Backus Family History
A Genealogical History of the Backus Family and it's Branches |
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1. | Susannah Keyser was born on 11 Sep 1803 in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; died on 8 Jul 1856 in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; was buried on 10 Jul 1856 in Church of Brethren Cemetery, Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Susannah married Frederick Rodman Backus on 15 Aug 1826 in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. Frederick (son of Andrew Backus and Elizabeth W. Rodman) was born on 16 Jan 1802 in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; died on 9 Aug 1867 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; was buried on 13 Aug 1867 in Church of Brethren Cemetery, Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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2. | William Rodman Backus ![]() |
3. | Catherine Clemens "Kate" Backus ![]() Catherine married Joseph Brown Shewell on 1 Oct 1850. Joseph was born on 13 Oct 1822 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; died on 28 Jan 1864 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; was buried on 1 Feb 1864 in Church of Brethren Cemetery, Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Catherine married Daniel Urner Price about 1868. Daniel was born on 9 Mar 1827 in North Coventry Twp, Chester, Pennsylvania; died on 25 Apr 1901 in Youngstown, Mahoning, Ohio; was buried on 28 Apr 1901 in Edgewood Cemetery, Pottstown, Montgomery, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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4. | Frederick Bayard Backus ![]() Frederick married Caroline Harris Moore on 8 Jun 1858 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Caroline was born on 22 Sep 1834 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; died on 15 Aug 1860 in Brooklyn, Kings, New York; was buried on 18 Aug 1860 in Church of Brethren Cemetery, Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Frederick married Amanda M. Noble on 19 Dec 1867. Amanda was born on 21 Mar 1847 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; died on 25 Jun 1925 in Brooklyn, Kings, New York; was buried on 28 Jun 1925 in Church of Brethren Cemetery, Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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5. | Mary Elizabeth Backus ![]() Mary married William Stevenson Noble on 17 Oct 1857. William was born on 7 Dec 1832 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; died on 18 Apr 1867 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; was buried on 22 Apr 1867 in Church of Brethren Cemetery, Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Mary married Dr. Thaddeus L. Leavitt on 2 Jun 1870. Thaddeus was born on 20 Sep 1840 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; died on 23 Feb 1880 in Atlantic City, Atlantic, New Jersey; was buried on 26 Feb 1880 in Woodlands Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
6. | Edith Badley Shewell ![]() |
7. | Kate Rodman Shewell ![]() |
8. | Helen Mary Shewell ![]() |
9. | Alice Shewell ![]() Alice married Joseph Bailey on 16 Dec 1886 in Pottstown, Montgomery, Pennsylvania. Joseph was born about 1864; died on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
10. | Archibald Price ![]() |
11. | Frederick Rodman Backus ![]() |
12. | Charles Noble Backus ![]() Charles married Mary Elizabeth "Mae" Snook on 18 Oct 1900 in Kings County, New York. Mary was born on 18 Dec 1879 in Brooklyn, Kings, New York; died on 5 Mar 1960; was buried on 18 Mar 1960 in Church of Brethren Cemetery, Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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13. | Helen Backus ![]() |
14. | Adeline Backus ![]() |
15. | Philip Rodman Backus ![]() Philip married Rita D. Unknown about 1912. Rita was born about 1884 in Illinois; died on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
16. | Frederick Charles Noble ![]() |
17. | William Woodbridge Noble ![]() William married Alice Bond Janney on 7 Jun 1888 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Alice was born on 14 Nov 1863 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; died on 30 Aug 1921 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; was buried on 1 Sep 1921 in Saint Thomas Episcopal Church Cemetery, Whitemarsh, Montgomery, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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18. | Maud Noble ![]() |
19. | Helen Dudley Backus ![]() Helen married Chester Donald Rankin, Sr. on 30 Jul 1932 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was divorced after 1940. Chester was born on 25 Sep 1906 in Troy, Rensselaer, New York; died on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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20. | Eleanor Noble ![]() Eleanor married Geoffrey Taylure Hawley on 1 Jun 1920 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Geoffrey was born on 9 Dec 1895 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; died on 10 May 1951; was buried on 13 May 1951 in West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Montgomery, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |