Backus Family History
A Genealogical History of the Backus Family and it's Branches |
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1. | Catherine H. "Katie" Schlosser was born on 7 Oct 1845 in New York; died on 4 Oct 1925 in Houston, Harris, Texas; was buried on 7 Oct 1925 in Washington Cemetery, Houston, Harris, Texas. Catherine married William Orrin Backus about 1867. William (son of Orrin Backus and Mary Ann Crouch) was born on 28 Aug 1846 in Rochester, Monroe, New York; died on 15 Sep 1918 in Houston, Harris, Texas; was buried on 18 Sep 1918 in Washington Cemetery, Houston, Harris, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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2. | William Charles Backus ![]() William married Josephine Edna Clark on 3 Jan 1892 in Trinity County, Texas. Josephine was born on 10 May 1872 in Edna, Jackson, Texas; died on 15 Dec 1929 in Houston, Harris, Texas; was buried on 17 Dec 1929 in Magnolia Cemetery, Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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3. | Minnie B. Backus ![]() |
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5. | ![]() ![]() Edward married Lottie Jim Oakley on 24 Dec 1910 in Taylor County, Texas. Lottie (daughter of Rev. James Calvin Oakley and Martha Rebecca "Mattie" Hawkins) was born on 2 Aug 1892 in Prescott, Nevada, Arkansas; died on 31 Jan 1976 in Forrest Hill, Tarrant, Texas; was buried on 3 Feb 1976 in Laurel Land Memorial Park, Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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6. | Nellie Cooper Backus ![]() Nellie married Edward L. Parker on 1 Dec 1896 in Houston, Harris, Texas, and was divorced about 1900. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Nellie married Clarence Edwin Hine on 30 Oct 1901 in Elyton, Jefferson, Alabama. Clarence was born on 12 Oct 1874 in Lawrence County, Alabama; died on 6 Feb 1943 in Houston, Harris, Texas; was buried on 9 Feb 1943 in Woodlawn Cemetery, Houston, Harris, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
7. | Album Camel Backus ![]() Album married William Harrison Downey about 1914. William was born on 1 Nov 1884 in Atchison, Atchison, Kansas; died about 1958 in Boone County, Arkansas; was buried in 1958 in Omaha Methodist Cemetery, Omaha, Boone, Arkansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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8. | Eva May Backus ![]() Eva married William George Zimmerman on 17 Oct 1901 in DeWitt County, Texas. William was born about 1880; died on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Eva married William Fluger on 4 Sep 1907 in Harris County, Texas. William was born about 1882 in Texas; died on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
9. | Mary C. Backus ![]() |
10. | Emma Mary Backus ![]() Family/Spouse: Nelson T. Brace. Nelson was born about 1875; died on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Emma married Peyton Monroe Marshall on 5 Sep 1914 in Harris County, Texas. Peyton was born on 16 Aug 1889 in Red Rock, Bastrop, Texas; died on 31 Aug 1944 in Houston, Harris, Texas; was buried on 2 Sep 1944 in Woodlawn Cemetery, Houston, Harris, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
11. | Esther Backus ![]() Esther married Andrew Joseph Williams on 2 Aug 1905 in Harris County, Texas. Andrew was born on 26 Dec 1878 in Texas; died on 1 Jul 1910 in Houston Heights, Harris, Texas; was buried on 3 Jul 1910 in Washington Cemetery, Houston, Harris, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Esther married Burtram F. "Burt" Oldham on 27 Jun 1916 in Harris County, Texas, and was divorced on Yes, date unknown. Burtram was born on 13 Mar 1890 in Indiana; died on 3 Jun 1955 in Houston, Harris, Texas; was buried on 6 Jun 1955 in Hollywood Cemetery, Houston, Harris, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Family/Spouse: Virgil Guy Daniels. Virgil was born on 9 Jun 1886 in Illinois; died on 8 Oct 1945 in Houston, Harris, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
12. | Ella Richie Backus ![]() Ella married Morris Arthur Belt on 25 May 1914 in Jefferson County, Texas, and was divorced about 1919 in Jefferson County, Texas. Morris was born on 23 Jun 1886 in Wallis, Austin, Texas; died on 17 May 1970 in Silsbee, Hardin, Texas; was buried on 20 May 1970 in Resthaven Cemetery, Silsbee, Hardin, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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13. | William Clark Backus ![]() William married Marie Caroline Muschalek on 13 Mar 1930 in Harris County, Texas. Marie was born on 7 Nov 1906 in Yorktown, DeWitt, Texas; died on 29 Jul 1999 in Houston, Harris, Texas; was buried on 1 Aug 1999 in Brookside Cemetery, Houston, Harris, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
14. | Kathleen Edna "Kittie" Backus ![]() Kathleen married John Washington Ketchum on 2 Oct 1915 in Jefferson County, Texas, and was divorced on Yes, date unknown. John was born on 8 Oct 1894 in Lake Charles, Calcasieu, Louisiana; died on 30 Jan 1968 in Fort Sam Houston, Bexar, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Kathleen married M. H. Levy on 26 Jan 1927 in Harris County, Texas. M. was born about 1899 in Texas; died on Yes, date unknown in Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Kathleen married Louis Benjamin Stander on 6 Aug 1960 in Harris County, Texas, and was divorced on Yes, date unknown. Louis was born about 1888. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
15. | Gertrude Isabelle Backus ![]() |
16. | Gladys Evangeline Backus ![]() Family/Spouse: William Buchanan Hartgraves, Sr.. William was born on 28 Nov 1906 in Grimes County, Texas; died on 1 Dec 1947 in Houston, Harris, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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17. | Minnie Bell Backus ![]() Minnie married Eckhardt Fowler Abercrombie, Sr. on 23 Dec 1928 in Harris County, Texas. Eckhardt (son of Claude Fowler Abercrombie and Wilhelmina "Minnie" Sosmanshaus) was born on 14 Aug 1904 in Houston, Harris, Texas; died on 19 Dec 1978 in Houston, Harris, Texas; was buried on 21 Dec 1978 in Woodlawn Cemetery, Houston, Harris, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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18. | Lael Oren Backus ![]() Lael married Hazell Willie Pickard about 1934, and was divorced on Yes, date unknown. Hazell was born on 11 Jan 1916 in Omaha, Morris, Texas; died on 9 Apr 1978 in Benbrook, Tarrant, Texas; was buried on 12 Apr 1978 in Greenwood Memorial Park and Mausoleum, Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Lael married Mildred Marie Stallings about 1939. Mildred was born on 12 Jan 1918 in Wichita County, Texas; died on 16 Apr 2008 in San Marcos, Hays, Texas; was buried on 19 Apr 2008 in San Marcos Cemetery, San Marcos, Hays, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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19. | Nell Backus ![]() Nell married Major Glen Dean on 31 Oct 1934 in Weatherford, Parker, Texas, and was divorced on Yes, date unknown. Major was born on 20 Aug 1913 in Iredell, Bosque, Texas; died on 24 Aug 1981 in Bellaire, Harris, Texas; was buried on 26 Aug 1981 in Houston National Cemetery, Houston, Harris, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Nell married William Jeffer Brakefield about 1938 in Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, and was divorced on Yes, date unknown. William was born on 9 Apr 1909 in Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas; died on 19 Nov 1984 in Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Nell married William Henry "Bill" Reynolds about 1949 in Tarrant County, Texas. William was born on 1 Aug 1912 in Texas; died on 13 May 1976 in Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas; was buried on 15 May 1976 in Laurel Land Memorial Park, Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Nell married Albert Kenneth "Ken" Hartman on 3 Jul 1986 in Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, and was divorced on 11 Aug 1994 in Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas. Albert was born on 4 Jul 1914 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan; died on 15 Feb 1995 in Mansfield, Tarrant, Texas; was buried on 18 Feb 1995 in Laurel Land Memorial Park, Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
20. | ![]() ![]() Harry married Evelyn Phoebe Hayes about 1939, and was divorced on Yes, date unknown. Evelyn was born on 3 May 1919 in Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas; died on 9 Sep 1987 in Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas; was buried on 12 Sep 1987 in Laurel Land Memorial Park, Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Harry married Avis Marie Gunter on 1 Apr 1961 in Tarrant County, Texas. Avis (daughter of Elmer Riley Gunter and Ila Vertna Anderson) was born on 20 Sep 1929 in Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas; died on 30 Jan 2011 in Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas; was buried on 19 Feb 2011 in Laurel Land Memorial Park, Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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21. | Katherine Rebecca Backus ![]() Katherine married Unknown Middleton about 1939. Unknown was born on Yes, date unknown; died on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Katherine married Arnold Ambrous Durbin about 1941. Arnold was born on 14 Jul 1915 in Plano, Collin, Texas; died on 17 May 1997 in Arlington, Tarrant, Texas; was buried on 24 May 1997 in Laurel Land Memorial Park, Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
