Backer - Family History & Genealogy Message Board

Re: Auguste Emielia Backer

acvanalbrecht — 2009-09-21 18:28:25Z

Sure,

You should be able to find it on ancestry.com if you're interested. I am interested in learning more about the Backer family if you know anything.

Backers blog

s1maryjf — 2009-08-18 13:10:57Z

Anyone who is interested in the Backers of Missouri should check out my genealogy blog at http://rootsandall.blogspot.com. I have posted a number of articles about the Backer family (see the list of names on the left-hand side). Hope it helps someone's research.

Steven Frank

Re: BACKERs of Missouri to Kathleen Moselle

RVallejoJRT — 2009-08-17 04:06:34Z

This is my Backer line. Are you related to the Backer's?

Re: BACKERs of Missouri to Kathleen Moselle

RVallejoJRT — 2009-08-17 04:06:33Z

This is my Backer line. Are you related to the Backer's?

Re: Harm Backer, Hilke Backer, Tonje, etc., Benson, IL

Freudenberg — 2009-07-22 03:13:43Z

Looking at Harms, Diers, Schaefer, Janssen connections who emigrated about Feb. 1890 and came to Benson, IL.

This is so distant in my husband's line... I am the genealogist.
Contact me: km@.nospam.diers.us

Harm Backer, Hilke Backer, Tonje, etc., Benson, IL

lspsem — 2009-07-17 21:58:56Z

Hi Shirley and Andie,
We are all descended from Jann Albert Harms-Backer of Nesse and Arle, Ostfriesland, Germany. He should have been just Jann Albert Harms according to the naming traditions, but Backer got tacked on in the early 1800's because he was a master baker. He died on 22 Feb 1847 in Arle, leaving 8 children ranging in age from 6 to 24. He also had 3 ch from a previous marriage, but they were of age, married maybe. The 8 children were:

1. Harm Backer 13 Jan 1824, 2. Neeske Backer (f) 1 Dec 1825, 3. Johannes J. Backer (my ancestor) 21 Mar 1828, 4. Hilke Backer 8 Sep 1830, 5. Tönjes Janssen Backer 18 Mar 1833, 6. Jan Harms Backer 1 Oct 1835, 7. Gerdjen Backer 25 Aug 1838, and 8. Gretje Johanna Backer 13 Feb 1841.

Seven children and his wife Caroline Sophia (Janssen) Backer immigrated to the US in four groups:
1. Harm and his wife Maria arr. NYC 30 Jul 1851 on the "Charlotte" (his occupation is listed as baker); 2. Johannes, mother Sophia and Gretje arr. NYC 19 Jun 1855 on the "Kosmos". (Johannes and Gretje would marry a brother and sister, Etje and Siebelt Folkers, and travel to Benton Co., IA together. Brother Jan would marry yet another Folkers from the same family; 3. Neeske, "Subers" and Tonje arr. NYC 11 Jun 1855 on the "Farvinta" Subers is a mystery - she is the right age to be Hilke, but is not, because: 4. Helene Bocker arr. NYC 26 Oct 1857 on the "Mercury". Gerdtje must have died 1847-1857 in Germany, unless she is the mysterious Subers. All of the arrival dates above match up with the children's stated immigration dates in the 1900 census and later. I have some family information on all seven children, and ancestral data in Germany which will be posted on WorldConnect shortly. I would love to get any family information on your two lines, and scans of any photos, clippings, etc. you would care to share.

Re: Auguste Emielia Backer

backerfla — 2009-07-12 23:34:49Z

I am interested in more information about her. Do you have a tree I can look at?

Re: Auguste Emielia Backer

vanalbrecht1 — 2009-07-07 19:33:39Z

I have a lot of info if you are interested. She was my great great great grandmother. Her Great granddaughter, Shirley Netzke, was my grandmother.

Re: Hilka (Helena) Backer m Cassen P. DeVries; John Backer (both in Peoria, IL)

gerber19 — 2009-05-20 14:51:21Z

Thanks. Will check them out. It seems these folks all came from the same place, though they may not have intermarried until they came to the U.S.

