Backus Family History
A Genealogical History of the Backus Family and it's Branches |
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1. | Eliza Jane Lown was born on 1 Apr 1833 in Palmyra, Wayne, New York; died on 27 Mar 1924 in Lansing, Ingham, Michigan; was buried on 29 Mar 1924 in Oakwood Cemetery, Grand Ledge, Eaton, Michigan. Eliza married Herman Backus on 22 Feb 1855. Herman (son of Simeon Backus and Polly Patchen) was born on 1 Feb 1829 in Evans Twp, Erie, New York; died on 2 Apr 1920 in Lansing, Ingham, Michigan; was buried on 6 Apr 1920 in Oakwood Cemetery, Grand Ledge, Eaton, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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2. | Dwight Backus (1.Eliza1) was born on 15 Jan 1856 in North Lake, Washtenaw, Michigan; died on 27 Dec 1922 in Benton Twp, Eaton, Michigan; was buried on 30 Dec 1922 in Benton Township Cemetery, Potterville, Eaton, Michigan. Dwight married Sophronie Bellvina Edman on 17 Jun 1885 in Benton Twp, Eaton, Michigan. Sophronie was born on 28 Apr 1859 in Auglaize County, Ohio; died on 15 Aug 1945 in Benton Twp, Eaton, Michigan; was buried on 18 Aug 1945 in Benton Township Cemetery, Potterville, Eaton, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
3. | Volney A. Backus (1.Eliza1) was born on 23 Feb 1857 in Dexter, Washtenaw, Michigan; died on 20 Jun 1944 in Benton Twp, Eaton, Michigan; was buried on 23 Jun 1944 in Benton Township Cemetery, Potterville, Eaton, Michigan. Volney married Ella M. Munger on 14 Apr 1886 in Potterville, Eaton, Michigan. Ella was born on 11 Aug 1866 in Benton Twp, Eaton, Michigan; died on 28 May 1941 in Benton Twp, Eaton, Michigan; was buried on 31 May 1941 in Benton Township Cemetery, Potterville, Eaton, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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4. | Ada I. Backus (1.Eliza1) was born on 25 Oct 1858 in Dexter, Washtenaw, Michigan; died on 24 Jul 1947 in Sunfield, Eaton, Michigan; was buried on 27 Jul 1947 in Perry Cemetery, Charlotte, Eaton, Michigan. Ada married Thomas H. Rhuberry on 4 Jul 1884 in Charlotte, Eaton, Michigan. Thomas was born in Nov 1856 in Phelps, Ontario, New York; died after 1910 in Eaton County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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5. | Burton L. Backus (1.Eliza1) was born on 13 Nov 1861 in Dexter, Washtenaw, Michigan; died on 26 Aug 1944 in Lansing, Ingham, Michigan. Burton married Cora M. Russell on 17 Oct 1900 in Jackson, Jackson, Michigan. Cora was born on 26 Oct 1871 in Eagle, Clinton, Michigan; died after 1956 in Lansing, Ingham, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
6. | Ivy A. Backus (1.Eliza1) was born in Aug 1865 in Oneida Twp, Eaton, Michigan; died on 5 Apr 1954 in Lansing, Ingham, Michigan; was buried on 8 Apr 19541954 in Benton Township Cemetery, Potterville, Eaton, Michigan. Ivy married George E. Payne on 19 Jan 1889 in Charlotte, Eaton, Michigan. George was born on 28 Feb 1864 in Summit County, Ohio; died on 5 Aug 1936 in Lansing, Ingham, Michigan; was buried on 8 Aug 1936 in Benton Township Cemetery, Potterville, Eaton, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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7. | Myra Marie Backus (1.Eliza1) was born on 23 Jan 1867 in Oneida Twp, Eaton, Michigan; died on 27 Nov 1952 in Cadillac, Wexford, Michigan. Myra married Samuel D. Fuller on 16 May 1904 in Oneida Twp, Eaton, Michigan. Samuel was born about 1848 in Ohio; died on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Myra married Benjamin Edgar Wilson on 28 May 1914 in LaPorte County, Indiana. Benjamin was born on 26 May 1858 in Indiana; died on 15 Aug 1935 in Milford Twp, LaGrange, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Myra married Charles Desting Vail on 21 Jun 1941 in Defiance County, Ohio. Charles was born on 17 Jul 1880 in Adrian, Lenawee, Michigan; died on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
8. | James Herman Backus (1.Eliza1) was born on 14 Apr 1869 in Oneida Twp, Eaton, Michigan; died on 13 Dec 1963 in Charlotte, Eaton, Michigan; was buried on 16 Dec 1963 in Oakwood Cemetery, Grand Ledge, Eaton, Michigan. James married Floy Charlotte Huddleston on 7 Dec 1898 in Oneida Twp, Eaton, Michigan. Floy (daughter of James Huddleston and Charlotte "Lottie" Ward) was born on 19 Feb 1875 in Oneida Twp, Eaton, Michigan; died on 4 Mar 1964 in Lansing, Ingham, Michigan; was buried on 7 Mar 1964 in Oakwood Cemetery, Grand Ledge, Eaton, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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9. | Clyde I. Backus (1.Eliza1) was born in Sep 1872 in Grand Ledge, Eaton, Michigan; died on 20 Dec 1951 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois. Clyde married Mary Julia Bacheler on 22 Feb 1898 in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan. Mary was born on 19 Jan 1877 in North Plains Twp, Ionia, Michigan; died on 3 Nov 1901 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois; was buried on 6 Nov 1901 in Westside Cemetery, Hubbardston, Ionia, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Clyde married Olga Martha Burianek on 21 Feb 1906 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois. Olga was born on 3 Oct 1881 in Dresden, Saxony, Germany; died on 14 Jan 1967 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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10. | Clare Leonard Backus (3.Volney2, 1.Eliza1) was born on 13 Nov 1895 in Potterville, Eaton, Michigan; died on 17 Apr 1987 in Melbourne, Brevard, Florida; was buried on 20 Apr 1987 in Benton Township Cemetery, Potterville, Eaton, Michigan. Clare married Mary Magdelena "May" Lepien on 22 Feb 1917 in Oneida Center, Eaton, Michigan. Mary was born on 6 Feb 1897 in Rubicon, Dodge, Wisconsin; died on 29 Jun 1991 in Melbourne, Brevard, Florida; was buried on 2 Jul 1991 in Benton Township Cemetery, Potterville, Eaton, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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11. | Maud L. Rhuberry (4.Ada2, 1.Eliza1) was born in Sep 1885 in Oneida Twp, Eaton, Michigan; died on 4 Jan 1960 in Sunfield, Eaton, Michigan; was buried on 7 Jan 1960 in Welch Cemetery, Sunfield, Eaton, Michigan. Maud married Charles H. Perry on 28 Feb 1903 in Eaton Rapids, Eaton, Michigan. Charles was born on 13 May 1884 in Wisconsin; died on 1 Nov 1903 in Eaton Rapids, Eaton, Michigan; was buried on 3 Nov 1903 in Perry Cemetery, Charlotte, Eaton, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Maud married Henry B. Sackett on 22 Feb 1909 in Charlotte, Eaton, Michigan. Henry was born on 1 Feb 1861 in Sunfield, Eaton, Michigan; died on 22 Sep 1942 in Sunfield, Eaton, Michigan; was buried on 25 Sep 1942 in Welch Cemetery, Sunfield, Eaton, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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12. | Hazel Rhuberry (4.Ada2, 1.Eliza1) was born on 15 Jun 1889 in Oneida Twp, Eaton, Michigan; died on 15 Dec 1973 in Nokomis, Sarasota, Florida; was buried on 18 Dec 1973 in Gulf Pines Memorial Park, Englewood, Sarasota, Florida. Hazel married George Johnson Grassle on 31 Jul 1926 in Lucas County, Ohio. George was born on 15 Nov 1896 in Kirksville, Adair, Missouri; died on 28 May 1984 in Nokomis, Sarasota, Florida; was buried on 31 May 1984 in Gulf Pines Memorial Park, Englewood, Sarasota, Florida. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
