Barbara Bush

Fourth cousin, four times removed, of U.S. President Franklin Pierce (1804-1869), through their common Pierce ancestors.

Barbara Bush was born on June 8, 1925 in New York City, New York, USA as Barbara Pierce. She was married to George Bush.

Attended Rye Country Day School in Rye, New York, but graduated from Ashley Hall in Charleston, South Carolina in 1943.

Children: George W. Bush (b. 6 July 1946), Pauline Pierce "Robin" (20 December 1949 - 11 October 1953), Jeb Bush (b. 11 February 1953), Neil Bush (b. 22 January 1955), Marvin Bush (b. 22 October 1956) and Doro Bush (b. 18 August 1959).

Portrayed by Phil Hartman on Saturday Night Live (1975).

In The Simpsons (1989) episode "Two Bad Neighbors" (14 January 1996), George and Barbara Bush move to Springfield. Bart's constant pestering of his new neighbors soon turns into an all-out war between Homer and the ex-President. The show's producers didn't ask the Bushes to voice themselves because they didn't think they would. Harry Shearer voiced George; Tress MacNeille voiced Barbara.

Inducted into the International Adult and Continuing Education Hall of Fame in 1997.

In September 2005, she and her husband were touring a shelter housing people who had fled Hurricane Katrina. She said "Oh, these people were already underprivileged, so this is better for them," drawing allegations that she held an elitist viewpoint.

Recovering at Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas after successful open heart surgery on March 4, 2009 to replace her aortic valve. In late November, 2008, she underwent surgery to treat a perforated ulcer in her small intestine. Also has had operations for back problems and two hip replacements.

Ancestry was English, some German, and smaller amounts, to varying degrees, of Welsh, Irish, Scottish, and French, as well as 1/128th Moravian (Czech).

George and Barbara were the longest-married presidential First Couple. They celebrated their 73rd wedding anniversary on January 6, 2018, three months and eleven days before Barbara's death.