Backus Family History
A Genealogical History of the Backus Family and it's Branches |
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1. | Calvin G. Backus was born on 12 Feb 1812 in New Jersey; died on 8 Apr 1864 in Caldwell, Essex, New Jersey; was buried on 10 Apr 1864 in Caldwell Presbyterian Churchyard, Caldwell, Essex, New Jersey. Calvin married Elizabeth Post about 1835. Elizabeth was born about 1812; died on 26 Mar 1847 in Caldwell, Essex, New Jersey; was buried on 28 Mar 1847 in Caldwell Presbyterian Churchyard, Caldwell, Essex, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Family/Spouse: Charlotte Williams Personett. Charlotte was born on 15 Jan 1817 in Caldwell, Essex, New Jersey; died on 3 Oct 1905 in Verona, Essex, New Jersey; was buried on 6 Oct 1905 in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Caldwell, Essex, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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2. | Mary Catherine Backus ![]() Mary married Mahlon Speer on 18 Sep 1872 in Newark, Essex, New Jersey. Mahlon was born about 1832 in New Jersey; died on 10 Apr 1889 in Caldwell, Essex, New Jersey; was buried on 12 Apr 1889 in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Caldwell, Essex, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
3. | Henry Francis Backus ![]() Henry married Justina Melrose Harrison on 24 Feb 1864 in Caldwell, Essex, New Jersey. Justina (daughter of Jabez M. Harrison and Harriet Unknown) was born on 17 Apr 1844 in Caldwell, Essex, New Jersey; died on 11 Aug 1912 in Caldwell, Essex, New Jersey; was buried on 14 Aug 1912 in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Caldwell, Essex, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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4. | James Backus ![]() |
5. | James Augustus Backus ![]() James married Jane Thomas "Jennie" Gould about 1871. Jane was born on 28 Sep 1848 in Caldwell, Essex, New Jersey; died on 23 Nov 1928 in Essex County, New Jersey; was buried on 26 Nov 1928 in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Caldwell, Essex, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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6. | Edmund Personett Backus ![]() Family/Spouse: Cora Elizabeth Leavenworth. Cora was born in Jan 1859 in New York; died on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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7. | Frances Caroline "Fannie" Backus ![]() Frances married Thomas Clinton Provost, Esq. about 1875. Thomas (son of Jonathan Provost and Paulina Moore) was born on 5 Mar 1849 in Caldwell, Essex, New Jersey; died on 14 Sep 1928 in Caldwell, Essex, New Jersey; was buried on 17 Sep 1928 in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Caldwell, Essex, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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8. | Clara Leanna Backus ![]() Clara married Henry L. Ahlborn about 1887. Henry was born on 9 Dec 1848 in Barterode, Lower Saxony, Germany; died on 2 Jul 1931 in Verona, Essex, New Jersey; was buried on 5 Jul 1931 in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Caldwell, Essex, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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9. | Henry Francis "Harry" Backus ![]() Henry married Ada Marshall Dustan about 1887. Ada was born on 29 Jul 1867 in Essex County, New Jersey; died on 13 Mar 1927 in North Caldwell, Essex, New Jersey; was buried on 16 Mar 1927 in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Caldwell, Essex, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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10. | Hattie Orrill Backus ![]() Hattie married George Edward Best about 1894 in New Jersey. George was born on 6 Jun 1873 in New York; died on 22 Dec 1946 in New York; was buried on 25 Dec 1946 in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Maspeth, Queens, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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11. | Charlotte E. Backus ![]() |
12. | Russell Gould Backus ![]() Russell married Daisy Gilmore Taylor about 1909. Daisy was born about 1889 in Pennsylvania; died about 1959; was buried in 1959 in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Caldwell, Essex, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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13. | Grace Backus ![]() |
14. | Edmond Dexter Backus, Sr. ![]() Family/Spouse: Millicent E. Reid. Millicent was born on 3 Mar 1899 in California; died on 12 Aug 1968 in Oceanside, San Diego, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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15. | Jonathan Sylvester Provost ![]() Family/Spouse: Agnes M. Peck. Agnes was born on 14 Jan 1884 in Livingston, Essex, New Jersey; died on 11 Feb 1945; was buried on 14 Feb 1945 in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Caldwell, Essex, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
