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Generation: 2

Ellis Walter Edge was born on 5 Apr 1909 in Bloomfield, Essex, New Jersey; died on 6 Apr 1993 in Saint Petersburg, Pinellas, Florida.

Ellis married Ida Grace Backus on 8 Sep 1939 in Cook County, Illinois. Ida (daughter of Clyde I. Backus and Olga Martha Burianek) was born on 11 Sep 1911 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois; died on 1 Jan 1983 in Seminole, Pinellas, Florida. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ida Grace Backus was born on 11 Sep 1911 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois (daughter of Clyde I. Backus and Olga Martha Burianek); died on 1 Jan 1983 in Seminole, Pinellas, Florida.

Children:

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Generation: 3

Clyde I. Backus was born in Sep 1872 in Grand Ledge, Eaton, Michigan (son of Herman Backus and Eliza Jane Lown); died on 20 Dec 1951 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois.

Clyde married Olga Martha Burianek on 21 Feb 1906 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois. Olga was born on 3 Oct 1881 in Dresden, Saxony, Germany; died on 14 Jan 1967 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Olga Martha Burianek was born on 3 Oct 1881 in Dresden, Saxony, Germany; died on 14 Jan 1967 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois.

Children:

William Lincoln Backus was born on 26 May 1909 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois; died on 1 Jan 1977 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois.
3. Ida Grace Backus was born on 11 Sep 1911 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois; died on 1 Jan 1983 in Seminole, Pinellas, Florida.

Generation: 4

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Herman Backus was born on 1 Feb 1829 in Evans Twp, Erie, New York (son of Simeon Backus and Polly Patchen); died on 2 Apr 1920 in Lansing, Ingham, Michigan; was buried on 6 Apr 1920 in Oakwood Cemetery, Grand Ledge, Eaton, Michigan.

Herman married Eliza Jane Lown on 22 Feb 1855. Eliza (daughter of George Lown and Maria Helms) was born on 1 Apr 1833 in Palmyra, Wayne, New York; died on 27 Mar 1924 in Lansing, Ingham, Michigan; was buried on 29 Mar 1924 in Oakwood Cemetery, Grand Ledge, Eaton, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Eliza Jane Lown was born on 1 Apr 1833 in Palmyra, Wayne, New York (daughter of George Lown and Maria Helms); died on 27 Mar 1924 in Lansing, Ingham, Michigan; was buried on 29 Mar 1924 in Oakwood Cemetery, Grand Ledge, Eaton, Michigan.

Children:

Dwight Backus was born on 15 Jan 1856 in North Lake, Washtenaw, Michigan; died on 27 Dec 1922 in Benton Twp, Eaton, Michigan; was buried on 30 Dec 1922 in Benton Township Cemetery, Potterville, Eaton, Michigan.
Volney A. Backus was born on 23 Feb 1857 in Dexter, Washtenaw, Michigan; died on 20 Jun 1944 in Benton Twp, Eaton, Michigan; was buried on 23 Jun 1944 in Benton Township Cemetery, Potterville, Eaton, Michigan.
Ada I. Backus was born on 25 Oct 1858 in Dexter, Washtenaw, Michigan; died on 24 Jul 1947 in Sunfield, Eaton, Michigan; was buried on 27 Jul 1947 in Perry Cemetery, Charlotte, Eaton, Michigan.
Burton L. Backus was born on 13 Nov 1861 in Dexter, Washtenaw, Michigan; died on 26 Aug 1944 in Lansing, Ingham, Michigan.
Ivy A. Backus was born in Aug 1865 in Oneida Twp, Eaton, Michigan; died on 5 Apr 1954 in Lansing, Ingham, Michigan; was buried on 8 Apr 19541954 in Benton Township Cemetery, Potterville, Eaton, Michigan.
Myra Marie Backus was born on 23 Jan 1867 in Oneida Twp, Eaton, Michigan; died on 27 Nov 1952 in Cadillac, Wexford, Michigan.
James Herman Backus was born on 14 Apr 1869 in Oneida Twp, Eaton, Michigan; died on 13 Dec 1963 in Charlotte, Eaton, Michigan; was buried on 16 Dec 1963 in Oakwood Cemetery, Grand Ledge, Eaton, Michigan.
6. Clyde I. Backus was born in Sep 1872 in Grand Ledge, Eaton, Michigan; died on 20 Dec 1951 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois.

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