Backus Family History
A Genealogical History of the Backus Family and it's Branches |
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1. | Edmund Trowbridge Dana was born on 25 Oct 1886 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts (son of Richard Henry Dana, III and Edith Wadsworth Longfellow); died on 14 Aug 1981 in Los Altos, Santa Clara, California. Edmund married Jessie Holliday on 15 Jun 1912 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Jessie was born on 16 Nov 1884 in Marylebone, Greater London, London, England ; died on 17 Jun 1915 in Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts; was buried on 19 Jun 1915 in Newtown Cemetery, Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Edmund married Alma Victoria Olsson on 31 Mar 1933 in Monticello, Sullivan, New York. Alma was born on 25 Feb 1897 in Tanum, Sweden; died on 24 May 1987 in Santa Clara, Santa Clara, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
2. | Richard Henry Dana, III was born on 3 Jan 1851 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts (son of Richard Henry Dana, Jr. and Sarah Watson); died on 16 Dec 1931 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts; was buried on 19 Dec 1931 in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Richard married Edith Wadsworth Longfellow on 10 Jan 1878 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Edith (daughter of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Frances Elizabeth "Fanny" Appleton) was born on 22 Oct 1853 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 21 Jul 1915 in Manchester, Essex, Massachusetts; was buried on 24 Jul 1915 in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
3. | Edith Wadsworth Longfellow was born on 22 Oct 1853 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts (daughter of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Frances Elizabeth "Fanny" Appleton); died on 21 Jul 1915 in Manchester, Essex, Massachusetts; was buried on 24 Jul 1915 in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
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4. | Richard Henry Dana, Jr. was born on 1 Aug 1815 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts (son of Richard Henry Dana, Sr. and Ruth Charlotte Smith); died on 6 Jan 1882 in Rome, Provincia di Roma, Lazio, Italy; was buried on 9 Jan 1882 in Campo Cestio, Rome, Provincia di Roma, Lazio, Italy. Richard married Sarah Watson on 26 Aug 1841 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut. Sarah was born on 6 May 1814 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut; died on 26 Nov 1907 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts; was buried on 28 Nov 1907 in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
5. | Sarah Watson was born on 6 May 1814 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut; died on 26 Nov 1907 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts; was buried on 28 Nov 1907 in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
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6. | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was born on 27 Feb 1807 in Portland, Cumberland, Maine; died on 24 May 1882 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts; was buried on 26 May 1882 in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Henry married Frances Elizabeth "Fanny" Appleton on 13 Jun 1843 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Frances was born on 6 Oct 1817 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died on 9 Jul 1861 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts; was buried on 11 Jul 1861 in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
7. | Frances Elizabeth "Fanny" Appleton was born on 6 Oct 1817 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died on 9 Jul 1861 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts; was buried on 11 Jul 1861 in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
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8. | Richard Henry Dana, Sr. was born on 15 Nov 1787 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts (son of Hon. Francis Dana and Elizabeth Ellery); died on 2 Feb 1879 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; was buried on 4 Feb 1879 in Old Burying Ground, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Richard married Ruth Charlotte Smith on 8 Apr 1813 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Ruth was born on 18 Nov 1787 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts; died on 10 Feb 1822 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts; was buried on 12 Feb 1822 in Old Burying Ground, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
9. | Ruth Charlotte Smith was born on 18 Nov 1787 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts; died on 10 Feb 1822 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts; was buried on 12 Feb 1822 in Old Burying Ground, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
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