13. | Fraine Backus Rhuberry (4.Ada2, 1.Eliza1) was born on 28 May 1893 in Benton Twp, Berrien, Michigan; died on 10 Jul 1971 in Muskegon, Muskegon, Michigan. Fraine married Marjorie Catherine Morton on 1 Jul 1912 in St Joseph County, Indiana. Marjorie was born on 15 Apr 1893 in Galesburg, Kalamazoo, Michigan; died on 19 Feb 1970 in Cuenavaca, Morelos, Mexico. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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14. | Florence E. Rhuberry (4.Ada2, 1.Eliza1) was born in Jan 1898 in Brookfield Twp, Eaton, Michigan; died on Yes, date unknown. Florence married Thomas J. Shaw on 9 Jan 1915 in Lansing, Ingham, Michigan. Thomas was born on 19 Apr 1895 in Midland, Midland, Michigan; died on 8 Jun 1947 in Traverse City, Grand Traverse, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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15. | Burton Rhuberry (4.Ada2, 1.Eliza1) was born on 29 Jun 1899 in Brookfield Twp, Eaton, Michigan; died on 7 Mar 1900 in Brookfield Twp, Eaton, Michigan; was buried on 8 Mar 1900 in Perry Cemetery, Charlotte, Eaton, Michigan. |
16. | Edna Louise Payne (6.Ivy2, 1.Eliza1) was born on 1 Dec 1894 in Potterville, Eaton, Michigan; died on 6 Nov 1898 in Potterville, Eaton, Michigan; was buried on 8 Nov 1898 in Benton Township Cemetery, Potterville, Eaton, Michigan. |
17. | Marian Belle Payne (6.Ivy2, 1.Eliza1) was born on 20 Jan 1900 in Potterville, Eaton, Michigan; died on 20 May 1908 in Potterville, Eaton, Michigan; was buried on 23 May 1908 in Benton Township Cemetery, Potterville, Eaton, Michigan. |
18. | Velma Lurline Payne (6.Ivy2, 1.Eliza1) was born on 23 Apr 1906 in Potterville, Eaton, Michigan; died on 11 May 1990 in Lansing, Ingham, Michigan. Velma married Charles Henry Case on 20 Jun 1925 in Lansing, Ingham, Michigan. Charles was born on 7 Jun 1902 in Chadbourn, Columbus, North Carolina; died on 31 Oct 1972 in Lansing, Ingham, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
19. | Pauline Elisabeth Backus (8.James2, 1.Eliza1) was born on 9 May 1901 in Oneida Twp, Eaton, Michigan; died on 27 Jan 1998 in Jackson, Jackson, Michigan; was buried on 30 Jan 1998 in Oakwood Cemetery, Grand Ledge, Eaton, Michigan. Pauline married Herbert J. Calhoun on 1 Sep 1930 in Grand Ledge, Eaton, Michigan. Herbert was born on 31 Aug 1902 in Delta Twp, Eaton, Michigan; died on 26 Feb 1995 in Alamo Twp, Kalamazoo, Michigan; was buried on 4 Mar 1995 in Oakwood Cemetery, Grand Ledge, Eaton, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
20. | Zina Eloise Backus (8.James2, 1.Eliza1) was born on 6 Feb 1904 in Oneida Twp, Eaton, Michigan; died on 18 Aug 1983 in East Lansing, Ingham, Michigan; was buried on 21 Aug 1983 in Oakwood Cemetery, Grand Ledge, Eaton, Michigan. |
21. | Edith Miriam Backus (8.James2, 1.Eliza1) was born on 4 Jun 1905 in Oneida Twp, Eaton, Michigan; died on 21 Oct 1998 in Lansing, Ingham, Michigan; was buried on 24 Oct 1998 in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, DeWitt, Clinton, Michigan. Edith married Floyd Adelbert Warner on 21 Oct 1933 in Lansing, Ingham, Michigan. Floyd was born on 17 Dec 1905 in Lansing, Ingham, Michigan; died on 27 Feb 1996 in Lansing, Ingham, Michigan; was buried on 1 Mar 1996 in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, DeWitt, Clinton, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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22. | James Howard Backus (8.James2, 1.Eliza1) was born on 15 Jul 1907 in Oneida Twp, Eaton, Michigan; died on 15 Jul 1907 in Oneida Twp, Eaton, Michigan. |
23. | Evelyn Jane Backus (8.James2, 1.Eliza1) was born on 6 Aug 1909 in Oneida Twp, Eaton, Michigan; died on 5 Mar 1998 in Lansing, Ingham, Michigan; was buried on 9 Mar 1998 in Evergreen Cemetery, Lansing, Ingham, Michigan. Evelyn married Ulo John Forsyth on 13 May 1933 in Steuben County, Indiana. Ulo was born on 21 Jan 1908 in Palmyra Twp, Lenawee, Michigan; died on 23 Apr 2000 in Lansing, Ingham, Michigan; was buried on 26 Apr 2000 in Evergreen Cemetery, Lansing, Ingham, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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24. | Mabelle Belvia Backus (9.Clyde2, 1.Eliza1) was born on 11 Mar 1899 in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan; died on 3 Jul 1978 in Mount Clemens, Macomb, Michigan. Mabelle married Michael Karem on 9 May 1917 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, and was divorced on Yes, date unknown. Michael was born in Sep 1893 in Michigan; died on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Mabelle married Harold Devere Outland about 1939. Harold was born on 18 Jul 1895 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan; died on 23 Aug 1955 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
25. | William Lincoln Backus (9.Clyde2, 1.Eliza1) was born on 26 May 1909 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois; died on 1 Jan 1977 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois. William married Elaine Kathryn Dietrich on 16 Mar 1935 in Cook County, Illinois. Elaine was born on 11 Mar 1910 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois; died on 8 Aug 2006 in Mount Prospect, Cook, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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26. | Ida Grace Backus (9.Clyde2, 1.Eliza1) was born on 11 Sep 1911 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois; died on 1 Jan 1983 in Seminole, Pinellas, Florida. Ida married Ellis Walter Edge on 8 Sep 1939 in Cook County, Illinois. Ellis was born on 5 Apr 1909 in Bloomfield, Essex, New Jersey; died on 6 Apr 1993 in Saint Petersburg, Pinellas, Florida. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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27. | Wayne Burton Backus (10.Clare3, 3.Volney2, 1.Eliza1) was born on 2 Mar 1920 in Potterville, Eaton, Michigan; died on 31 Dec 1995 in Xenia, Greene, Ohio; was buried on 5 Jan 1996 in Hawley Cemetery, Mason, Ingham, Michigan. Wayne married Eleanor Unknown on 15 Mar 1941 in St Louis County, Missouri, and was divorced on 5 Feb 1946 in Eaton County, Michigan. Eleanor was born about 1922; died on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Wayne married Alice Anna Baker on 6 Mar 1946 in Mount Pleasant, Isabella, Michigan, and was divorced on Yes, date unknown. Alice was born on 22 Dec 1922 in Grand Ledge, Eaton, Michigan; died on 30 Jun 1989 in Grand Ledge, Eaton, Michigan; was buried on 3 Jul 1989 in Oakwood Cemetery, Grand Ledge, Eaton, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Wayne married Jean Florence Hoxie on 7 Nov 1954. Jean was born on 2 Dec 1923 in Lansing, Ingham, Michigan; died on 29 Aug 1981 in Windsor Twp, Eaton, Michigan; was buried on 2 Sep 1981 in Hawley Cemetery, Mason, Ingham, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Wayne married Ruth Violet Hurst on 18 Jan 1983 in LaGrange Twp, LaGrange, Indiana. Ruth was born on 3 Mar 1914 in Saginaw, Saginaw, Michigan; died on 14 May 1998 in Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio; was buried on 17 May 1998 in Rush Township Burial Park, Rushtown, Scioto, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
