Backus Family History
A Genealogical History of the Backus Family and it's Branches |
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1. | Byron Francis Cross was born on 2 Nov 1847 in Randolph, Portage, Ohio; died on 9 Dec 1923 in Waterford, La Porte, Indiana; was buried on 12 Dec 1923 in Pine Lake Cemetery, La Porte, LaPorte, Indiana. Byron married Mary Eliza Harding on 31 May 1869. Mary was born on 1 Sep 1851 in La Porte, LaPorte, Indiana; died on 9 Jul 1929 in Waterford, La Porte, Indiana; was buried on 12 Jul 1929 in Pine Lake Cemetery, La Porte, LaPorte, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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2. | Ora Belle Cross ![]() |
3. | Ernest Bradford Cross ![]() Ernest married Lena Prudence Thompson on 28 May 1894 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois. Lena (daughter of George W. Thompson and Emeline Van Buskirk) was born on 7 Jul 1875 in Troy, Rensselaer, New York; died on 21 Jun 1946 in Waterford, La Porte, Indiana; was buried on 24 Jun 1946 in Pine Lake Cemetery, La Porte, LaPorte, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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4. | John C. Cross ![]() |
5. | Charles Corydon Cross ![]() |
6. | Belva Lockwood Cross ![]() Belva married Orphie W. Gotto on 19 Oct 1905 in LaPorte County, Indiana. Orphie was born about 1888 in Indiana; died on 10 Feb 1937 in Michigan City, La Porte, Indiana; was buried on 13 Feb 1937 in Pine Lake Cemetery, La Porte, LaPorte, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
7. | Vinal Bryon Cross ![]() |
8. | Lola Fern Cross ![]() Lola married Edward Henry Gloye on 6 May 1916 in LaPorte County, Indiana. Edward was born on 17 Nov 1893 in Michigan City, La Porte, Indiana; died in Feb 1964. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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9. | Lester Ernest Cross ![]() Lester married Alma Sophia Anderson on 26 Dec 1919 in Michigan City, La Porte, Indiana. Alma was born about 1899 in Indiana; died on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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10. | Fay Thompson Cross ![]() Family/Spouse: Esther Hewitt. Esther was born on Yes, date unknown; died on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
11. | Doris Bernice Cross ![]() Doris married Ralph Sawyer Cofer, Sr. on 1 Jan 1927 in Michigan City, La Porte, Indiana. Ralph was born on 19 Jan 1896 in Lovington, Moultrie, Illinois; died in Sep 1978 in La Porte, LaPorte, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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12. | Owen Wayne Cross ![]() Owen married Barbara Kolodiej on 25 Oct 1936 in Crown Point, Lake, Indiana. Barbara was born on Yes, date unknown; died on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
13. | Carol Lorraine Cross ![]() Carol married Howard Sidney Hennard, Jr. on 30 Sep 1937 in Crown Point, Lake, Indiana. Howard was born on 9 Dec 1917 in Michigan City, La Porte, Indiana; died on 27 Mar 1973 in Joliet, Will, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
14. | Bernice M. Gloye ![]() Bernice married Edward R. Greene, Sr. about 1936, and was divorced on Yes, date unknown. Edward was born on 23 Sep 1914 in Indiana; died on 20 Nov 1999 in Lakeland, Polk, Florida. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Bernice married Harold Elton "Lucky" Wollen on 6 Dec 1949. Harold was born on 18 Apr 1922 in Piedmont, Meade, South Dakota; died on 5 Apr 2000 in Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado; was buried on 10 Apr 2000 in Greenwood Cemetery, Michigan City, La Porte, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
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18. | Loren Dale Cofer ![]() Loren married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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19. | Roger Cofer ![]() |
20. | Living ![]() Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
21. | Ralph Sawyer Cofer, Jr. ![]() |
22. | Edward R. Greene, Jr. ![]() |
23. | David S. Greene ![]() |
24. | Barry Alden Greene ![]() |
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