Horace Jacobs Backus, Sr.

1889 - 1918  (29 years)

• Name	Horace Jacobs Backus
  Suffix	Sr.
  Birth	13 Oct 1889	Andover, Tolland, Connecticut
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Real Estate Business
  Cause of Death	Pneumonia
  Death	17 Oct 1918	Andover, Tolland, Connecticut
  Burial	20 Oct 1918	New Andover Cemetery, Andover, Tolland, Connecticut
  Siblings	4 siblings
  1. Edmund Sylvanus Backus,   b. 11 Apr 1874, Andover, Tolland, Connecticut d. Apr 1947, Melrose, Middlesex, Massachusetts
  2. Grace Lillian Backus,   b. 3 Aug 1876, Andover, Tolland, Connecticut d. Aug 1972, West Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut
  3. Dr. Harold Simeon Backus,   b. 26 Sep 1879, Andover, Tolland, Connecticut d. 17 Jul 1969, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut
  4. Charles Jabez Backus,   b. 21 Aug 1882, Andover, Tolland, Connecticut d. 23 Apr 1966, Preston Twp, New London, Connecticut
  Person ID	I15412	Backus Genealogy | Backus Family
  Last Modified	21 Mar 2018

  
  

  Father	Charles Lathrop Backus,   b. 14 Jan 1848, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut d. 18 Dec 1929, Andover, Tolland, Connecticut (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Marion Elizabeth Jacobs,   b. 1 Jun 1850, Columbia, Tolland, Connecticut d. 10 Dec 1929, Andover, Tolland, Connecticut (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	14 Jun 1872	Columbia, Tolland, Connecticut
  Age at Marriage	He : 24 years and 5 months old - She : 22 years old. (Were Married 57 years and 6 months).
  Family ID	F6391	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Gertrude Pond,   b. 6 Nov 1888, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut d. 29 Dec 1977, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1913
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 23 years and 2 months old - She : ~ 24 years and 1 month old. (Were Married ~ 5 years and 10 months).
  Children	+ 1. Virginia Carol Backus,   b. 2 Nov 1914, Andover, Tolland, Connecticut d. 11 Nov 2015, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut (Age 101 years) + 2. Horace Jacobs Backus, Jr.,   b. 26 Feb 1919, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut d. 4 Aug 1985, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut (Age 66 years)
  Family ID	F7591	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Mar 2018

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 13 Oct 1889 - Andover, Tolland, Connecticut Child - Virginia Carol Backus - 2 Nov 1914 - Andover, Tolland, Connecticut Death - 17 Oct 1918 - Andover, Tolland, Connecticut Burial - 20 Oct 1918 - New Andover Cemetery, Andover, Tolland, Connecticut Child - Horace Jacobs Backus, Jr. - 26 Feb 1919 - Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut  = Link to Google Earth
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• Military

  US World War I Draft Registration Card 1917-1918 Source Citation: Registration Location: Tolland County, Connecticut; Roll: 1570619; Draft Board: 23.

  
  

  Obituaries

  Obituary The Norwich Bullentin, Norwich, Connecticut - 18 Oct 1918

  
  

  Headstones

  Horace Jacobs Backus Find A Grave: Horace

  
  

  1900 US Census

  1900 US Census Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Bolton, Tolland, Connecticut; Roll: T623_150; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 492.

  
  

  1910 US Census

  1910 US Census Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Andover, Tolland, Connecticut; Roll: T624_143; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 0552; Image: 471; FHL Number: 1374156.