Backus Family History
A Genealogical History of the Backus Family and it's Branches |
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1. | Absalom Backus, Sr. was born on 2 Apr 1800 in Montgomery County, New York; died on 10 Jun 1880 in Auburn, Cayuga, New York; was buried on 12 Jun 1880 in North Street Cemetery, Auburn, Cayuga, New York. Absalom married Mary Shedd Hildreth on 15 Sep 1822 in Salisbury, Herkimer, New York. Mary was born about 1807 in Herkimer County, New York; died about 1886 in Auburn, Cayuga, New York; was buried in 1886 in North Street Cemetery, Auburn, Cayuga, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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2. | ![]() ![]() Absalom married Sarah Elizabeth Stevens about 1848 in Auburn, Cayuga, New York. Sarah was born on 9 Aug 1827 in Prattsburgh, Steuben, New York; died on 3 Oct 1908 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan; was buried on 6 Oct 1908 in Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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3. | Dennis Backus ![]() Family/Spouse: Maria A. Unknown. Maria was born about 1832 in New Hampshire; died after 1887 in Auburn, Cayuga, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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4. | Harriet Catherine Backus ![]() Harriet married Newton Chappell, Sr. on 12 Jun 1853 in Auburn, Cayuga, New York. Newton was born on 13 Apr 1831 in Maryland Twp, Otsego, New York; died on 4 Jan 1918 in Rochester, Monroe, New York; was buried on 7 Jan 1918 in Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn, Cayuga, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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5. | Albert Shedd Backus ![]() Albert married Mary Anne "Mamie" Pelton on 8 Sep 1855 in Erie County, Ohio. Mary was born on 23 Jun 1836 in Vermilion, Erie, Ohio; died on 3 Sep 1912 in Vermilion, Erie, Ohio; was buried on 6 Sep 1912 in Maple Grove Cemetery, Vermilion, Erie, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Albert married Katie Unknown about 1893. Katie was born about 1844 in New York; died before 1910 in New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
6. | Clarina Backus ![]() |
7. | Mary C. Backus ![]() |
8. | Arthur E. Backus ![]() |
9. | Luna L. Backus ![]() |
10. | Margaret Elizabeth "Maggie" Backus ![]() |
11. | Newton Dennis Backus ![]() Newton married Lillian E. "Lillie" Farrell on 8 Nov 1877 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan. Lillian was born on 10 Mar 1851 in Rochester, Monroe, New York; died on 20 Aug 1915 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan; was buried on 23 Aug 1915 in Woodlawn Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Newton married Mary G. "Mollie" Bierly on 1 Mar 1916 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan. Mary was born on 18 Jul 1870 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan; died on 27 Apr 1932 in Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan; was buried on 30 Apr 1932 in Woodlawn Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
12. | Henry Nelson Backus ![]() Henry married A. Ella Skinner on 8 May 1879 in Battle Creek, Calhoun, Michigan. A. was born about 1855 in Marysville, Union, Ohio; died on 6 Dec 1891 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan; was buried on 8 Dec 1891 in Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Henry married Ada Chandler Thorpe on 30 Aug 1910 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan. Ada was born on 26 Apr 1871 in Sandusky, Erie, Ohio; died on 5 Jun 1932 in San Antonio, Bexar, Texas; was buried on 8 Jun 1932 in Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
13. | Frederick White Backus ![]() |
14. | Alanson D. Backus ![]() |
15. | Elwin S. Chappell ![]() |
16. | Newton B. "Newtie" Chappell, Jr. ![]() |
17. | Harry C. Chappell ![]() |
18. | Willis H. Chappell ![]() |
19. | Mary Elizabeth Chappell ![]() Family/Spouse: Frank J. Fisher. Frank was born in Dec 1863 in Rochester, Monroe, New York; died on 24 Jun 1940 in Rochester, Monroe, New York; was buried on 27 Jun 1940 in Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn, Cayuga, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
20. | Harriet Clarena Chappell ![]() Harriet married Herbert James Menzie, Esq on 14 Apr 1903. Herbert was born on 19 Jun 1862 in Riga, Monroe, New York; died on 27 Jun 1942 in Rochester, Monroe, New York; was buried on 30 Jun 1942 in Riverside Cemetery, Rochester, Monroe, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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21. | Eunice Elizabeth Backus ![]() Eunice married Edward F. Lawrence about 1883. Edward was born in Oct 1852 in Maine; died on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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22. | Hattie Backus ![]() |
23. | Albert Absalom Backus ![]() Albert married Lydia J. Unknown before 1920. Lydia was born on 10 Mar 1871 in Ohio; died on 29 Aug 1949 in Vermilion, Erie, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
24. | Frederick Hildreth "Fred" Backus ![]() Frederick married Josephine A. Boland on 25 Oct 1893 in Vermilion, Erie, Ohio. Josephine was born on 20 Sep 1874 in Vermilion, Erie, Ohio; died on 19 Sep 1914 in Vermilion, Erie, Ohio; was buried on 21 Sep 1914 in Maple Grove Cemetery, Vermilion, Erie, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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25. | Margaret L. "Maggie" Backus ![]() Margaret married Thomas Sidney Parker on 8 Mar 1909 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan. Thomas was born on 22 Aug 1879 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan; died on 14 Sep 1931 in Birmingham, Oakland, Michigan; was buried on 16 Sep 1931 in Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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26. | William S. Backus ![]() |
