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Backus Family History
A Genealogical History of the Backus Family and it's Branches |
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Backus Family History
A Genealogical History of the Backus Family and it's Branches |
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| 1. | Living Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
| 2. | John Sherman Sawyer, Sr. was born on 26 May 1909 in Des Moines, Polk, Iowa (son of Paul Backus Sawyer, Sr. and Cecilia Sherman); died on 30 Dec 1972 in Metairie, Jefferson, Louisiana; was buried on 3 Jan 1973 in Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana. John married Elise Steele Himel in Feb 1937 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana. Elise was born on 19 Aug 1914 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana; died on 14 Mar 1988 in Metairie, Jefferson, Louisiana; was buried on 17 Mar 1988 in Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
| 3. | Elise Steele Himel was born on 19 Aug 1914 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana; died on 14 Mar 1988 in Metairie, Jefferson, Louisiana; was buried on 17 Mar 1988 in Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana.
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| 4. | Paul Backus Sawyer, Sr. was born on 8 May 1879 in Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana (son of Arthur Lovell Sawyer and Harriet "Hattie" Backus); died on 8 Apr 1946 in Manhattan, New York, New York; was buried on 11 Apr 1946 in Greenbush Cemetery, Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana. Paul married Cecilia Sherman on 28 Sep 1904 in Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, and was divorced before 1940. Cecilia was born on 7 Nov 1881 in Des Moines, Polk, Iowa; died in Dec 1975 in Princeton, Mercer, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
| 5. | Cecilia Sherman was born on 7 Nov 1881 in Des Moines, Polk, Iowa; died in Dec 1975 in Princeton, Mercer, New Jersey.
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| 8. | Arthur Lovell Sawyer was born on 7 Feb 1851 in Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana (son of Horace W. Sawyer and Louisa I. Huntsinger); died on 6 May 1913 in Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana; was buried on 8 May 1913 in Greenbush Cemetery, Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana. Arthur married Harriet "Hattie" Backus on 25 May 1875. Harriet (daughter of Rev. William Warner Backus and Mary Polly Hawes) was born on 8 Sep 1855 in Madison, Dane, Wisconsin; died on 15 Feb 1934 in Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana; was buried on 17 Feb 1934 in Greenbush Cemetery, Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
| 9. | Harriet "Hattie" Backus was born on 8 Sep 1855 in Madison, Dane, Wisconsin (daughter of Rev. William Warner Backus and Mary Polly Hawes); died on 15 Feb 1934 in Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana; was buried on 17 Feb 1934 in Greenbush Cemetery, Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana.
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