22. | Geneva Bell Parker ![]() |
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24. | Minnie Mae Zimmerman ![]() Minnie married Gilbert Bunion Lowe about 1924, and was divorced about 1935. Gilbert was born on 23 Jun 1900 in Columbia, Richland, South Carolina; died on 17 Aug 1976 in Pensacola, Escambia, Florida. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Minnie married Richard Harding Parsons on 20 Mar 1936 in Fort Bend County, Texas. Richard was born on 14 Jun 1901 in Marshall, Harrison, Texas; died on 18 Dec 1964 in Houston, Harris, Texas; was buried on 21 Dec 1964 in Woodlawn Cemetery, Houston, Harris, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
25. | Olivia E. Williams ![]() Olivia married Charlie William Oldham on 24 Mar 1925 in Harris County, Texas, and was divorced about 1937. Charlie was born on 19 Feb 1901 in Joplin, Jasper, Missouri; died on 14 May 1957 in Houston, Harris, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Family/Spouse: Grover C. Thomas. Grover was born about 1908 in Texas; died on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
26. | Richard Andrew Williams ![]() Richard married Eleanor Amelia Davis on 14 May 1942 in Harris County, Texas. Eleanor was born on 25 Jun 1917 in Houston, Harris, Texas; died on 13 Apr 2001 in Houston, Harris, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
27. | Dr. Mary Maurice Belt ![]() |
28. | William Buchannan Hartgraves, Jr. ![]() |
29. | Fred Richard Hartgraves ![]() |
30. | ![]() ![]() Kitty married Winston Keith Lawther, Sr. on 22 Dec 1953 in Harris County, Texas. Winston was born on 27 Nov 1932 in Houston, Harris, Texas; died on 22 Jul 2013 in Houston, Harris, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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32. | ![]() ![]() William married Barbara Lynn Peterson on 26 Jul 1958 in Hays County, Texas, and was divorced on 19 Mar 1971 in Hays County, Texas. Barbara was born on 24 Jan 1939 in Woodsboro, Refugio, Texas; died on 2 Dec 1980 in Austin, Travis, Texas; was buried on 4 Dec 1980 in San Marcos Cemetery, San Marcos, Hays, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
William married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
33. | Donald Ray Backus ![]() Donald married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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34. | Kay Cecil Backus ![]() Kay married Susan Ilene McKinney on 27 Feb 1968 in Hays County, Texas, and was divorced on 13 Dec 1971 in Hays County, Texas. Susan was born on 22 Jan 1948 in Houston, Harris, Texas; died on 18 Mar 2021 in Houston, Harris, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Kay married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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35. | Maj. Lawrence Farrell Dean ![]() Lawrence married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Lawrence married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
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37. | Ava Janette Brakefield ![]() |
38. | Living ![]() Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
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41. | Living ![]() Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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45. | Living ![]() Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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47. | Living ![]() Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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48. | Shelly Kay Backus ![]() Shelly married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Shelly married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
49. | Living ![]() Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
50. | Living ![]() Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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51. | Living ![]() Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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52. | Living ![]() Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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53. | Bret Alan Dean ![]() |
54. | Scott Farrell Dean ![]() |
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63. | Clinton Bruce Cunningham ![]() |
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66. | Living ![]() Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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