Backus Family History
A Genealogical History of the Backus Family and it's Branches |
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1. | Elizabeth F. Orwig was born on 28 May 1949 in Baraboo, Sauk, Wisconsin (daughter of Dr. James Preston Orwig and Katharine Gertrude Cook); died on 27 Jun 2014 in Buffalo, Wright, Minnesota. Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
2. | Dr. James Preston Orwig was born on 30 May 1919 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; died on 9 Jan 2015 in Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland; was buried on 12 Jan 2015 in Union Church Memorial Garden, Berea, Madison, Kentucky. James + Katharine Gertrude Cook. Katharine (daughter of Louis Gray Cook and Gertrude Sophia Evans) was born on 1 Oct 1920 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota; died on 10 Oct 2003 in Berea, Madison, Kentucky; was buried on 13 Oct 2003 in Union Church Memorial Garden, Berea, Madison, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
3. | Katharine Gertrude Cook was born on 1 Oct 1920 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota (daughter of Louis Gray Cook and Gertrude Sophia Evans); died on 10 Oct 2003 in Berea, Madison, Kentucky; was buried on 13 Oct 2003 in Union Church Memorial Garden, Berea, Madison, Kentucky.
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6. | Louis Gray Cook was born on 12 Dec 1877 in Kent County, Michigan (son of Samuel Clemens Cook and Emily Swift Gray); died on 30 Mar 1944 in Ramsey County, Minnesota; was buried on 3 Apr 1944 in Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota. Louis married Gertrude Sophia Evans on 29 Jun 1909. Gertrude was born on 24 Sep 1885 in Michigan; died on 15 Feb 1978 in St Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota; was buried on 18 Feb 1978 in Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
7. | Gertrude Sophia Evans was born on 24 Sep 1885 in Michigan; died on 15 Feb 1978 in St Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota; was buried on 18 Feb 1978 in Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota.
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12. | Samuel Clemens Cook was born on 5 Aug 1840 in Michigan (son of William Harvey Cook, Sr. and Emeline Backus); died on 10 May 1911 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota; was buried on 13 May 1911 in Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota. Samuel married Emily Swift Gray on 2 Nov 1870 in Dexter, Washtenaw, Michigan. Emily was born on 10 Feb 1846 in Dexter, Washtenaw, Michigan; died about 1920 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota; was buried in 1920 in Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
13. | Emily Swift Gray was born on 10 Feb 1846 in Dexter, Washtenaw, Michigan; died about 1920 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota; was buried in 1920 in Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota.
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