, in the 1900 Federal Census, discussed below, the census taker recorded her nickname as though it was her given name.

"Messrs. J. S. Webb, Henry Poor and Miss Mollie Bush returned from Samoa by the Alameda." (Source: The Pacific Commercial Advertiser [Honolulu, HI], August 27, 1887)

"When the name of Molly Bush was called in the District Court this morning there was no answer and a bench warrant for her arrest was ordered to issue. Molly is wanted to answer to a charge of profanity." (Source: Evening Bulletin, [Honolulu, HI], October 21, 1896)

POLICE COURT ITEMS: "In the case of Molly Bush for contempt of court defendant was discharged. In another case of that of profanity against the same defendant a nolle prosequi [unwilling to prosecute] was entered and defendant discharged." (Source: The Pacific Commercial Advertiser, [Honolulu, HI], October 26, 1896)

Mollie Bush, age 29, with a birth month/year of November 1871, was listed in the 1900 Federal Census (Honolulu, HI). She was identified as the head of household. The household consisted of Mollie, her [step-]mother Kaupani(?) Bush, a widow, age 61, born December 1859 [1939], and Mollie's sister Kalawawa(?) Bush, age 24, born January 1876. There were also two males who were identified as "servants," one was employed as a cook and the other as a gardener. Mollie, as well as her mother and father were born in the "Hawaiian Islands." The census reported that Mollie's mother Kaupani was the mother of four children, all of whom were still alive. ((This sounds as though Molly was talking about her biological mother, Mary Ann (Peters) Bush, because her stepmother, Mary Julia (Glenney) Bush had more than four children.)) Interestingly, Mollie's father, John Edward Bush, Sr., although not recorded in this household, was still alive at the time of the census, and did not die until June 28, 1906, although this particular census would lead us to believe that he was already deceased; especially when you consider that his first wife, Mollie's biological mother, Mary Ann (Peters) Bush, died prior to 1884. According to John Bush's obituary, which was published in The Hawaiian Gazette, June 29, 1906, he "...was married twice. His first wife, deceased, was Mary Ann Peters, by whom he had several children, four of whom are yet living. In 1884 he married Mary Julia Glenney, Rev. Henry Parker performing the ceremony. She accompanied Mr. Bush to and from Samoa in 1887...""

DEATH OF MOLLIE BUSH. "Succumbs to Illness of Less Than Week. Death claimed her last evening at her residence on Hotel street near Punchbowl at about 8 o'clock, after an illness lasting only since Monday afternoon, when she caught a severe cold which settled on her lungs. She was compelled to take to her bed and she never rose from it. During the latter part of the week a complication of diseases set in, and her death was due principally to peritonitis. Dr. George Herbert attended. The funeral will take place this afternoon at 3 o'clock from her late residence, and the interment will be in Makiki cemetery in the plot of her father, Hon. John E. Bush. Mary Ann Kaipuala Bush was born in Honolulu 32 years ago, and was the daughter of Hon. John E. Bush and Mary Ann Bush. She spent much of her early youth in Kona, going to school and at St. Andrew's Priory in this city. She was a court lady during the reign of Queen Liliuokalani, her mother having been a court lady during the regime of Kalakaua. It was during the earlier reign that her father was minister of the Interior from 1881 to 1883, holding other government portfolios for short periods, notably that of Prime Minister. During the Premiership of Walter Murray Gibson Mr. Bush was sent to Samoa as minister plenipotentiary in the now famous Hawaiian gunboat Kaimiloa, and on this voyage Miss Bush accompanied him, remaining in Samoa for a period after he had returned to Honolulu. Miss Bush was one of the best known Hawaiian women in the Islands." (Source: The Pacific Commercial Advertiser, Honolulu, HI, January 11, 1903.)

FUNERAL OF THE LATE MISS BUSH. "The funeral of Miss Mollie Bush, daughter of John E. Bush, took place yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock from her late residence on Hotel street. A large number of people were present, mostly Hawaiians. The casket rested in the parlor surrounded with a wealth of flowers and greenery and in this room the funeral was said by the Rev. Henry Parker of Kawaiahao church. Mr. Parker made an address touching upon the good qualities of the deceased woman, following which "Nearer My God To Thee" was sung. The casket was carried to the hearse by the following pall-bearers: Thomas Cummings, George Harris, Tim Lyons, Morris Keohokalole, Captain Parker and Edward Giffard. Followed by a large number of carriages, the remains were conveyed to Makiki cemetery and interred in the Bush plot, Rev. Henry Parker officiating at the grave." (Source: The Pacific Commercial Advertiser, Honolulu, HI, January 12, 1903, Page 9.)