Re: Hilka (Helena) Backer m Cassen P. DeVries; John Backer (both in Peoria, IL)

lspsem — 2009-05-19 19:33:41Z

I notice from worldconnect that there is a DeVries family from Arle, Ostfriesland (where the Backers came from last).
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&d.... Also a Harms (who also went to IL): http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&d.... Nobody seems to connect to us, but so close.

Re: Hilka (Helena) Backer m Cassen P. DeVries; John Backer (both in Peoria, IL)

gerber19 — 2009-05-19 14:34:03Z

Go to Illnioisancestors.com; click on cemeteries, and try the Clayton Township Cemetery in Roanoke. There is an alphabetical listing of people buried in each cemetery. Some cemetery listings also have photos. Roanoke is close to Benson, which I mentioned in the previous e-mail. The Illinois Ancestors website also has some obits online.

Re: Hilka (Helena) Backer m Cassen P. DeVries; John Backer (both in Peoria, IL)

lspsem — 2009-05-18 23:59:35Z

By all means. Thanks.

Re: Hilka (Helena) Backer m Cassen P. DeVries; John Backer (both in Peoria, IL)

gerber19 — 2009-05-18 14:29:40Z

There are also a fair number of Folkers/Harms/DeVries in and around Benson, Illinois, in Woodford County. Never knew this before. I discovered it while looking at some cemetery photos online. Will send you web address if you'd like.

Re: Hilka (Helena) Backer m Cassen P. DeVries; John Backer (both in Peoria, IL)

lspsem — 2009-05-14 20:35:46Z

I had the dau of Jan Backer marrying a George Haas (but from a secondary source), but now that you mention it, I found their marriage: IL Statewide marriage index: HARMS, GERD EITTS BACKER, GESINA 1880-10-07 6 /105 351 PEORIA , and they are living next to Jan in the 1900 census.

Re: Hilka (Helena) Backer m Cassen P. DeVries; John Backer (both in Peoria, IL)

gerber19 — 2009-05-12 16:00:09Z

I am slowly working my way through the attachment. There is an enormous amount of work summarized in this document. Thank you for being willing to share it.

As the researcher surmised, Peter DeVries's birth year WAS 1862. There is a census reference to another DeVries child named John, of whom I was not previouisly aware.

Hilke, Cassen and four sons are buried at Lutheran Cemetery west of Peoria with other relatives. To my knowledge, none of the DeVries sons ever married, which seems unusual. The two daughters, Sophia and Anna, did marry.

I'm still working on which Backer, Jan or Johannes, is the John Backer who was born in 1835. I believe John Backer's daughter, known as Sina, married a Harms in Peoria. As your document points out, there are other Folkers/Harms/Backer connections. Would like to exchange info and compare notes at your convenience -- jgerber@wclv.com.

Re: Hilka (Helena) Backer m Cassen P. DeVries; John Backer (both in Peoria, IL)

gerber19 — 2009-03-12 14:17:44Z

Ispsem: What amazing work you've done. It will take me a while to digest all this information, which obviously took some time to compile. This bears out subsequent history; Hilka's daughters' names were Sophia and Johanna. I may have some information about Gretje's marriage, etc.; I will check. My mother always told me that the Backers, Harmses and Folkers in Peoria were all related by marriage.

The .ged file didn't open; if you wouldn't mind re-sending, send it to jgerber@wclv.com. Would be glad to reciprocate with post-emigration info from Peoria about these families if you're interested.

Re: Hilka (Helena) Backer m Cassen P. DeVries; John Backer (both in Peoria, IL)

lspsem — 2009-03-12 00:04:13Z

My g-grandmother, Anna Mabel Backer, was an orphan in Iowa. A long and winding road got enough data to have some work done in Germany, which I just got back. The results led me to you. Hilka was born 8 Sep 1830 in Arle, Ostfriesland, Germany. Her siblings were: Harm, Neeske, Johannes J., Tönjes, Jan Harms, Gertjen, and Gretje Johanna. Their father, Jann Albert Harms-Backer, died in 1847. Jan Harms came to America first, in 1854. He was followed by a trio: Johannes J., Gretje, and the mother, Sophia Caroline Janssen, in 1855. Hilka came in 1857. Amazingly, it appears that three of the children, Johannes J., Gretje and Jan Harms all married three siblings of the Folkert Siebelts Folkers family. Rather than go on and on, I am attaching a .ged file. Several generations of Backers and Folkers in Ostfriesland are there, as well as the original data in the notes. I don't yet know of a Harms connection in the states, but there is one in Germany.

Re: Backers and Norris' of Morris County

FibOptCab — 2008-10-04 12:22:28Z

Marty,

I have managed to clear up some of the conflicting information noted in the post above with the help of Linda Ziemann, the GenWeb County Coordinator for Plymouth, Monona, and Sioux Counties in IA. See the following post by Linda: http://iagenweb.org/boards/plymouth/documents/index.cgi?read...

The Frank Van Dyke and his sister Carrie (married to Otto Broesomle) in the 1910 Census for American Twp, Plymouth County, Iowa, do not appear to be the same as the Carrie and Frank in the 1900 Census for Dodge Twp, Guthrie County, Iowa. I still believe the latter Frank and Carrie in the 1900 Census are the children of George Van Dyke and Frances Backer from NJ.

Mike in TX

Ella BACKER wife to Edmund

1999-06-17 08:50:12Z

Sister to Johanna (Janka), Mila and my father Filip ROSZ. their parents were Filip ROSCH and Zofja (RUPP), both from Germany.They moved to Poland where the name changed to ROSZ. Ella had one son Reinhard b.4.1.1956. and one daughter Christa. They were living in Dortmund, Germany in 1958. I would love to find any relatives out there!

Backer (umlaut a)

2000-03-22 16:18:00Z

Trying to find if any of the Backer's worked on a Philadelphia newspaper circa 1849. My great grandmother stopped to visit a relative who worked on the city desk of a newspaper. It would have probably been Philadelphia or Baltimore. She married a Gass and settled in Pittsburgh, PA.

Sarah Backer married Caleb Upson

2000-05-13 09:50:45Z

I am looking for information on Sarah Backer, who married Caleb Upson on Jan. 1, 1844 in Catlin, NY. I don't have any other info on her except children, surname Upson: Harriett, Jane Ellen, Marcia, Charlotte, James Strong, Sarah. email: winchstone@hotmail.com. Thanks!

Anyone with information on a Elsie Backer

2000-09-20 21:23:37Z

My grandmother, Elsie Backer married Mathias (Norbert)Palmer on September 9, 1930.
They had five children. They are Alcena (who died at birth), Larry, Elaine, Judith and Linda.
I am looking for more information on her parents if anyone has any please e-mail me at nanniz@uswest.net
Thanks.

Nancy S.

NJ PA Backers

2000-09-14 21:39:16Z

On the 1850 Luzerne County, PA census the following Backers were living with a Charles Barney: Johnson V.(22), Elizabeth(25) Rachel(20). Johnson remained in Luz. Co. married Mary Etta Toomey had children Mary Elizabeth, Emma Retta, Benjamin H. and Johnson R. Baker. They used the last name Baker from the late 1870s.
In J.V.'s obit in 1900 it states he was born in Newton, NJ, coming to PA as a young boy. He was survived by sisters Mrs. John Ringlemann and Mrs. Elizabeth Hoagland of NJ. Perhaps relatives back in NJ arranged marriages for the Backer girls.
Latest intriguing discovery: in the front of the Baker cemetery plot in Luz. Co. is a stone that reads "Jacob, son of John Polly Backer, died 1847, 12 years old". The cemetery association has no info on this. Possibly the stone pre-dates the establishment of this cemetery (i.e. the tombstone was moved to their plot from a private burial ground, etc.). Need proof that John Polly were J.V.'s parents. There's a Newton in Sussex Co., NJ but unfortunately Newton variations turn up in several other New Jersey counties!
A Hoagland researcher has data on an Elizabeth Backer of the right age who married a Wm. Hoagland. Her parents' names were John Backer Mary Horne. Since Polly was a nickname for Mary back then this looks like it could be my family but I need to tie it all together.
One other odd clue: per 2 brief newspaper mentions of J.V.'s daughter Emma Retta's death in 1901 at the age of 38, she had been spending the previous 2 months with relatives in Missouri died in Texarkana, Arkansas...

Artur Backer Anna Oline / Minnesota

2000-11-08 01:20:19Z

Hello, i`m looking for anyone who know anything about these people. Anna Oline was born in Norway in 1891, but left for Canada in 1929, married Artur Backer (SWEDISH) an lived in Minnesota. Please e-mail me!

Backer's of Ava New York

2001-02-09 00:12:19Z

My family of Backer's are from Ava NY, not too far from Boonville NY, My grandfather name was Horace Backer, And we have a big family.

RE: Emma Backer

2001-04-20 20:21:07Z

Margaret,

The Emma Backer that I have is Emma Catherine Moeller. SHe was born in 1882 and died in 1939. She married a Henry Fred Backer. He was born in 1879 and died in 1972. They had 6 children. There names are:

1. Esther Willamina Backer (Hockert)
2. Elna Augusta Backer (Humes)
3. Alfred Henry Backer
4. Elsie Emma Backer (Palmer-my grandmother)
5. Elva Laura Backer (Elsie Palmer's twin sister)
6. Lester John Backer

Henry Fred Backer had a sister by the name of Emma. She married a Hugo C. Krutzfeldt. I hope this helps. I will keep you in mind when I am researching. If I come across anything I will let you know. Thanks alot.

Nancy

Need Information on Emma Backer

2001-04-02 09:48:24Z

I am looking for more information on Emma Backer. She is my G-Grandmother. Please e-mail me at nancy_schlecht@hotmail.com if you have any information.

Thanks.

Re: Albertus Backer (Netherlands?) & Samuel B. Liot Backer (Guiana)

2004-03-25 12:01:16Z

my name is Richard Liot Backer, born in 1957 in Surinam
my grandad is from Guiana by the name of Edwin Liot Backer
my dads name is Richard Donald Liot Backer (1919)

Re: Albertus Backer (Netherlands?) & Samuel B. Liot Backer (Guiana)

2002-11-13 03:27:41Z

Greetings Patti (and others)!
I am Kym's first cousin in Vancouver BC, and was really intrigued when she sent me an e-mail about this sight. Please include me in the mail loop, because this is obviously the branch that conects Europe to Africa! My father is brother to Kym's dad and he dropped the Liot from Backer before I was born, but it appears on his first Canadian Passport! You may want to expand your search from Backer's Dutch origin into Suriname, or Dutch Guyana. Kym, didn't Granddad's people come up from there?

Re: Albertus Backer (Netherlands?) & Samuel B. Liot Backer (Guiana)

2002-11-13 03:24:18Z

Re: Albertus Backer (Netherlands?) & Samuel B. Liot Backer (Guiana)

2002-11-04 04:09:47Z

Hi Pattie,

My name is Kym Liot Backer, and I'm from Guyana, formerly "Guiana". My family is the only Backer family in the entire country spelled this way, and Liot Backer is our family name, although my grandad (Norman) dropped the Liot and the family now goes by Backer. Grandad Norman was born, I believe in 1913, and would probably be a grandson or great grand of Samuel. I am truly interested in this, so please email me with any questions or information you may have on our genealogy. I have always known the family originated in the Netherlands, I suppose we are the Caribbean branch!

Names of Family BACKER / BAKKER

2000-06-25 07:48:22Z

I have the names of Fam Backer/Bakker from The Haque en the roots in Schiedam (Backer) from 1500 to 2000 the Netherlands

Backer''s of Mendham, Peapack, Chester, and Hunterdon County (Liz Backer Melick''s - Backer''s)

jamesvernonryan — 2001-08-22 02:31:32Z

Hello Fellow Backer Family Researchers,

In particular, Hello Liz, I was delighted to find your posts here. I obtained a complimentary guest membership for the next week or so. I decided to do some searches on the Backer name. I joined the Rootsweb.com "Backer" e-mail list a month ago and just received the first posting tonight. So, I got to thinking about searching Ancestry.com's databases.

Did you know I've done a bunch of research on the Backer's? I had researched a lot on my side (the Ryan's) that I wanted to round it out for Kate and Bess, (my daughters, your nieces - so other's can follow) and get some research done on their mother's side (your sister). My research at Morristown Library has been fruitful. However, I haven't touched the Backer research and papers in quite awhile. This will certainly spur me on to starting it up again.

I'll gather up my research and paper's and get back to you Liz with information. I'll also try to post the details here for other's before my guest membership runs out, in case I don't join Ancestry.com.

I was just at the point in the research that I was convinced your Mendham/Peapack (Chester?) Backers came from the Hunterdon County Backers you mentioned. I'm hoping they can be traced back to the late 1600's Ambrose Backer that was one of the original Swedish settlers along the Deleware River. But that is getting ahead of myself and might be foolish to even think it. The New Jersey Censuses have been very helpful in filling in the missing pieces. Morristown has a good collection.

I look forward to exchanging information and pushing the Backer research back (no pun intended) further into the ancestry.

Bye for now,
Jim Ryan
islandeady@tellurian.net

Web Sites with NJ Backer Information

jamesvernonryan — 2001-08-22 02:31:32Z

Hi everyone,

I did a little surfing genealogy sites last night. I found web sites that contain informaiton on New Jersey Backers. This is what I found.

At the following web site titled "Iron Era Necrology Fatal Accidents":
http://www.rootsweb.com/~njmorris/ironera/ironera1.htm
Can be found:
James M. Backer's of Chester death date and implied cause of death.

At the following web site titled "Chester Congregational Churchyard"
http://www.rootsweb.com/~njmorris/cemeteries/chestercong.htm
Can be found the following gravestone inscriptions:
BACKER, Benjamin W., d. Nov. 26, 1854, aged 44.6.23;
wife Mary W. NORRIS, d. Sept. 16, 1858, aged 43.6.15.
BACKER, James M., b. 1813, d. 1890;
wife Mary A., b. 1820, d. 1904;
son George W., b. 1848, d. 1873.

At the following web site titled "Morris County Marriage Search"
http://www.rootsweb.com/~njmorris/mmsearch.pl?s=backer
Can be found records of three Backer marriages.

I hope this is useful. Happy New Year!

Jim

Peter BACKER m. Margaret SORENSON

Scobell1 — 2001-06-25 23:04:10Z

I came across a Vera M. Nelson b 1901 in Royal Oak, MI. Orphaned young and adopted by the Backers; father PETER BACKER mother MARGARET SORENSON. This was in a Michigan Vital Records 1800-1917 match pulled up on Ancestry.com when I was looking for my grandmother. I was looking at Vera M. Nelson as a possibility since info she gave on a social security application is not panning out.

Best regards
Deborah Eagan Stevens

Re: Names of Family BACKER / BAKKER

ndb — 2002-02-08 21:31:04Z

Looking for Backer family ties.Any information would be appreciated. Here is a brief note of the Canadian history of the Backers.
Frederich Backer -Born approx.1880's-Europe- Came to Neudorf,Saskatchewan,Canada 1910
Son's Gustave Henry Backer and Adolf Backer came as well-Born approx.1903
Gustav Backer Married Matilda Arndt.
Sons Walter Backer and Erv Backer born after 1928
Walter Backer Married Vivian Ward
Son Norman Walter Backer born 1958
Norman Walter Backer Married Debbie Schulz
Sons Darcy Backer born1990 and Curtis Backer born 1993
If more information is required please advise
Thanks
Backer Family

Re: BACKERs of Missouri to Kathleen Moselle

sfrank78 — 2008-08-29 20:10:23Z

Tree for the El Paso area Backers:

William Ray Backer
b. 11 Jun 1908 in Callaway co. Mo.
d. 31 Dec 1970 in El Paso, TX

William Henry Backer
b 11 Mar 1871 in Fulton, Callaway Co. Mo.
d. 23 Jun 1943 in El Paso, TX
married Dollie B Lawrence
b. 17 Feb 1871 in Callaway Co. Mo.
d. 28 Dec 1951 in El Paso, TX

Leonard Backer (Leonhard Becker)
b 22 Apr 1841 Burbach, Siegen-Wittgenstien, NRW, Germany (Prussia at the time)
d. 22 Jul 1915, Fulton, Callaway Co., Mo.
Married Mary Elizabeth Anderson,
b. 11 Nov 1848, Fulton, Callaway Co., Mo.
d. 26 May 1939, Fulton, Callaway Co., Mo.

John Engle Backer (Johannes Engelberth Becker)
b. 27 Jan 1806, Burbach, Siegen-Wittgenstien, NRW, Germany
d. 28 Jan 1890, Fulton, Callaway Co., Mo., USA
Married Katharine Sophie Sauer
b. Jan 1811, Burbach, Siegen-Wittgenstien, NRW, Germany
d. 18 Jun 1843, Burbach, Siegen-Wittgenstien, NRW, Germany

Philipp Henrich Becker
b. 22 Dec 1775 Burbach, Siegen-Wittgenstien, NRW, Germany
Married Anna Maria Kraemer

After that it is a little fuzzy :) Hope this helps someone.

Appolonia BACHER (b1729)

GAGieger — 2001-06-22 16:50:52Z

I believe that my ggggg-grandmother was the Appolonia BACHER (b1729), who is listed as an emigrant child in the household of Thomas and Maria BACHER on the Second Salzburger Transport aboard the Engish Vessel, Prince of Wales, Captained by George Dunbar...The name is spelled BACHER on the original listing but sometimes rendered Backer/Bakker/Baker in later Ebenezer Records...The Second Transport arrived on 29 December 1734.

Grandmother Appolonia was married to Grandfather Hans Ulrich Gyger, an emigrant child from the Canton of St. Galen, in Switzerland, but we have not heretofore been privy to her surname...According to HuxFord's Wiregrass publications, Grandfather Ulrich was a Revolutionary Soldier and his surname was incorrectly spelled Kegar in one land grant document, then Anglicized as Geiger/Giger/Gigger/Gieger and sometimes Grigger because of the harsh gutteral Switzerdeutsch dialect which they spoke.

Will correspond with other researchers who may have additional information on this family's surname.

Re: Albertus Backer (Netherlands?) & Samuel B. Liot Backer (Guiana)

gom1111 — 2002-11-01 15:49:22Z

I forgot to say that one of the children of James Crawford Neilson and Anna Albertina Backer was J. Crawford Neilson, a famous architect in Baltimore. There is a medallion in the Montgomery Neilson Collection in the Maryland Historical Society which was inherited by Albertus Backer in 1740 and later by Albert Neilson. Another one of Anna's children was named Albertus Backer Neilson. He was a lawyer in Baltimore and went by "Albert". His brother, J. Crawford Neilson, the architect , also had a son named Albert.

Pattie

Albertus Backer (Netherlands?) & Samuel B. Liot Backer (Guiana)

gom1111 — 2002-11-01 15:35:01Z

I'm looking for information about Albertus Backer. He was Director-General of Demerara (Guyana) 1789-1793, after it was restored to the Netherlands. His daughter Anna Albertina Backer married James Crawford Neilson, the eldest brother of my GGG grandfather, in Exeter, England in 1809. James Crawford Neilson was born in Donegal, Ireland and settled in Baltimore, as did his mother and siblings. He travelled to the West Indies, England , and other places because he was a merchant. He was lost in the Gulf of Mexico in 1822 and Anna took her 4 children to Belgium to live with her mother until her mother's death, and then she returned to Baltimore.

I am also looking for information about Samuel B. Liot Backer of "Guiana" who is mentioned in the will of Anne Jane Neilson (a sister of James Crawford Neilson who lived in Baltimore) as the husband of her niece Mary Jane.

Thanks,

Pattie

Re: Albertus Backer (Netherlands?) & Samuel B. Liot Backer (Guiana)

gom1111 — 2002-11-04 12:44:18Z

Kym,

I was very glad to see your message! I thought that perhaps Samuel was related to Albertus Backer, maybe a son, since Albertus was director general of Demerara and also commander of Esiquibo two times. However, if Liot Backer was Samuel's last name, maybe that is not the case. There is a "Montgomery Neilson Collection" at the Maryland Historical Society which is a collection about J. Crawford Neilson and his family and Priestford, his farm in Harford Co., MD. There is a medallion listed in the collection which was inherited by Albertus Backer in 1740 and then by Albert Neilson (either the architect's brother Albert or his son Albert). There are journals from the farm and one journal listed which was written in Dutch? Anna Albertina Backer Neilson applied for the right to own land in Maryland from the legislature when she returned to Baltimore from Europe, and they did pass a special act giving her this right.

I contacted a descendant of Jane Crawford Neilson's brother in England. Jane Crawford Neilson was the mother of James Crawford Neilson Sr. Her brother was Dr. James Crawford in Ballyshannon, Donegal, Ireland (where Jane came from). This descendant had some letters written by Charles Neilson, son of the architect J.Crawford Neilson, around the time of World War I. In one of the letters he says that his grandmother, Anna Albertina Backer, took her 4 children to Belgium to live with her mother until her mother died, when his father was about 5.
I don't know anything about the Backer ancestors in the Netherlands or Belgium. I'm so glad to hear from a descendant of Samuel's in Guyana. If you are a descendant of Samuel and Mary Jane Neilson, then you would be interested in Mary Jane's ancestry and I do have a lot about the Crawfords. I will contact you at your e-mail address. Perhaps we could contact some Backers in the Netherlands.

Pattie

Re: Albertus Backer (Netherlands?) & Samuel B. Liot Backer (Guiana)

gom1111 — 2002-11-13 10:05:23Z

Karla,
I have found out from church records (St. Paul's) in Baltimore that Mary Jane Neilson, who married Samuel B. Liot Backer of Guyana (this is listed in a will), was the daughter of James Crawford Neilson from Donegal, Ireland and Albertina Anna Backer, daughter of Albertus Backer. So if you are descended from Samuel Liot Backer of Guyana and his wife Mary Jane Neilson, you are descended from Albertus Backer, a governor of Demerara (Guyana), and also from Jane Crawford and Nathaniel Neilson, from Donegal. Since Mary Jane was the granddaughter of a Backer and married a Liot Backer, it is possible that she and Samuel were cousins. Of course he could have had more than one wife. Mary Jane was the sister of J. Crawford Neilson, a well-known architect in Baltimore.

Pattie

Re: BACKERs of Missouri

s1maryjf — 2008-08-06 00:11:04Z

I am a descendant of Johannes Engel Becker of Burbach, Germany through his daughter Katherine. She married Jacob Frank, who is Matilda Frank's grandmother.
It looks like several members of the Backer/Becker clan moved to Callaway county Missouri at the same time (abt 1852). I would love to talk to other members of the Backer/Becker family of Burbach and Fulton. Please contact me if you would like to exchange information. sfrank78 (a t) yahoo.

Anyone related to Edgar August Backer?

danoelle — 2003-10-28 21:46:31Z

he married Ethel Mina Hoenecke. He had 7 siblings. Died in 1993 at age 87. Any information?

wesley backer/new jersey

lrmckee — 2006-04-10 02:11:42Z

looking for any relatives of the deceased Wesley and Rose Backer from Livingston, New Jersey

Frank Backer

lrmckee — 2006-04-10 02:11:42Z

Looking for any relatives of Frank or Franklyn Backer, born in New Jersey in 1877; lived in Newark. He had two sons, Chester and Wesley; his wife was mary Malloy.

Backer Family ties to Europe

NormanBacker55 — 2001-11-16 17:02:35Z

Any information on the background of the Backer Family from Saskatchewan and the ties to Europe would be appreciated. Our research indicates that the family may be from a small village between Stanislau and Neudorf in the old Historical area of Die deutschen Siedlungen in Galizien bis. The Arndt family side may be from the Luov area. A historical map of the area appears to have been authored by gezeichnet von Rudolf Unterschutz. Historical photos of Great Grande parents show a man in Milatary dress mounted upon a horse and windmills .