28. | Lt. Col. Richard Warren Backus (10.Clare3, 3.Volney2, 1.Eliza1) was born on 10 Aug 1923 in Potterville, Eaton, Michigan; died on 16 Mar 2017 in Grant, Brevard, Florida; was buried on 23 Mar 2017 in Florida Memorial Gardens, Rockledge, Brevard, Florida. Richard married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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29. | Caryl Allen Backus (10.Clare3, 3.Volney2, 1.Eliza1) was born on 25 Feb 1927 in Lansing, Ingham, Michigan; died on 19 Dec 1996 in Charlotte, Eaton, Michigan; was buried on 22 Dec 1996 in Benton Township Cemetery, Potterville, Eaton, Michigan. Caryl married Patricia Louise George on 20 Dec 1947 in Potterville, Eaton, Michigan. Patricia was born on 23 Sep 1929 in Lansing, Ingham, Michigan; died on 7 Feb 1995 in Lansing, Ingham, Michigan; was buried on 11 Feb 1995 in Benton Township Cemetery, Potterville, Eaton, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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30. | Rev. Neil R. Backus (10.Clare3, 3.Volney2, 1.Eliza1) was born on 22 Jul 1929 in Lansing, Ingham, Michigan; died on 6 Jan 2017 in Winter Springs, Seminole, Florida; was buried on 9 Jan 2017 in Highland Memory Gardens, Forest City, Seminole, Florida. Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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31. | Living (10.Clare3, 3.Volney2, 1.Eliza1) |
32. | Charles H. Perry (11.Maud3, 4.Ada2, 1.Eliza1) was born about 1905 in Michigan; died on Yes, date unknown. |
33. | Noble Henry Sackett (11.Maud3, 4.Ada2, 1.Eliza1) was born on 2 Mar 1911 in Sunfield, Eaton, Michigan; died on 26 Oct 1995 in Delta Twp, Eaton, Michigan; was buried on 29 Oct 1995 in Welch Cemetery, Sunfield, Eaton, Michigan. Noble married Neva Irene Bell on 3 Jul 1935 in Charlotte, Eaton, Michigan. Neva was born on 23 Jun 1917 in Roxand Twp, Eaton, Michigan; died on 8 Mar 2005 in Grand Ledge, Eaton, Michigan; was buried on 11 Mar 2005 in Welch Cemetery, Sunfield, Eaton, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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34. | Margaret L. Rhuberry (13.Fraine3, 4.Ada2, 1.Eliza1) was born on 30 Mar 1913 in Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan; died on 24 Mar 2000 in San Antonio, Bexar, Texas. Margaret married George Ernest Adair on 14 Apr 1932 in Manhattan, New York, New York. George was born on 23 Sep 1905 in Scotland, United Kingdom; died on 23 Apr 1982 in San Antonio, Bexar, Texas; was buried on 26 Apr 1982 in Roseland Park Cemetery, Berkley, Oakland, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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35. | Burton William Rhuberry (13.Fraine3, 4.Ada2, 1.Eliza1) was born on 2 May 1914 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan; died on 7 Nov 1948 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan. Burton married Dorothea Leola Harms on 26 Aug 1939 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan. Dorothea was born on 29 Jan 1912 in Michigan; died on 5 Feb 1984 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
36. | Thomas Jefferson Shaw, Sr. (14.Florence3, 4.Ada2, 1.Eliza1) was born on 12 Nov 1918 in Lansing, Ingham, Michigan; died on 28 May 1997 in Lansing, Ingham, Michigan; was buried on 31 May 1997 in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, DeWitt, Clinton, Michigan. |
37. | Living (14.Florence3, 4.Ada2, 1.Eliza1) |
38. | Nancy Elizabeth Shaw (14.Florence3, 4.Ada2, 1.Eliza1) was born on 16 Aug 1925 in Niles, Berrien, Michigan; died on 3 May 1995 in Traverse City, Grand Traverse, Michigan. Nancy married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
39. | James Burton "Jim" Warner (21.Edith3, 8.James2, 1.Eliza1) was born on 1 Sep 1942 in Lansing, Eaton, Michigan; died on 21 Aug 2016 in Wayne, Wayne, Michigan. Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
40. | Living (21.Edith3, 8.James2, 1.Eliza1) Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
41. | Living (23.Evelyn3, 8.James2, 1.Eliza1) |
42. | Living (23.Evelyn3, 8.James2, 1.Eliza1) |
43. | Living (23.Evelyn3, 8.James2, 1.Eliza1) |
44. | Living (25.William3, 9.Clyde2, 1.Eliza1) |
45. | Living (26.Ida3, 9.Clyde2, 1.Eliza1) |
46. | Living (26.Ida3, 9.Clyde2, 1.Eliza1) |