Backus Family History
Polly Day

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- 1 Polly Day [1] b. Abt 1774 d. Abt 1795
Ebenezer Backus b. 2 Jan 1771 d. 21 Jan 1845
- 2 Ebenezer Backus, Jr. [1.1]
b. 8 Apr 1794 d. Aft 1865
Sarah Lindsley b. Abt 1803 d. Yes, date unknown
- 3 Elijah Backus [1.1.1]
b. 24 Jan 1822 d. 22 Sep 1877
Frances M. Tupper b. 12 Oct 1832 d. 1 Apr 1919
- 4 Eva Florence Backus [1.1.1.1]
b. 31 Aug 1855 d. 24 May 1931
Jonathan Lewis Howe b. 15 Mar 1852 d. 19 Jun 1920
- 5 Elbert Lewis Howe [1.1.1.1.1]
b. 1 Aug 1876 d. 27 Dec 1948
Edith Edna Blanchard b. 22 Jun 1892 d. Abt 1956
- 6 Doris Genevieve Howe [1.1.1.1.1.1]
b. 3 Nov 1913 d. 9 Feb 1988
- 6 Marshall Elbert Howe [1.1.1.1.1.2]
b. 9 Jun 1919 d. 11 Aug 1984
- 6 Doris Genevieve Howe [1.1.1.1.1.1]
- 5 Elbert Lewis Howe [1.1.1.1.1]
- + Charles W. Wing b. 7 May 1849 d. 16 Feb 1931
- 4 Elbert Elijah Backus [1.1.1.2]
b. 2 Sep 1860 d. 15 Jun 1935
Ida Melissa Teller b. 28 Jan 1860 d. 13 Mar 1938
- 5 Dorr Elbert Backus [1.1.1.2.1]
b. 14 May 1884 d. 15 Jul 1957
Redia N. Bagley b. 3 Apr 1886 d. 15 Jun 1944
- 6 Merna Elaine Backus [1.1.1.2.1.1]
b. 28 Feb 1915 d. 28 Jan 1996
James Henry Bolton b. 24 Jul 1912 d. 7 Jan 2001
- 6 Marjory Eileen Backus [1.1.1.2.1.2]
b. 31 Aug 1919 d. 30 May 1998
- 6 Dena Marian Backus [1.1.1.2.1.3]
b. 16 Jun 1921 d. 14 Jul 1997
Donald Jean Corre b. 12 Apr 1918 d. 5 Aug 1995
- 6 Merna Elaine Backus [1.1.1.2.1.1]
- 5 Dorr Elbert Backus [1.1.1.2.1]
- 4 Eva Florence Backus [1.1.1.1]
- 3 Almira Backus [1.1.2]
b. Abt 1828 d. Yes, date unknown
- 3 John Backus [1.1.3]
b. Abt 1833 d. Yes, date unknown
- 3 Eben Backus, III [1.1.4]
b. 7 Apr 1836 d. 2 Feb 1918
Mary E. Spencer b. Abt 1837 d. 8 Jun 1862
- 4 Elida Backus [1.1.4.1]
b. Abt 1859 d. 6 Mar 1863
- 4 Mary Luella Backus [1.1.4.2]
b. Abt 1861 d. Yes, date unknown
- 4 Elida Backus [1.1.4.1]
Margarette Arvilla Spencer b. Jul 1848 d. 11 Dec 1916
- 4 Charlotte Mary Backus [1.1.4.3]
b. 18 Jan 1869 d. 19 Feb 1902
Ulysses Grant Durant b. 10 Oct 1867 d. 18 Jun 1931
- 5 Mark Backus Durant [1.1.4.3.1]
b. 3 Oct 1891 d. 26 Dec 1940
Edith Idlewild Lowe b. 29 Feb 1892 d. 5 Dec 1952
- 6 Mary Jane Durant [1.1.4.3.1.1]
b. 9 Apr 1920 d. 13 Sep 1948
- 6 Mary Jane Durant [1.1.4.3.1.1]
- 5 Mark Backus Durant [1.1.4.3.1]
- 4 Abraham Burnett Backus [1.1.4.4]
b. Nov 1871 d. 26 Sep 1934
Jessie Elizabeth Kimbrough b. 13 May 1872 d. 18 Sep 1953
- 5 Arthur Edward Backus [1.1.4.4.1]
b. 25 Dec 1891 d. 15 Jan 1972
- 5 Marguerite May Backus [1.1.4.4.2]
b. 5 Mar 1894 d. 30 May 1981
- 5 Ethel Backus [1.1.4.4.3]