Additional information on Emma E. Kirk wife of Louis Henry Backer/Becker

CPLOTTIE — 2002-08-18 14:38:12Z

Nancy, I emailed you earlier today with information about Emma Elizabeth Kirk born Dec 18, 1863 - died July 16, 1948 (Buried in Hillcrest Cmetery, Fulton, MO.) Her mother was Verene (Sulzer) Kirk born 4/14/1837. Emma married Louis Henry Backer/Becker June 17, 1882 in Fulton, MO.
They had five children. Harry Edwin 10/15/1889 m. to Ruby Thomas July 31,1912; Ruby was born 5/27/1893 d. Dec., 1981
Wallace Christian 2/26/;1892 d. 1982 never married; Jessie Marie 11/13/1896 m. Frank LaRue 9/16/1916; Mary Mildren 7/16/1900 m. J Morris Davis June 5, 1931; FlorenceWinston b. 6/20/1887 d. Jan. 13, 1965 married to James Franklin Graves Feb 8. 1904. He died 1906. She married a second time to E.W. Thiers Sept. 12, 1920. All of these children were born in Fulton, Callaway County, MO.

Re: Backers and Norris' of Morris County

FibOptCab — 2008-09-14 23:21:34Z

Hi Marty,

I was looking for info on the subject family and just saw your post. I thought I would add some information that I had on George Van Dyke and Frances Backer. As usual there is some conflicting information but this is as I see it.

Frances Caroline Backer ( b Feb 1841 - d Aft 1920) married George Van Dyke ( b December 1840 - d Aft 1920). They had three children Benjamin I. Van Dyke (b. Oct 1867 – d Aft 1920); Carrie B. Van Dyke (b. Jan 1873 – d Aft 1920); and Frank E. Van Dyke (b. Jun 1874 – d Aft 1910).

In the 1860 Census for Bedminster NJ, George Van Dyke, age 19, is working as a Farm Laborer.

George Van Dyke married Frances C. Backer on 17 Jan 1866 in the Reformed Dutch Church, Peapack, Somerset County, New Jersey (LDS Batch Number: M505621).

In the 1870 Census for Mound Prairie Twp, Jasper County, Iowa, George and Frances Van Dyke with son Benjamin, all born in NJ.

In the 1880 Census for Mound Prairie Twp, Jasper County, Iowa, George and Frances Van Dyke with son Benjamin born in NJ, daughter Carrie born in IA, and son Frank born in IA.

In the 1900 Census for Dodge Twp, Guthrie County, Iowa, George and Frances Van Dyke.
In the 1900 Census for Des Moines Twp, Polk County, Iowa, Benjamin I. and Louise V. Van Dyke with son Harry B and daughter Nellie L.
In the 1900 Census for Dodge Twp, Guthrie County, Iowa, Carrie B. and Frank E. Van Dyke, (sister and brother).

In the 1910 Census for Des Moines Twp, Polk County, Iowa, George and Frances Van Dyke.
In the 1910 Census for Des Moines Twp, Polk County, Iowa, Benjamin. and Louise Van Dyke with son Harry, daughter Nellie and daughter Dorothy.
In the 1910 Census for American Twp, Plymouth County, Iowa, Otto Broesomle, wife Carrie, daughter Ester, and son Otto along with brother in law Frank Van Dyke.

In the 1920 Census for Des Moines Twp, Polk County, Iowa, George and Frances Van Dyke.
In the 1920 Census for Des Moines Twp, Iowa, Benjamin. and Louise Van Dyke with son Harry B., daughter Nell L. and daughter Dorothy F.
In the 1920 Census for Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa, Otto Broesomle, wife Carrie, daughter Ester Mae, son Otto A., daughter Viva H., son Carl L., and son William.
I do not know where Frank Van Dyke is in 1920 and he may have died in 1910 since his parents indicated that only 2 of their 3 children were living.

Mike in TX

Ralph Mckinley Backer April 1921-1986

anitamartinez58 — 2001-08-06 00:24:39Z

Son of Stanley and Goldie PalmerAny information. Trying to find
out if re-married or children for family tree.
Last known where-about was in Deming New Mexico before death.