Backus Family History
A Genealogical History of the Backus Family and it's Branches |
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1. | Rachel Moseley was born on 24 Oct 1745 in Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut; died on 28 Jul 1825 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut. Rachel married Rev. Simon Backus, Jr. on 7 Feb 1763 in Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut. Simon (son of Rev. Simon Backus, Sr. and Eunice Edwards) was born on 13 Feb 1738 in Newington, Hartford, Connecticut; died on 7 Aug 1823 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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2. | Joseph Backus, Esq ![]() Joseph married Huldah Burroughs on 15 Oct 1797 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut. Huldah was born on 24 Mar 1769 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut; died on 15 Dec 1851 in Bridgeport, Fairfield, Connecticut; was buried on 17 Dec 1851 in Mountain Grove Cemetery and Mausoleum, Bridgeport, Fairfield, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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3. | Simon Backus ![]() |
4. | Simon Backus ![]() |
5. | Clarina Backus ![]() Clarina married Eber Munger on 11 Jul 1791 in Connecticut. Eber was born on 10 Mar 1762 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut; died on 16 May 1836 in Madison, New Haven, Connecticut; was buried on 18 May 1836 in North Madison West Side Cemetery, North Madison, New Haven, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
6. | Abner Moseley Backus ![]() |
7. | Mary Backus ![]() |
8. | Dilecta Backus ![]() |
9. | Simon Backus ![]() Family/Spouse: Eunice Linus. Eunice was born about 1780; died on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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10. | Eunice Backus ![]() |
11. | Abner Moseley Backus, ESQ. ![]() |
12. | Rachel Backus ![]() |
13. | Thomas Moseley Backus ![]() |
14. | Infant Backus ![]() |
15. | Oswald Backus ![]() Oswald married Susan Webster Seymour on 8 Oct 1844 in Utica, Oneida, New York. Susan was born on 13 Dec 1810 in Utica, Oneida, New York; died on 27 May 1849 in Bridgeport, Fairfield, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Oswald married Mary Parker Prentiss on 24 May 1854 in Utica, Oneida, New York. Mary was born on 2 Apr 1819 in Trenton, Oneida, New York; died on 16 Oct 1913 in Rome, Oneida, New York; was buried on 19 Oct 1913 in Rome Cemetery, Rome, Oneida, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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16. | Woldemir Backus ![]() |
17. | Jennet Backus ![]() |
18. | Mary Sophia Backus ![]() Mary married George Spencer Brown about 1828. George was born on 1 Nov 1796; died on 13 May 1833 in St Marys, Camden, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
19. | Jennett Elizabeth Backus ![]() |
20. | Joseph Seymour Backus ![]() |
21. | ![]() ![]() Oswald married Frances Dudley Kinney on 22 Dec 1880 in Rome, Oneida, New York. Frances was born on 16 Oct 1857 in Rome, Oneida, New York; died on 11 Jun 1929 in Rochester, Monroe, New York; was buried on 14 Jun 1929 in Rome Cemetery, Rome, Oneida, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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22. | Waldemine Draper Backus ![]() Waldemine married Robert Willard Holden on 28 Nov 1918 in Rome, Oneida, New York. Robert was born on 23 Dec 1875 in Newark, Essex, New Jersey; died on 2 Jan 1952 in Rochester, Monroe, New York; was buried on 5 Jan 1952 in Webster Rural Cemetery, Webster, Monroe, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
23. | Oswald Prentiss Backus, Jr. ![]() Oswald married Elma Adelaide Muller on 20 Dec 1919 in Manhattan, New York, New York. Elma was born on 11 Dec 1886 in Manhattan, New York, New York; died on 8 May 1982 in Painted Post, Steuben, New York; was buried on 11 May 1982 in Lutheran All Faiths Cemetery, Middle Village, Queens, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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24. | Sidney Kinney Backus ![]() Sidney married Ruth Bowen Haven on 11 Mar 1918 in Utica, Oneida, New York. Ruth was born on 26 Jul 1891 in Bridgeport, Fairfield, Connecticut; died on 8 Feb 1988 in Acton, Middlesex, Massachusetts; was buried on 12 Feb 1988 in Webster Rural Cemetery, Webster, Monroe, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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25. | ![]() ![]() Oswald married Barbara Jean "Bobby" Swanton on 9 Apr 1944 in New York City, New York, New York. Barbara (daughter of Northrup Richard Swanton and Helen M. Stoddard) was born on 9 Sep 1920 in Manhattan, New York, New York; died on 1 Nov 2017 in Lawrence, Douglas, Kansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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26. | Eleanore Draper "Ellie" Backus ![]() Eleanore married Dr. Frederic Thomas Joint on 6 Aug 1948 in Rochester, Monroe, New York. Frederic (son of Fred Carson Joint and Cora Helen Butts) was born on 26 Jul 1919 in Bath, Steuben, New York; died on 16 May 2006 in Savona, Steuben, New York; was buried on 19 May 2006 in Seamans Cemetery, Savona, Steuben, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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27. | ![]() ![]() Richard married Nell Jane Griffin on 29 Dec 1949 in Chapel Hill, Orange, North Carolina, and was divorced on Yes, date unknown. Nell was born on 6 Aug 1925 in Davidson County, North Carolina; died on 13 Sep 2016. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
28. | Priscilla Holden Backus ![]() Priscilla married Dr. George William Welsh, III about 1956 in Burlington, Chittenden, Vermont. George was born on 7 Aug 1920 in New York City, New York, New York; died on 31 Jul 1990 in Vermont; was buried on 3 Aug 1990 in Miltonboro Cemetery, MIlton, Chittenden, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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29. | Living ![]() Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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30. | Mary Elizabeth "Penny" Backus ![]() Mary married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Family/Spouse: Stephen Joseph Goodfriend. Stephen was born on 23 Jun 1939 in Berkeley, Alameda, California; died on 5 Aug 2022 in Madison County, New York; was buried on 8 Aug 2022 in Peterboro Cemetery, Peterboro, Madison, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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31. | Living ![]() Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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32. | Living ![]() Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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33. | Living ![]() Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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37. | Living ![]() Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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38. | Living ![]() Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
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41. | Living ![]() Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
42. | Living ![]() Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
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51. | Living ![]() Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
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