b. Aug 1896 d. 18 Feb 1912
- 5 Mary Golda Backus [1.1.4.4.4]
b. 16 May 1898 d. 3 Jun 1976
- 5 Lester B. Backus [1.1.4.4.5]
b. 1 Sep 1902 d. 22 Jun 1968
- 5 Pauline Gertrude Backus [1.1.4.4.6]
b. 27 Jan 1910 d. 25 Dec 1967
- 5 William George Backus [1.1.4.4.7]
b. 6 Apr 1914 d. 31 Dec 2003
- 5 Arthur Edward Backus [1.1.4.4.1]
- 4 Bertha J. Backus [1.1.4.5]
b. Abt 1876 d. Yes, date unknown
- + Fred A. Rickard b. Abt 1874 d. Yes, date unknown
- + Fred A. Rickard b. Abt 1874 d. Yes, date unknown
- 4 Edith F. Backus [1.1.4.6]
b. Nov 1878 d. Yes, date unknown
- 4 Inez Ray Backus [1.1.4.7]
b. 26 Aug 1885 d. 12 Oct 1965
George Nusz Bushnell b. 9 Jun 1878 d. 1 May 1951
- 5 Eben Ray Bushnell [1.1.4.7.1]
b. 29 Jan 1905 d. 23 Oct 1990
- + Dorothy Blanch Thompson b. 7 Oct 1902 d. 7 Nov 1996
- + Dorothy Blanch Thompson b. 7 Oct 1902 d. 7 Nov 1996
- 5 Rhea Claire Bushnell [1.1.4.7.2]
b. 13 May 1913 d. 3 Feb 2007
- + Fred Searle Brown b. Abt 1912 d. Yes, date unknown
- + Fred Searle Brown b. Abt 1912 d. Yes, date unknown
- 5 Eben Ray Bushnell [1.1.4.7.1]
- 4 Charlotte Mary Backus [1.1.4.3]
- 3 Miles M. Backus [1.1.5]
b. 11 Oct 1837 d. 3 Nov 1928
Antoinette Richmond b. 25 Dec 1841 d. 13 Sep 1924
- 4 Charles Emory Backus [1.1.5.1]
b. 26 Mar 1862 d. 1 Oct 1950
Ida May Sampson b. 10 Mar 1870 d. Between 1904-1907
- 5 Lee Clarence Backus [1.1.5.1.1]
b. 9 Nov 1891 d. 27 Jul 1935
Mabel Nalda Black b. 12 May 1893 d. 14 Feb 1916
- 6 Lucille Elene Backus [1.1.5.1.1.1]
b. 12 May 1913 d. 10 Mar 1993
- + Harold E. Rose b. 7 Oct 1906 d. 28 May 1977
- + Harold E. Rose b. 7 Oct 1906 d. 28 May 1977
- 6 Lucille Elene Backus [1.1.5.1.1.1]
Minnie Caroline Simons b. 22 Aug 1894 d. 6 Apr 1988
- 6 Leona Mae Backus [1.1.5.1.1.2]
b. 28 Mar 1917 d. 16 Mar 2005
- + Unknown Wilson b. Yes, date unknown d. Yes, date unknown
- + Freeman Matthew Wells b. 14 Mar 1911 d. 9 Dec 1971
- + Living
- + Unknown Wilson b. Yes, date unknown d. Yes, date unknown
- 6 Lillian Charlene Backus [1.1.5.1.1.3]
b. 23 Apr 1918 d. 22 Apr 2001
Victor Golembieski b. 23 Jan 1915 d. 8 Sep 1986
- 7 Living [1.1.5.1.1.3.1]
- + Living
- + Living
- 7 Living [1.1.5.1.1.3.2]
- + Marcia Lynn Wright b. 10 Feb 1945 d. 13 Apr 2007
- + Marcia Lynn Wright b. 10 Feb 1945 d. 13 Apr 2007
- 7 Shirley L. Golembieski [1.1.5.1.1.3.3]
b. 25 Feb 1947 d. 10 Oct 2012
- + Living
- + Living
- 7 Living [1.1.5.1.1.3.4]
- + Living
- + Living
- 7 Living [1.1.5.1.1.3.1]
- 6 Charles Lee Backus [1.1.5.1.1.4]
b. 24 Oct 1924 d. 10 Aug 1986
- 6 Clarence William Backus [1.1.5.1.1.5]
b. 20 Nov 1929 d. 2 Jul 2007
- + Living
- + Living
- 6 Leona Mae Backus [1.1.5.1.1.2]
- 5 Everett Backus [1.1.5.1.2]
b. 23 Apr 1895 d. 16 Mar 1956
- + Frieda Sergott b. 27 Mar 1895 d. 1 Dec 1928
- + Norma Loretta Sampsel b. 9 Sep 1888 d. 23 Feb 1951
- + Elsie E. Dye b. 25 Jun 1889 d. Yes, date unknown
- + Frieda Sergott b. 27 Mar 1895 d. 1 Dec 1928
- 5 Buford L. Backus [1.1.5.1.3]
b. 21 Mar 1904 d. 20 Jun 1974
- + Virginia Unknown b. Abt 1908 d. Aft 1930
- + Mayme F. Unknown b. 3 Mar 1897 d. 8 Jun 1956
- + Virginia Unknown b. Abt 1908 d. Aft 1930
- 5 Lee Clarence Backus [1.1.5.1.1]
Fannie Tucker Anderson b. Abt 1878 d. 11 Jan 1959
- 5 Melvin N. Backus [1.1.5.1.4]
b. 4 Jul 1908 d. 15 Dec 1983
- + Evelyn Mae Thayer b. Abt 1912 d. Yes, date unknown
- + Frieda Stremlow b. 13 Jun 1905 d. 30 Jun 1951
- + Evelyn Mae Thayer b. Abt 1912 d. Yes, date unknown
- 5 Geneva Backus [1.1.5.1.5]
b. 10 May 1910 d. 18 Feb 2010
Forest C. Bates b. 6 Aug 1897 d. 30 Jan 1928
- 6 Alfred Sylvester Bates [1.1.5.1.5.1]
b. 17 Aug 1927 d. 6 Jun 2016
Living
- 7 Infant Bates [1.1.5.1.5.1.1]
b. 1 Mar 1949 d. 1 Mar 1949
- 7 Infant Bates [1.1.5.1.5.1.1]
- 6 Alfred Sylvester Bates [1.1.5.1.5.1]
- + Cecil L. Sheldon b. 15 Feb 1900 d. 8 Aug 1965
- 5 Oleva Backus [1.1.5.1.6]
b. 10 May 1910 d. 10 Nov 2003
- 5 Melvin N. Backus [1.1.5.1.4]
- 4 John Backus [1.1.5.2]
b. Abt 1864 d. Bef 1880
- 4 Frank W. Backus [1.1.5.3]
b. 25 Dec 1868 d. 2 Sep 1953
Mary Elizabeth Usilton b. 30 Jan 1867 d. 31 Mar 1909
- 5 Effie M. Backus [1.1.5.3.1]
b. Abt 1888 d. Yes, date unknown
- 5 Allie M. Backus [1.1.5.3.2]
b. Abt 1890 d. Yes, date unknown
- 5 Wilbur J. Backus [1.1.5.3.3]
b. 9 Oct 1891 d. 24 Dec 1929
Hazel E. Hoffman b. 6 Sep 1893 d. 22 Dec 1960
- 6 Lucille Marie Backus [1.1.5.3.3.1]
b. 24 Apr 1918 d. 20 Aug 1991
William Edward Gehle, Sr. b. 8 Aug 1915 d. 2 Dec 1996
- 7 Living [1.1.5.3.3.1.1]
- + Grace Louise Froese b. 5 Aug 1946 d. 4 Feb 2013
- + Grace Louise Froese b. 5 Aug 1946 d. 4 Feb 2013
- 7 Richard Walter Gehle [1.1.5.3.3.1.2]
b. 11 Aug 1946 d. 8 Jan 2011
- + Living
- + Living
- 7 Living [1.1.5.3.3.1.3]
- + Living
- + Living
- 7 Living [1.1.5.3.3.1.4]
- + Living
- + Living
- 7 Living [1.1.5.3.3.1.1]
- 6 Walter Backus [1.1.5.3.3.2]
b. 19 Nov 1919 d. Yes, date unknown
- 6 Robert Wilbur Backus [1.1.5.3.3.3]
b. 29 Nov 1921 d. 22 Nov 2005
- 6 Lucille Marie Backus [1.1.5.3.3.1]
- 5 Effie M. Backus [1.1.5.3.1]
Genevieve May Palmer b. 30 Dec 1873 d. 10 Dec 1935
- 5 Genevieve May Backus [1.1.5.3.4]
b. 30 Jun 1914 d. 14 Mar 2008
Francis Marion Hoke b. 31 Jan 1914 d. 31 May 1985
- 6 Lyle Leroy Hoke [1.1.5.3.4.1]
b. 2 Mar 1936 d. 12 Jul 2006
