Backus Family History
A Genealogical History of the Backus Family and it's Branches |
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1. | Charlotte Williams Personett was born on 15 Jan 1817 in Caldwell, Essex, New Jersey; died on 3 Oct 1905 in Verona, Essex, New Jersey; was buried on 6 Oct 1905 in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Caldwell, Essex, New Jersey. Family/Spouse: Unk Lockward. Unk was born on Yes, date unknown; died on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Family/Spouse: Calvin G. Backus. Calvin (son of Daniel Backus and Unknown) was born on 12 Feb 1812 in New Jersey; died on 8 Apr 1864 in Caldwell, Essex, New Jersey; was buried on 10 Apr 1864 in Caldwell Presbyterian Churchyard, Caldwell, Essex, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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2. | Harriet Lockward ![]() |
3. | Edmund Personett Backus ![]() Family/Spouse: Cora Elizabeth Leavenworth. Cora was born in Jan 1859 in New York; died on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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4. | Frances Caroline "Fannie" Backus ![]() Frances married Thomas Clinton Provost, Esq. about 1875. Thomas (son of Jonathan Provost and Paulina Moore) was born on 5 Mar 1849 in Caldwell, Essex, New Jersey; died on 14 Sep 1928 in Caldwell, Essex, New Jersey; was buried on 17 Sep 1928 in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Caldwell, Essex, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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5. | Clara Leanna Backus ![]() Clara married Henry L. Ahlborn about 1887. Henry was born on 9 Dec 1848 in Barterode, Lower Saxony, Germany; died on 2 Jul 1931 in Verona, Essex, New Jersey; was buried on 5 Jul 1931 in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Caldwell, Essex, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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6. | Edmond Dexter Backus, Sr. ![]() Family/Spouse: Millicent E. Reid. Millicent was born on 3 Mar 1899 in California; died on 12 Aug 1968 in Oceanside, San Diego, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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7. | Jonathan Sylvester Provost ![]() Family/Spouse: Agnes M. Peck. Agnes was born on 14 Jan 1884 in Livingston, Essex, New Jersey; died on 11 Feb 1945; was buried on 14 Feb 1945 in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Caldwell, Essex, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
8. | Thomas Clinton Provost, Jr. ![]() Thomas married Bertha Hall Whitehead about 1909. Bertha was born on 18 Jul 1881 in Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey; died on 7 May 1962 in Sea Girt, Monmouth, New Jersey; was buried on 10 May 1962 in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Caldwell, Essex, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
9. | Edmund Backus Provost ![]() Edmund married Frances V. DeCou about 1919. Frances was born on 27 Jun 1879 in New Jersey; died in Mar 1974 in Caldwell, Essex, New Jersey; was buried in Mar 1974 in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Caldwell, Essex, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
10. | Helen T. Provost ![]() Helen married Hervey Sackett Vassar about 1910. Hervey was born on 28 Dec 1877 in Flemington, Hunterdon, New Jersey; died on 31 Aug 1951 in Bloomfield, Essex, New Jersey; was buried on 3 Sep 1951 in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Caldwell, Essex, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
11. | Alfred Whitehead Provost ![]() |
12. | Frances Backus Provost ![]() Frances married Clarence Cobb Chapman in Jun 1927 in New Jersey. Clarence was born on 21 Feb 1898 in Belfast, Waldo, Maine; died on 23 Apr 1952 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; was buried on 25 Apr 1952 in Los Angeles National Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Family/Spouse: Unknown Heskett. Unknown was born on Yes, date unknown; died on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
13. | Pauline Whitehead Provost ![]() Pauline married Charles Thomas Underwood about 1917. Charles was born about 1895 in England; died on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
14. | Henrietta Ahlborn ![]() |
15. | Louise Ahlborn ![]() Family/Spouse: Harry Spellmeyer Wilder. Harry was born on 30 Jun 1888 in East Orange, Essex, New Jersey; died on 23 Jun 1970 in Glen Ridge, Essex, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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16. | Marion Ahlborn ![]() Marion married Jonathan Perine Glasby, Jr. about 1917 in New Jersey. Jonathan was born on 31 May 1894 in Elizabeth, Union, New Jersey; died on 25 Apr 1966 in East Orange, Essex, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
17. | Dorothy Backus Ahlborn ![]() Dorothy married Ivon Harold Budd on 24 Apr 1921 in New Jersey. Ivon was born on 5 Apr 1896 in Caldwell, Essex, New Jersey; died on 7 Nov 1969 in Caldwell, Essex, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
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19. | Shirley Wilder ![]() Shirley married Edward B. Loehr, Sr. about 1937 in New Jersey, and was divorced in Feb 1952 in Montgomery County, Alabama. Edward was born on 24 May 1913 in Union City, Hudson, New Jersey; died on 2 Sep 1999 in Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
20. | Marguerite Wilder ![]() Marguerite married Lawrence Porter Carrington in May 1944 in New Jersey. Lawrence was born on 29 Sep 1916 in Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa; died on 27 May 1990 in Paramus, Bergen, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
21. | Elaine Wilder ![]() Elaine married William George Bandel in Aug 1952 in Verona, Essex, New Jersey. William was born on 4 Aug 1910 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; died on 23 Mar 1983 in Verona, Essex, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |