Backus Family History
A Genealogical History of the Backus Family and it's Branches |
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1. | Margaret Anna Wilsey was born on 24 Feb 1822 in New Jersey; died on 15 Apr 1895 in Middletown, Monmouth, New Jersey. Family/Spouse: William Robertson. William was born on 8 Jun 1822 in New Jersey; died on 4 Apr 1895 in Middletown, Monmouth, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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2. | Anna Margaret Robertson ![]() Anna married Talcott Backus on 4 Oct 1876 in Mercer County, New Jersey. Talcott (son of Samuel Backus and Mary Ann Desmond) was born on 1 Jan 1853 in Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey; died on 24 Apr 1904 in Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey; was buried on 28 Apr 1904 in Riverview Cemetery, Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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3. | Richard Allison Backus, Sr. ![]() Richard married Mary Adeline Barwis on 29 Apr 1905 in Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey. Mary was born on 4 Jan 1878 in Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey; died on 19 Apr 1952 in Goffstown, Hillsborough, New Hampshire; was buried on 22 Apr 1952 in Riverview Cemetery, Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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4. | Maud Ewing Backus ![]() Maud married James Stevens Messler, Sr. on 21 May 1910 in Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey. James was born on 12 Jan 1884 in Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey; died on 15 May 1931 in Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey; was buried on 18 May 1931 in First Presbyterian Church of Ewing Cemetery, Ewing, Mercer, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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5. | Russell Talcott Backus, Sr. ![]() Family/Spouse: Helen Hall. Helen was born in Jun 1893 in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania; died on 3 Aug 1965 in Pennington, Mercer, New Jersey; was buried on 6 Aug 1965 in First Presbyterian Church of Ewing Cemetery, Ewing, Mercer, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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6. | ![]() ![]() Family/Spouse: Emily Saunders Burrows. Emily was born on 13 May 1898 in Buffalo, Erie, New York; died on 28 Oct 1968 in Hamburg, Erie, New York; was buried on 31 Oct 1968 in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, Erie, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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7. | Dr. Richard Allison Backus, Jr. ![]() Richard married Harriet Ellen Wright on 31 Oct 1936 in Marshfield, Washington, Vermont. Harriet (daughter of Clark Adin Wright and Bernice J. McNall) was born on 15 May 1909 in Milton, Chittenden, Vermont; died on 16 Aug 1966 in Grasmere, Hillsborough, New Hampshire; was buried on 19 Aug 1966 in Colchester Village Cemetery, Colchester, Chittenden, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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8. | Nancy Backus Messler ![]() Family/Spouse: Karl P. Hughes. Karl was born on 24 Jul 1909 in Pennsylvania; died on 27 Jan 1988 in Dennis, Barnstable, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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9. | Mary Cornelia Messler ![]() Family/Spouse: Eric Sharman. Eric was born on Yes, date unknown; died on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
10. | James Stevens Messler, Jr. ![]() |
11. | Margaret Robertson Messler ![]() Family/Spouse: Col. Carl George Lutz. Carl was born on 27 Aug 1912 in Princeton, Mercer, New Jersey; died on 29 Jun 2011 in West Hartland, Hartford, Connecticut; was buried on 2 Jul 2011 in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
12. | Nancy Louise Backus ![]() Family/Spouse: Maj. Bruce H. Barlow. Bruce was born on 24 Apr 1920 in Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey; died on 23 Nov 1977 in New York City, New York, New York; was buried on 26 Nov 1977 in First Presbyterian Church of Ewing Cemetery, Ewing, Mercer, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
13. | Russell Talcott Backus, Jr. ![]() |
14. | Living ![]() Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
15. | Living ![]() Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
16. | Eleanor Backus ![]() Eleanor married Charles Hammond Wood, II about 1946. Charles was born on 25 Nov 1924 in Buffalo, Erie, New York; died on 20 May 1991 in Eden, Erie, New York; was buried on 23 May 1991 in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, Erie, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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