Backus Family History
A Genealogical History of the Backus Family and it's Branches |
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1. | Eleazer C. Backus was born on 1 Sep 1818 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts; died on 2 Mar 1884 in Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey; was buried on 4 Mar 1884 in Bayview-New York Bay Cemetery, Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey. Eleazer married Sarah Ann Hills on 25 Oct 1843 in Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts. Sarah was born about 1821 in Canton, St Lawrence, New York; died on 20 Feb 1899 in Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey; was buried on 22 Feb 1899 in Bayview-New York Bay Cemetery, Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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2. | Henry Francis Backus ![]() Henry married Jennie Augusta Newell on 9 Aug 1875 in Brooklyn, Kings, New York. Jennie (daughter of William H. Newell and Anna Raff) was born on 1 Nov 1853 in Brooklyn, Kings, New York; died on 26 Feb 1926 in Brooklyn, Kings, New York; was buried on 28 Feb 1926 in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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3. | Sarah H. Backus ![]() |
4. | Burtiss Lacey Backus ![]() Burtiss married Frances Wehner on 18 Apr 1893 in Newark, Essex, New Jersey. Frances was born on 8 Oct 1869 in Port Jervis, Orange, New York; died after 1942 in Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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5. | Eleanor C. Backus ![]() |
6. | George E. Backus ![]() George married Mary Jane Fowler about 1879. Mary was born in Feb 1853 in New York; died after 1930 in Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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7. | Arthur C. Backus ![]() |
8. | Sydney Backus ![]() |
9. | Florence Augusta Backus ![]() Family/Spouse: Louis Nielsen. Louis was born on Yes, date unknown; died on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
10. | Robert Marcus Backus ![]() |
11. | Eleanor Louisa Backus ![]() |
12. | Burton Davison Backus ![]() Burton married Annie Unknown about 1900, and was divorced about 1901. Annie was born about 1880 in Germany; died on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Burton married Agnes M. Anderson on 7 Dec 1919 in Manhattan, New York, New York, and was divorced on Yes, date unknown. Agnes was born about 1880 in Scotland; died on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
13. | Sarah Hills Backus ![]() Sarah married Charles Alexander Quigley, Jr. on 29 Jun 1914 in Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey. Charles was born on 23 Jun 1892 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan; died on 7 Feb 1949 in Claremont, Sullivan, New Hampshire; was buried on 11 Feb 1949 in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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14. | Paul Christian Quigley, Sr. ![]() Paul married Lillian Beatrice Sproul on 30 May 1937 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire. Lillian was born on 23 Sep 1915 in Augusta, Kennebec, Maine; died on 25 Sep 2002 in Southbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts; was buried on 29 Sep 2002 in Hillcrest Park Cemetery, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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15. | Charles Alexander Quigley ![]() Charles married June Winifred Connors on 27 Aug 1942 in Highland Park, Wayne, Michigan. June was born on 11 Sep 1922 in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada; died on 13 Jan 2005 in West Bloomfield Twp, Oakland, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |