Backus Family History
A Genealogical History of the Backus Family and it's Branches |
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1. | Alvira Medora "Dora" Peck was born on 30 Oct 1836 in Wolcott, Lamoille, Vermont; died on 13 Nov 1914 in Wolcott, Lamoille, Vermont; was buried on 16 Nov 1914 in Fairmount Cemetery, Wolcott, Lamoille, Vermont. Alvira married Richard Downing, Jr. on 8 Dec 1855 in Woodbury, Washington, Vermont. Richard was born on 24 Aug 1810 in Washington, Orange, Vermont; died on 5 May 1883 in Washington, Orange, Vermont; was buried on 7 May 1883 in Wilson Cemetery, Barre, Washington, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Alvira married Newell Woodard on 24 Oct 1883 in Elmore, Lamoille, Vermont. Newell was born in Aug 1836 in Shefford, La Haute-Yamaska, Quebec, Canada; died on 26 Oct 1901 in Wolcott, Lamoille, Vermont; was buried on 28 Oct 1901 in Fairmount Cemetery, Wolcott, Lamoille, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
2. | George Edgar Downing ![]() George married Alice Jane Paddleford on 23 Aug 1882 in Wolcott, Lamoille, Vermont. Alice was born on 14 Sep 1861 in Woodbury, Washington, Vermont; died on 25 Mar 1931 in Chelsea, Orange, Vermont; was buried on 27 Mar 1931 in Hunt Cemetery, North Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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3. | Ida S. Downing ![]() Ida married Allen P. Nute on 21 Apr 1877 in Wolcott, Lamoille, Vermont. Allen was born about 1862 in Northumberland, Coos, New Hampshire; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Ida married Clinton H. Carpenter on 21 Jan 1885 in Danville, Caledonia, Vermont. Clinton was born on 12 Nov 1862 in Danville, Caledonia, Vermont; died on 30 Mar 1926 in Wolcott, Lamoille, Vermont; was buried on 2 Apr 1926. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
4. | Adin Oscar Downing ![]() Adin married Belle Eugina Prince on 26 Oct 1895 in Wolcott, Lamoille, Vermont. Belle was born on 21 Jan 1877 in Newport, Orleans, Vermont ; died on 8 Oct 1931 in Hardwick, Caledonia, Vermont; was buried on 11 Oct 1931 in Fairmount Cemetery, Wolcott, Lamoille, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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5. | Luther L. Downing ![]() |
6. | Flora Jane Downing ![]() Flora married Fred Herbert Bohonon on 13 Nov 1881 in Washington, Orange, Vermont. Fred was born on 17 Apr 1859 in Chelsea, Orange, Vermont; died on 23 Aug 1942 in Chelsea, Orange, Vermont; was buried on 25 Aug 1942 in Highland Cemetery, Chelsea, Orange, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
7. | Mary S. Downing ![]() Mary married Frank Abel Emerson on 16 Sep 1888 in Barre, Washington, Vermont. Frank was born on 1 May 1863 in Orange, Orange, Vermont; died on 15 Jun 1921 in Perkinsville, Windsor, Vermont; was buried on 17 Jun 1921 in Pine Grove Cemetery, Perkinsville, Windsor, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Mary married Ludwig Christian Wilhelm "Louis" Ahrens on 27 Apr 1929 in Springfield, Windsor, Vermont. Ludwig was born on 15 Nov 1868 in Bremen, Bremen, Germany; died on 3 Sep 1939 in Burlington, Chittenden, Vermont; was buried on 6 Sep 1939 in Plain Cemetery, Perkinsville, Windsor, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
8. | Fred Eugene Downing ![]() Fred married Ella Isabelle Pedroza on 5 Apr 1892 in Danville, Caledonia, Vermont. Ella was born on 5 Apr 1876 in Azores Region, Portugal; died on 25 Jun 1953 in Barre, Washington, Vermont; was buried on 28 Jun 1953 in Maple Hill Cemetery, Washington, Orange, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
9. | Leon Bertram Downing ![]() Leon married Christina Alice Emmerson on 22 Sep 1907 in Barre, Washington, Vermont, and was divorced. Christina was born on 7 Jul 1889 in Barre, Washington, Vermont; died before 1940. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Leon married Blanche Ethel Knights on 7 Sep 1944 in Springfield, Windsor, Vermont. Blanche was born on 5 Sep 1894 in Jamaica, Windham, Vermont; died on 21 Jan 1973 in Bellows Falls, Windham, Vermont ; was buried on 24 Jan 1973 in Oakland Cemetery, Springfield, Windsor, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
10. | Flora Belle Downing ![]() Flora married Robert Albert Hopkins on 11 Dec 1906 in Cabot, Washington, Vermont. Robert was born on 29 Aug 1882 in Cabot, Washington, Vermont; died on 30 Oct 1932 in Cabot, Washington, Vermont; was buried on 2 Nov 1932 in Hunt Cemetery, North Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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11. | Harry Ellis Downing ![]() Harry married Lelia Ina Burnham on 19 Apr 1913 in Washington, Orange, Vermont. Lelia was born on 14 Mar 1894 in Washington, Orange, Vermont; died on 4 Jan 1978 in Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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12. | Bryon Richard Downing ![]() Bryon married Lillian Emily Carnes on 5 Feb 1916 in Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont. Lillian was born on 2 Apr 1896 in Washington, Orange, Vermont; died on 9 Oct 1974 in Berlin, Washington, Vermont; was buried on 12 Oct 1974 in Highland Cemetery, Chelsea, Orange, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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13. | Cora Medora Nute ![]() Cora married Hiram Richardson on 17 Jun 1894 in Wolcott, Lamoille, Vermont. Hiram was born on 18 Nov 1865 in Irasburg, Orleans, Vermont; died on 17 May 1940 in Wolcott, Lamoille, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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14. | Daisy Glee Downing ![]() Daisy married Carl Anson Loura about 1918 in Eliot, York, Maine. Carl was born on 6 Oct 1886 in Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont; died on 30 Aug 1963 in Hardwick, Caledonia, Vermont; was buried on 2 Sep 1963 in Main Street Cemetery, Hardwick, Caledonia, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
15. | Hazel Belle Downing ![]() Hazel married Peter Gonzalo Perry, Sr. on 4 Dec 1916 in Hardwick, Caledonia, Vermont. Peter was born on 25 Nov 1895 in Santander, Spain; died about 1947 in New York City, New York, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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16. | Lyle Grant Downing ![]() |
17. | Shirley C. Downing ![]() |
18. | Ruby May Downing ![]() Ruby married Iri H. Stearns on 15 Mar 1924 in Springfield, Windsor, Vermont. Iri was born about 1913 in Weathersfield, Windsor, Vermont; died on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
19. | Curtis George Hopkins ![]() Curtis married Doris I. Richardson on 20 Jan 1930 in Cabot, Washington, Vermont, and was divorced. Doris (daughter of Hiram Richardson and Cora Medora Nute) was born on 27 Nov 1908 in Wolcott, Lamoille, Vermont; died on 2 Jul 1968 in Montpelier, Washington, Vermont; was buried on 5 Jul 1968 in Wolcott, Lamoille, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Curtis married Leota Cora Farmer on 23 Nov 1939 in Cabot, Washington, Vermont. Leota was born on 16 Jun 1920 in Richford, Franklin, Vermont; died on 8 Jul 1999 in Berlin, Washington, Vermont; was buried on 13 Jul 1999 in Durant Cemetery, Cabot, Washington, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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20. | Doris Myrtle Downing ![]() Doris married Maurice Franklin Kennedy on 5 Oct 1932 in Chelsea, Orange, Vermont. Maurice was born on 27 Apr 1912 in Chelsea, Orange, Vermont; died on 24 Feb 2005 in Barre, Washington, Vermont; was buried in Apr 2005 in Highland Cemetery, Chelsea, Orange, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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21. | Alice Louise Downing ![]() Alice married Eugene Herbert Kennedy, Jr. on 15 Aug 1933 in Chelsea, Orange, Vermont. Eugene was born on 14 Oct 1910 in Chelsea, Orange, Vermont; died on 1 May 2005 in Chelsea, Orange, Vermont; was buried on 5 May 2005 in Highland Cemetery, Chelsea, Orange, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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22. | Carl Merlin Downing ![]() Carl married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Carl married Bessie Mabel Bugbee on 5 Jun 1971 in Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont. Bessie was born on 24 Apr 1916 in Berlin, Washington, Vermont; died on 17 Dec 1992 in Chelsea, Orange, Vermont; was buried on 20 Dec 1992 in Spring Road Cemetery, Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
23. | Living ![]() Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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24. | Wesley Elton Downing ![]() |
25. | Bernard James Downing, Sr. ![]() Bernard married Bertha May Berno on 12 Aug 1937 in Moretown, Washington, Vermont. Bertha (daughter of Walter Wilber Berno and Isa Susan Pinney) was born on 21 Feb 1919 in Waitsfield, Washington, Vermont; died on 4 Feb 1949 in Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont; was buried on 7 Feb 1949 in Highland Cemetery, Chelsea, Orange, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Bernard married Iola Lavina Veysey on 1 Jul 1950 in Swanton, Franklin, Vermont. Iola was born on 23 Oct 1911 in Stanbridge East, Brome-Missisquoi, Quebec, Canada; died on 30 Jun 1974 in Berlin, Washington, Vermont; was buried on 3 Jul 1974 in Pearceton Cemetery, Pearceton, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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26. | Lyla Arloa Downing ![]() Lyla married Clyde William Lyon on 1 Jun 1933 in Chelsea, Orange, Vermont. Clyde (son of Ralph Oliver Lyon and Bessie Bell Arbuckle) was born on 20 Jan 1914 in Chelsea, Orange, Vermont; died on 14 Nov 1990 in Berlin, Washington, Vermont; was buried on 17 Nov 1990 in Highland Cemetery, Chelsea, Orange, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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27. | Edgar Richard Downing ![]() Edgar married Lillian Belle Aiken on 30 Jun 1939 in Chelsea, Orange, Vermont. Lillian was born on 28 Apr 1923 in Fairfield, Franklin, Vermont; died on 17 Aug 2001 in Bradford, Orange, Vermont; was buried on 20 Aug 2001 in Munn Cemetery, South Corinth, Orange, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
28. | Thelma Nadine Downing ![]() Thelma married Lewis Nathaniel Austin on 12 Sep 1940 in Chelsea, Orange, Vermont. Lewis was born on 17 Apr 1922 in Chelsea, Orange, Vermont; died on 3 Aug 2000 in Groton, Caledonia, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
29. | Marjorie Vivian Downing ![]() Marjorie married Arthur Elbridge O'Donnell on 29 Nov 1941 in Chelsea, Orange, Vermont, and was divorced. Arthur was born on 29 Jul 1921 in Chelsea, Orange, Vermont; died on 15 Feb 1989 in Hanover, Grafton, New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Marjorie married William Joseph Beckhorn on 14 Aug 1960 in South Royalton, Windsor, Vermont. William was born on 23 Jul 1918 in Elmira, Chemung, New York; died in Nov 1986 in Cortland, Cortland, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
30. | Living ![]() Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
31. | Living ![]() |
32. | Living ![]() |
33. | Archie Allen Richardson ![]() Archie married Ruby May Faunce on 24 Apr 1920 in Wolcott, Lamoille, Vermont. Ruby was born on 7 May 1901 in Morristown, Lamoille, Vermont; died on 21 Jun 1963 in Morristown, Lamoille, Vermont; was buried on 23 Jun 1963 in Fairmount Cemetery, Wolcott, Lamoille, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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34. | Clyde Orlo Richardson ![]() Clyde married Edith Nadine Amsden on 16 May 1917 in Wolcott, Lamoille, Vermont, and was divorced. Edith was born on 8 Aug 1898 in Elmore, Lamoille, Vermont; died on 18 Feb 1987 in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Family/Spouse: Myra Agnes Dwire. Myra (daughter of Charles Harold Dwire, Sr. and Bertha J. Haskins) was born on 23 Apr 1904 in Duxbury, Washington, Vermont; died on 21 Oct 1992 in Berlin, Washington, Vermont; was buried on 23 Oct 1992 in Fairmount Cemetery, Wolcott, Lamoille, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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35. | Doris I. Richardson ![]() Doris married Curtis George Hopkins on 20 Jan 1930 in Cabot, Washington, Vermont, and was divorced. Curtis (son of Robert Albert Hopkins and Flora Belle Downing) was born on 25 Aug 1907 in Plainfield, Washington, Vermont; died on 17 Mar 1981 in Cabot, Washington, Vermont; was buried on 20 Mar 1981 in Durant Cemetery, Cabot, Washington, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
36. | Tyler Eugene Richardson ![]() Tyler married Lillian Catherine Boyce on 22 Nov 1951 in Morrisville, Lamoille, Vermont. Lillian was born on 6 Dec 1902 in Duxbury, Washington, Vermont; died on 4 Nov 1984 in Berlin, Washington, Vermont; was buried on 7 Nov 1984 in South Duxbury Cemetery, South Duxbury, Washington, Vermont . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
37. | Peter Perry, Jr. ![]() Peter married Edna May Barnett on 12 Oct 1940 in Hardwick, Caledonia, Vermont. Edna was born on Yes, date unknown; died on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Family/Spouse: Helen Forte. Helen was born on Yes, date unknown; died on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
38. | Raymond Manual Perry ![]() Raymond married Edith Irene Cochran on 18 Oct 1939 in Hardwick, Caledonia, Vermont. Edith was born on 14 Aug 1922 in Hardwick, Caledonia, Vermont; died on 21 Nov 1993 in Bellows Falls, Windham, Vermont . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
39. | Bernard Hazel Perry ![]() Bernard married Ruby Myrtle Hopkins on 22 Dec 1944 in Hardwick, Caledonia, Vermont. Ruby was born on 13 Aug 1923 in Hardwick, Caledonia, Vermont; died on 25 Dec 1999 in Bristol, Grafton, New Hampshire; was buried in May 2000 in Main Street Cemetery, Hardwick, Caledonia, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
40. | Edwin A. Perry ![]() |
41. | Living ![]() Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
42. | Edmond Earl Perry ![]() |
43. | Lawrence Everett Perry ![]() |
44. | George Merlin Perry ![]() Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
45. | Marguerite Elaine Perry ![]() Family/Spouse: Robert Taylor. Robert was born on Yes, date unknown; died on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |