Backus Family History
A Genealogical History of the Backus Family and it's Branches |
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1. | Charles Backus, Jr. was born on 17 Oct 1925 in Toledo, Lucas, Ohio (son of Charles Marion Backus, Sr. and Nada Elizabeth Courser); died on 11 Dec 1996 in Plymouth, Wayne, Michigan. Charles married Annamae Burk on 19 Mar 1947 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan. Annamae was born on 17 Aug 1926 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Children:
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2. | Charles Marion Backus, Sr. was born on 29 Sep 1905 in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan (son of Nathan Edgar Backus and Frieda M. Bosse); died on 13 Mar 1979 in Rockford, Kent, Michigan; was buried on 16 Mar 1979 in Parkview Memorial Cemetery, Livonia, Wayne, Michigan. Charles married Nada Elizabeth Courser on 7 Jun 1924 in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan. Nada (daughter of Ephriam Carter Courser, Jr. and Emma Alice Gearhart) was born on 22 Apr 1906 in Blanchard, Isabella, Michigan; died on 31 Dec 1927 in Blanchard, Isabella, Michigan; was buried on 3 Jan 1928 in Pine River Cemetery, Blanchard, Isabella, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
3. | Nada Elizabeth Courser was born on 22 Apr 1906 in Blanchard, Isabella, Michigan (daughter of Ephriam Carter Courser, Jr. and Emma Alice Gearhart); died on 31 Dec 1927 in Blanchard, Isabella, Michigan; was buried on 3 Jan 1928 in Pine River Cemetery, Blanchard, Isabella, Michigan.
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4. | Nathan Edgar Backus was born on 20 Apr 1875 in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan (son of Sgt. Nathan Parker Backus and Lovisa Jane Ells); died in Mar 1963 in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan; was buried in Mar 1963 in Greenwood Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan. Nathan married Frieda M. Bosse on 7 Jan 1896 in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan. Frieda was born about 1878 in Germany; died on 26 Feb 1953 in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan; was buried on 1 Mar 1953 in Greenwood Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
5. | Frieda M. Bosse was born about 1878 in Germany; died on 26 Feb 1953 in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan; was buried on 1 Mar 1953 in Greenwood Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan.
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6. | Ephriam Carter Courser, Jr. was born on 13 Mar 1866 in Ticonderoga, Essex, New York; died on 28 Dec 1933 in Blanchard, Isabella, Michigan; was buried on 31 Dec 1933 in Pine River Cemetery, Blanchard, Isabella, Michigan. Ephriam married Emma Alice Gearhart on 20 Jun 1889 in Dushville, Isabella, Michigan. Emma was born on 8 Sep 1868 in Newark, Licking, Ohio; died on 6 May 1912 in Blanchard, Isabella, Michigan; was buried on 9 May 1912 in Pine River Cemetery, Blanchard, Isabella, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
7. | Emma Alice Gearhart was born on 8 Sep 1868 in Newark, Licking, Ohio; died on 6 May 1912 in Blanchard, Isabella, Michigan; was buried on 9 May 1912 in Pine River Cemetery, Blanchard, Isabella, Michigan.
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8. | Sgt. Nathan Parker Backus was born on 11 Aug 1843 in Carlton, Orleans, New York (son of Anson Backus, II and Hannah Parker); died on 2 Aug 1927 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan; was buried on 4 Aug 1927 in Greenwood Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan. Nathan married Lovisa Jane Ells on 23 Apr 1873 in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan. Lovisa (daughter of Wilson Ells and Celestia Doolittle) was born on 28 Oct 1846 in Cherry Creek, Chautauqua, New York; died on 28 Mar 1881 in Hopkins, Allegan, Michigan; was buried on 30 Mar 1881 in Greenwood Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
9. | Lovisa Jane Ells was born on 28 Oct 1846 in Cherry Creek, Chautauqua, New York (daughter of Wilson Ells and Celestia Doolittle); died on 28 Mar 1881 in Hopkins, Allegan, Michigan; was buried on 30 Mar 1881 in Greenwood Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan.
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