16. | Thomas Clinton Provost, Jr. ![]() Thomas married Bertha Hall Whitehead about 1909. Bertha was born on 18 Jul 1881 in Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey; died on 7 May 1962 in Sea Girt, Monmouth, New Jersey; was buried on 10 May 1962 in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Caldwell, Essex, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
17. | Edmund Backus Provost ![]() Edmund married Frances V. DeCou about 1919. Frances was born on 27 Jun 1879 in New Jersey; died in Mar 1974 in Caldwell, Essex, New Jersey; was buried in Mar 1974 in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Caldwell, Essex, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
18. | Helen T. Provost ![]() Helen married Hervey Sackett Vassar about 1910. Hervey was born on 28 Dec 1877 in Flemington, Hunterdon, New Jersey; died on 31 Aug 1951 in Bloomfield, Essex, New Jersey; was buried on 3 Sep 1951 in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Caldwell, Essex, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
19. | Alfred Whitehead Provost ![]() |
20. | Frances Backus Provost ![]() Frances married Clarence Cobb Chapman in Jun 1927 in New Jersey. Clarence was born on 21 Feb 1898 in Belfast, Waldo, Maine; died on 23 Apr 1952 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; was buried on 25 Apr 1952 in Los Angeles National Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Family/Spouse: Unknown Heskett. Unknown was born on Yes, date unknown; died on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
21. | Pauline Whitehead Provost ![]() Pauline married Charles Thomas Underwood about 1917. Charles was born about 1895 in England; died on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
22. | Henrietta Ahlborn ![]() |
23. | Louise Ahlborn ![]() Family/Spouse: Harry Spellmeyer Wilder. Harry was born on 30 Jun 1888 in East Orange, Essex, New Jersey; died on 23 Jun 1970 in Glen Ridge, Essex, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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24. | Marion Ahlborn ![]() Marion married Jonathan Perine Glasby, Jr. about 1917 in New Jersey. Jonathan was born on 31 May 1894 in Elizabeth, Union, New Jersey; died on 25 Apr 1966 in East Orange, Essex, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
25. | Dorothy Backus Ahlborn ![]() Dorothy married Ivon Harold Budd on 24 Apr 1921 in New Jersey. Ivon was born on 5 Apr 1896 in Caldwell, Essex, New Jersey; died on 7 Nov 1969 in Caldwell, Essex, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
26. | Ada Francis Backus ![]() Family/Spouse: Carl Henry Wrensch. Carl (son of Albert Wrensch and Pauline Fentzlaff) was born on 11 Sep 1891 in West Orange, Essex, New Jersey; died on 23 Apr 1956 in Montclair, Essex, New Jersey; was buried on 26 Apr 1956 in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Caldwell, Essex, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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27. | Kenneth Harrison Backus ![]() Family/Spouse: Marabelle Cameron Harrison. Marabelle was born on 17 Jun 1897 in West Orange, Essex, New Jersey; died in May 1986 in Canada; was buried in May 1986 in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Caldwell, Essex, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
28. | Henry Jay Best, Sr. ![]() Henry married Lucile Fenely on 26 Sep 1933 in Essex County, New Jersey. Lucile was born on 23 Dec 1900 in Caldwell, Essex, New Jersey; died in Jun 1982 in Southampton, Suffolk, New York; was buried in Jun 1982 in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Caldwell, Essex, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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29. | Katherine J. Backus ![]() |
30. | ![]() ![]() Family/Spouse: Henriette "Henny" Kaye. Henriette was born on 21 Mar 1911 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; died on 9 Dec 2004 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; was buried on 12 Dec 2004 in Westwood Memorial Park, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
31. | Living ![]() |
32. | Shirley Wilder ![]() Shirley married Edward B. Loehr, Sr. about 1937 in New Jersey, and was divorced in Feb 1952 in Montgomery County, Alabama. Edward was born on 24 May 1913 in Union City, Hudson, New Jersey; died on 2 Sep 1999 in Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
33. | Marguerite Wilder ![]() Marguerite married Lawrence Porter Carrington in May 1944 in New Jersey. Lawrence was born on 29 Sep 1916 in Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa; died on 27 May 1990 in Paramus, Bergen, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
34. | Elaine Wilder ![]() Elaine married William George Bandel in Aug 1952 in Verona, Essex, New Jersey. William was born on 4 Aug 1910 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; died on 23 Mar 1983 in Verona, Essex, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |