John Jarvis Backus (1878 - abt. 1969)

Born 3 Nov 1878 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

Died about Dec 1969 at about age 91 in Piscataquis, Maine, United States

Biography

John was born 3 November 1878, in Boston, Massachusetts. He was the son of John J Backus and his wife Sarah J. Dean.^[1]

In 1880, the family is living in Boston, Massachusetts.^[2]

John's parents both died in 1890, when John was 12. In 1900, he is living in Cambridge, Massachusetts his sister Sarah Tufts, her husband Charles, and his sister Louise.^[3]

In 1910, John has moved to Maine, and is boarding with the Wise family in Guilford, Maine.^[4]

Dora married the family's boarder, John J Backus, on 1 January 1910, in Guilford, Maine.^[5]

In 1920, the couple is living in Guilford, Maine. John is a teamster.^[6] In 1930, the couple is in Guilford, and John is a laborer for the railroad.^[7] The couple is also in Guilford in 1940.^[8]

Dora died at the age of 70 on 4 February 1961. John died at age 89 in December 1969.^[9] He is buried in Riverside Cemetery in Willimantic, Maine.^[10][11]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915, 1921-1924", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FX8V-R91 : 27 October 2020), John Jarvis Backus, 1878.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHXK-NZD : 19 February 2021), John J Backus in household of John J Backus, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district ED 657, sheet 4C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,555.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9R1-DH9 : accessed 25 August 2021), John J Backus in household of Charles H Tufts, Precinct 2 Cambridge city Ward 4, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 710, sheet 3A, family 53, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,657.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MR3X-BN1 : accessed 3 June 2021), Raymond C Wise in household of William E Wise, Guilford, Piscataquis, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 204, sheet 11B, family 302, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 545; FHL microfilm 1,374,558.
5. ↑ "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24X-T9BW : 2 March 2021), John Jarvis Backus and Dora Edith Wise, 01 Jun 1910; citing Guilford, Piscataquis, Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFZ1-ZGW : 1 February 2021), Maine > Piscataquis > Guilford > ED 151 > image 22 of 36; Line 64; D Edith Backus in entry for John J Backus, 1920.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMDH-WDQ : accessed 25 August 2021), Edith W Baskins in household of John J Baskins, Guilford, Piscataquis, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 21, sheet 1A, line 39, family 12, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 838; FHL microfilm 2,340,573.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMMR-3TT : 5 January 2021), Edith D Backus in household of John J Backus, Guilford, Piscataquis, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 11-18, sheet 7A, line 29, family 156, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1489.
9. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JBKB-2ZH : 7 January 2021), John Backus, Dec 1969; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
10. ↑ "Maine, Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1990," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKMB-TRSN : 3 March 2021), John J Backus, 1969; citing Burial, Willimantic, Piscataquis, Maine, United States, Maine State Library, Augusta; FHL microfilm 1,769,057.
11. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 25 August 2021), memorial page for John J Backus (2 Nov 1880–Dec 1969), Find A Grave: Memorial #51590114, citing Riverside Cemetery, Willimantic, Piscataquis County, Maine, USA ; Maintained by Judy Bowden Taylor (contributor 47057518).