Backus Family History
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Laurence Needham Edwards

Male 1913 - 1978  (64 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.   Laurence Needham Edwards was born on 20 Mar 1913 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California (son of David Backus Edwards and Grace J. Needham); died on 15 Mar 1978 in San Diego, San Diego, California.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.   David Backus Edwards was born on 13 Oct 1879 in Oakland, Alameda, California (son of John Letcher Edwards and Carrie Woolsey Backus); died on 29 Aug 1952 in San Diego, San Diego, California.

    David married Grace J. Needham about 1911. Grace (daughter of Erwin Badger Needham and Elizabeth R. Mix) was born on 12 Aug 1879 in Mitchell, Mitchell, Iowa; died on 15 May 1965 in San Diego, San Diego, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.   Grace J. Needham was born on 12 Aug 1879 in Mitchell, Mitchell, Iowa (daughter of Erwin Badger Needham and Elizabeth R. Mix); died on 15 May 1965 in San Diego, San Diego, California.
    Children:
    1. Gurden Backus Edwards was born about 1912 in San Francisco County, California; died on 23 Jan 1938 in San Diego, San Diego, California.
    2. 1. Laurence Needham Edwards was born on 20 Mar 1913 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California; died on 15 Mar 1978 in San Diego, San Diego, California.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.   John Letcher Edwards was born about 1838 in Missouri; died on Yes, date unknown in California.

    John + Carrie Woolsey Backus. Carrie (daughter of Gurden Backus, III and Julia Ann Woolsey) was born in Jul 1856 in California; died on 20 Mar 1910 in Oakland, Alameda, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.   Carrie Woolsey Backus was born in Jul 1856 in California (daughter of Gurden Backus, III and Julia Ann Woolsey); died on 20 Mar 1910 in Oakland, Alameda, California.
    Children:
    1. Lulu Virginia Edwards was born on 7 Jun 1877 in Oakland, Alameda, California; died on Yes, date unknown.
    2. 2. David Backus Edwards was born on 13 Oct 1879 in Oakland, Alameda, California; died on 29 Aug 1952 in San Diego, San Diego, California.
    3. Gurden Backus Edwards was born on 6 Jun 1883 in Oakland, Alameda, California; died on 19 Jul 1948 in Rochester, Monroe, New York; was buried on 21 Jul 1948 in Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, Monroe, New York.

  3. 6.   Erwin Badger Needham was born on 12 Mar 1847 in Springville, Erie, New York; died on 4 Sep 1921 in Hinsdale, DuPage, Illinois; was buried on 6 Sep 1921 in Bronswood Cemetery, Oak Brook, DuPage, Illinois.

    Erwin married Elizabeth R. Mix on 16 Nov 1869 in Mitchell County, Iowa. Elizabeth was born on 17 Oct 1846 in Hamburg, Erie, New York; died on 24 Oct 1918 in Hinsdale, DuPage, Illinois; was buried on 26 Oct 1918 in Bronswood Cemetery, Oak Brook, DuPage, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.   Elizabeth R. Mix was born on 17 Oct 1846 in Hamburg, Erie, New York; died on 24 Oct 1918 in Hinsdale, DuPage, Illinois; was buried on 26 Oct 1918 in Bronswood Cemetery, Oak Brook, DuPage, Illinois.
    Children:
    1. 3. Grace J. Needham was born on 12 Aug 1879 in Mitchell, Mitchell, Iowa; died on 15 May 1965 in San Diego, San Diego, California.


Generation: 4

  1. 10.   Gurden Backus, III was born on 6 Nov 1820 in Burlington, Chittenden, Vermont (son of Gurdon B. "aka Gurden" Backus, Jr. and Lucy Nichols); died on 23 Nov 1907 in Oakland, Alameda, California.

    Gurden married Julia Ann Woolsey on 18 Nov 1841 in Pine Plains, Dutchess, New York. Julia was born about 1820 in Pine Plains, Dutchess, New York; died on 5 Feb 1863 in San Francisco, San Francisco, California; was buried on 7 Mar 1863. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 11.   Julia Ann Woolsey was born about 1820 in Pine Plains, Dutchess, New York; died on 5 Feb 1863 in San Francisco, San Francisco, California; was buried on 7 Mar 1863.
    Children:
    1. Phebe H. Backus was born in Sep 1842 in Pine Plains, Dutchess, New York; died after 1922 in Oakland, Alameda, California.
    2. Gen. Samuel Woolsey Backus was born on 6 Nov 1844 in Pine Plains, Dutchess, New York; died on 10 Apr 1930 in San Francisco, San Francisco, California; was buried on 12 Apr 1930 in San Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
    3. Lucy S. Backus was born about 1854 in Sacramento County, California; died on Yes, date unknown.
    4. 5. Carrie Woolsey Backus was born in Jul 1856 in California; died on 20 Mar 1910 in Oakland, Alameda, California.


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