27. | Carolyn Backus ![]() Carolyn married John Clifford Gosling on 18 Jun 1904 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan. John was born on 11 Mar 1880 in London, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada; died after 1950 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
28. | Eloise Backus ![]() Eloise married Capt. Frank James Bailey, DDS about 1921. Frank was born on 1 Oct 1877 in Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut; died on 18 Jun 1947 in Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas; was buried on 20 Jun 1947 in Roselawn Memorial Park, Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
29. | Infant Backus ![]() |
30. | Katherine C. Menzie ![]() |
31. | Stuart MacPherson Menzie ![]() |
32. | Maria Lawrence ![]() |
33. | Emily Lawrence ![]() |
34. | Eunice Abigail Backus ![]() Eunice married Lester Clair Christian on 4 Mar 1912 in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Lester was born on 9 Apr 1893 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio; died on 16 Mar 1969 in Elyria, Lorain, Ohio; was buried on 18 Mar 1969 in Ridge Hill Memorial Park, Amherst, Lorain, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
35. | Dorothy Hildreth Backus ![]() |
36. | William Hildreth Backus, Sr. ![]() William married Edna M. Lowry on 10 Apr 1922 in Vermilion, Erie, Ohio. Edna was born on 20 Jul 1903 in Lorain, Lorain, Ohio; died on 12 Feb 1997 in Oswego, Oswego, New York; was buried on 15 Feb 1997 in Saint Peter's Cemetery and Mausoleum, Oswego, Oswego, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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37. | Dennis Albert Backus, Sr. ![]() Dennis married Blanche Elmeta Dean on 28 Apr 1926 in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, and was divorced before 1930. Blanche was born about 1905 in Albion, Erie, Pennsylvania; died on 30 Jan 1966 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio; was buried on 2 Feb 1966 in West Park Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Dennis married Helen Caroline Poelking on 2 Apr 1930 in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Helen was born on 10 Feb 1912 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio; died on 14 Oct 1952 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio; was buried on 17 Oct 1952 in Holy Cross Cemetery, Brook Park, Cuyahoga, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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38. | Willard Parker ![]() Willard married Stella V. Jenkins on 16 Oct 1943 in Grosse Ile, Wayne, Michigan. Stella was born on 4 Aug 1911 in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom; died on 15 Oct 1993 in Mayfield Heights, Cuyahoga, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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39. | Bettie Mae Backus ![]() Family/Spouse: Richard Justin Mallette. Richard was born on 13 Sep 1923 in Ogdensburg, St Lawrence, New York; died on 8 Jul 1982 in New York; was buried on 11 Jul 1982 in Saint Peter's Cemetery and Mausoleum, Oswego, Oswego, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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40. | ![]() ![]() William married Betty J. Zischke on 4 Sep 1948 in Oswego, Oswego, New York. Betty was born on 9 Mar 1925 in Oswego, Oswego, New York; died on 16 Nov 2014 in Oswego, Oswego, New York; was buried on 20 Nov 2014 in Riverside Cemetery, Oswego, Oswego, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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41. | James Earl Backus, Sr. ![]() James married Donna Marie Groat on 19 Dec 1957 in Scriba, Oswego, New York. Donna was born on 5 Jan 1938 in Owego, Tioga, New York; died on 22 Jul 2004 in Fulton, Oswego, New York; was buried on 25 Jul 2004 in New Haven Cemetery, New Haven, Oswego, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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42. | Dennis Albert Backus, Jr. ![]() Dennis married Henrietta Marie Clegg about 1954. Henrietta was born on 10 Jul 1932 in Flat Rock, Wayne, Michigan; died on 21 Sep 1997 in Broward County, Florida. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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51. | Living ![]() Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
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55. | David Mathias Backus ![]() David married Nada Ann Zegarac on 20 Jan 1996 in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Nada was born on 26 Jan 1961 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio; died on 28 Feb 2016 in Broadview Heights, Cuyahoga, Ohio; was buried on 3 Mar 2016 in Saint Theodosius Orthodox Cemetery, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
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59. | Fred Dennis Backus ![]() |
60. | Dennis Charles "Denny" Backus ![]() |
61. | Michael Allen Backus ![]() |
62. | Scott Brian Backus ![]() Scott married Antoinette Marie Jovanovich on 2 Mar 1991 in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Antoinette was born on 27 Sep 1967 in Ohio; died on 22 Oct 2011 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
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