Backus Family History
A Genealogical History of the Backus Family and it's Branches |
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1. | Ira Chandler Backus was born on 19 Dec 1844 in Unadilla, Livingston, Michigan; died on 23 Jan 1924 in Webster, Washtenaw, Michigan; was buried on 27 Jan 1924 in Webster United Church of Christ Cemetery, Webster, Washtenaw, Michigan. Ira married Angeline Elizabeth Hadley on 31 Mar 1874 in Lyndon Twp, Washtenaw, Michigan. Angeline was born on 25 Dec 1856 in Lyndon Twp, Washtenaw, Michigan; died on 19 Jun 1946 in Dexter, Washtenaw, Michigan; was buried on 22 Jun 1946 in Webster United Church of Christ Cemetery, Webster, Washtenaw, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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2. | Mary Angeline Backus ![]() Mary married Christopher Taylor on 16 Jan 1902 in Webster, Washtenaw, Michigan. Christopher was born on 31 Jul 1857 in Unadilla, Livingston, Michigan; died on 13 Dec 1936 in Jackson, Jackson, Michigan; was buried on 16 Dec 1936 in Webster United Church of Christ Cemetery, Webster, Washtenaw, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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3. | Johnson Seward Backus ![]() Johnson married Alma Bertha Schultz on 14 Jun 1905 in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, Michigan. Alma (daughter of John W. Schultz and Emila M. "Amelia" Ollenkircher) was born on 24 Oct 1883 in Dexter, Washtenaw, Michigan; died on 15 Jan 1972 in Madison Heights, Oakland, Michigan; was buried on 18 Jan 1972 in Webster United Church of Christ Cemetery, Webster, Washtenaw, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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4. | Ruth Elizabeth Taylor ![]() Family/Spouse: Edgar Paul Widmayer. Edgar was born on 22 Nov 1897 in Chelsea County, Michigan; died on 15 Jan 1960 in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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5. | Orla Backus Taylor ![]() Family/Spouse: Kathryn Lenore Rosendaul. Kathryn was born on 8 Oct 1912 in Bryan, Williams, Ohio; died on 28 Jun 1997 in Jackson, Jackson, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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6. | Florence E. Taylor ![]() Florence married Robert M. Allen on 20 Jun 1936 in Highland Park, Wayne, Michigan. Robert was born on 10 Apr 1908 in Emerson Twp, Gratiot, Michigan; died on 7 Nov 1976 in Tustin, Orange, California; was buried on 10 Nov 1976 in Pine Grove Cemetery, Ithaca, Gratiot, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
7. | Wilma Areleta Backus ![]() Wilma married Elden Clare Martin on 28 Dec 1925 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan. Elden was born on 2 Apr 1904 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan; died in Jun 1965 in Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Wilma married Albert Alfred Garner after 1971. Albert was born on 27 Sep 1903 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England; died on 19 Oct 1993 in Richmond, Macomb, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
8. | Eloise Alleen Backus ![]() Eloise married James Lippincott Berger on 20 Nov 1940 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan. James was born on 5 Apr 1910 in Doylestown, Bucks, Pennsylvania; died on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Eloise married Unknown McMullen about 1971. Unknown was born on Yes, date unknown; died on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Eloise married Daniel Thomas Cavanagh on 25 Apr 1975 in Citrus County, Florida. Daniel was born on 26 Feb 1913 in New York; died on 12 Aug 1995 in Royal Oak, Oakland, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
9. | Gordon S. Backus ![]() Gordon married Eleanor Swanson on 5 Dec 1934 in Brighton, Livingston, Michigan. Eleanor was born about 1913 in Casnovia, Muskegon, Michigan; died on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
10. | Robert I. Backus ![]() Robert married Ruth Syblia MacDonald on 3 Mar 1938 in Genesee, Genesee, Michigan. Ruth (daughter of Walter MacDonald and Pearl Miller) was born on 29 Nov 1919 in Jennings, Missaukee, Michigan; died on 27 Dec 1999 in Royal Oak, Oakland, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
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15. | Phillip Gerald Taylor ![]() |
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17. | Ray Martin ![]() |
18. | Frank G. Martin ![]() |
19. | Harriett Anne Martin ![]() Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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