- 6 Lyle Leroy Hoke [1.1.5.3.4.1]
- 5 Genevieve May Backus [1.1.5.3.4]
- 4 Lewis Henry Backus [1.1.5.4]
b. 30 May 1871 d. 10 Jan 1954
Etta Belle Moyer b. 27 Jul 1882 d. 29 Sep 1959
- 5 Hazel Leone Backus [1.1.5.4.1]
b. 20 Aug 1899 d. Jul 1977
- + Joseph Carlton Garner b. 1 Sep 1889 d. 9 Apr 1975
- + Joseph Carlton Garner b. 1 Sep 1889 d. 9 Apr 1975
- 5 Walter Edward Backus, Sr. [1.1.5.4.2]
b. 11 Mar 1901 d. 22 Jan 1984
Julia Ellen Griffith b. 6 Jul 1901 d. 30 Dec 1952
- 6 Ruth Ellen Backus [1.1.5.4.2.1]
b. 4 Oct 1924 d. 17 Jun 2004
Robert Eugene Davis b. 8 Aug 1920 d. 29 Mar 1996
- 7 Jerry Eugene Davis [1.1.5.4.2.1.1]
b. 22 Oct 1945 d. 3 Oct 2000
- + Living
- + Living
- 7 Living [1.1.5.4.2.1.2]
- 7 Jerry Eugene Davis [1.1.5.4.2.1.1]
- 6 Living [1.1.5.4.2.2]
Roy Ray Phillips b. 7 Feb 1924 d. 13 Apr 2011
- 7 Living [1.1.5.4.2.2.1]
- 7 Living [1.1.5.4.2.2.1]
- 6 Walter Edward Backus, Jr. [1.1.5.4.2.3]
b. 5 Oct 1935 d. 26 May 2010
Living
- 7 Living [1.1.5.4.2.3.1]
- + Living
- + Living
- 7 Living [1.1.5.4.2.3.2]
- + Living
- + Living
- 7 Jodie Marie Backus [1.1.5.4.2.3.3]
b. 27 Jun 1957 d. 26 Apr 2004
- + Living
- + Living
- 7 James Michael Backus [1.1.5.4.2.3.4]
b. 9 Aug 1959 d. 28 Nov 2005
- 7 Jeanie Melinda Backus [1.1.5.4.2.3.5]
b. 6 Dec 1963 d. 18 Sep 2007
- + Living
- + Living
- 7 Living [1.1.5.4.2.3.1]
- 6 Living [1.1.5.4.2.4]
- + Living
- + Living
- 6 Ruth Ellen Backus [1.1.5.4.2.1]
- + Hazel Irene Burge b. 17 Sep 1914 d. 22 Sep 1995
- 5 Mildred Gladys Backus [1.1.5.4.3]
b. 27 Jul 1904 d. 10 Aug 1986
William M. Darlington b. 6 Jun 1899 d. 2 Jun 1977
- 6 Gladys Maryjane Darlington [1.1.5.4.3.1]
b. 28 Jan 1924 d. 5 Sep 1985
- + Lyle Clement Haner, Sr. b. 18 Oct 1914 d. 27 Aug 1988
- + Lyle Clement Haner, Sr. b. 18 Oct 1914 d. 27 Aug 1988
- 6 Lillie Priscilla Darlington [1.1.5.4.3.2]
b. 4 Feb 1925 d. Yes, date unknown
- 6 Thomas William Darlington [1.1.5.4.3.3]
b. 1 Mar 1928 d. 1 Feb 2013
- + Lois Mae Berlie b. 4 May 1932 d. 24 Feb 2016
- + Lois Mae Berlie b. 4 May 1932 d. 24 Feb 2016
- 6 Dorothy Frances Darlington [1.1.5.4.3.4]
b. 24 Dec 1933 d. 25 Jan 2014
- + William Reed Gentleman, Jr. b. 23 Jul 1926 d. 23 Oct 1983
- + William Reed Gentleman, Jr. b. 23 Jul 1926 d. 23 Oct 1983
- 6 Gladys Maryjane Darlington [1.1.5.4.3.1]
- 5 Hazel Leone Backus [1.1.5.4.1]
- 4 Willis Arthur Backus [1.1.5.5]
b. 25 Sep 1878 d. 28 Jun 1949
- 4 Charles Emory Backus [1.1.5.1]
- 3 William Backus [1.1.6]
b. Abt 1841 d. Yes, date unknown
- 3 Jerome Backus [1.1.7]
b. Abt 1844 d. Yes, date unknown
- 3 Elijah Backus [1.1.1]
- 2 Ebenezer Backus, Jr. [1.1]