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Family Group Sheets
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Family Group Sheet

HUSBAND Jean Nicolas "Nicholas" BACKUS
	Birth	20 May 1840	Vance, Luxembourg, Belgium
	Residence	between 1880 and 1900	Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
	Occupation	October 1914	cribkeeper for the City Water Dep.; Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
	Death	8 October 1914	1740 E. 31st Street, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
	Burial	12 October 1914	Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland Heights, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
	Note		Nicholas died of valvular heart disease (from death certificate);
	Marriage	4 September 1866	St. Joseph Catholic Church, Tiffin, Clinton Township, Seneca County, Ohio, USA
	Father	Pierre Joseph "Peter" BACKUS
	Mother	Catherine Josephine DABFONTAINE
WIFE Maria Helena "Ellen Mary" FECHER
	Birth	15 August 1849	Columbia, York County, Pennsylvania, USA
	Residence	between 1880 and 1900	Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
	Death	15 March 1918	13618 Argus Street, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
	Burial	18 March 1918	Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland Heights, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
	Note		Ellen died of chronic interstitial nephritis (from death certificate);
	Father	Cornelius FECHER
	Mother	Mary Rosanna SHRODE
CHILDREN
F	Mary Rose BACKUS
	Birth	2 June 1867	Tiffin, Seneca County, Ohio, USA
	Residence	between 1880 and 1910	Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
	Death	13 September 1938	1621 E. 84 Street, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
	Burial		Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
	Marriage	12 June 1888	Henry Herman "Gerhardt" De WITT; Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
M	Cornelius Nicholas BACKUS
	Birth	15 June 1869	Tiffin, Seneca County, Ohio, USA
	Residence	1880	Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
	Death	28 December 1894	Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
	Burial		Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland Heights, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
F	Catherine M. "Kate" BACKUS
	Birth	6 June 1872	Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
	Residence	1880	Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
	Death	9 June 1963	Cleveland Heights, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
	Marriage	12 July 1893	John Francis HUTH Sr.; Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
F	Emma Josephine "Emily" BACKUS
	Birth	31 July 1876	Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
	Residence	1880	Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
	Death	23 December 1944	Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
	Marriage	26 April 1899	John Herman FELDKAMP; Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
M	John Nicholas BACKUS
	Birth	11 November 1878	Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
	Residence	between 1880 and 1900	Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
	Occupation	May 1946	machinist for the city of Cleveland; 6906 Clinton Ave., Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
	Death	22 May 1946	Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA (St. John Hospital)
	Burial	27 May 1946	Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
	Note		John died of pulmonary embolism after an operation to remove a gall stone that caused intestinal obstruction (from death certificate);
	Marriage	about 1900	Mary H. HOPKINS;
M	George Francis BACKUS
	Birth	26 November 1882	Ohio, USA
	Death	23 July 1893	Ohio, USA
M	Henry Francis "Harry" BACKUS
	Birth	31 January 1886	Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
	Residence	1900	Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
	Occupation	26 April 1942	employee of the Ohio Bell Telephone Co.; 13718 Argus Ave., Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
	Death	16 September 1973	Willowick, Lake County, Ohio, USA
	SSN		270-09-6546 (Ohio, bef. 1951). Last residence: Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio;
	Marriage	15 June 1915	Esther Elizabeth FISHER; St. Agnes Catholic Church, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
F	Helen Louise BACKUS
	Birth	23 January 1890	Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
	Residence	between 1900 and 1930	Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
	Death	24 August 1947	Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
	Burial	27 August 1947
	Marriage	4 September 1916	William Edward MESKER; Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
F	Theresa C. BACKUS
	Birth	15 November 1892	Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
	Residence	1900	Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
	Death	5 April 1958	Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
	Marriage	3 June 1913	Richard Patrick HAGGERTY Sr.; Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA

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