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Lloyd Berton BACKUS

Lloyd Berton BACKUS

Male 1897 - 1963  (66 years)

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  • Name Lloyd Berton BACKUS 
    Buried PLOT: B 44  Woodlawn Cemetery, Wellsville, Allegany Co, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Born 8 Apr 1897  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1900  McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1918  Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Census 1920  McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1920  [6] 
    laborer for oil company 
    Census 1930  Belmont, Allegany Co, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1940  Bolivar, Allegany Co, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1930, 1940  [7, 8] 
    tool dresser (oil wells) 
    Died Jun 1963  [9] 
    Person ID I23768  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 3 Jul 2023 

    Father Thomas E. BACKUS,   b. CA 1869,   d. Bef Apr 1940  (Age ~ 71 years) 
    Mother Mahala L. ASH,   b. Apr 1860,   d. 1946  (Age ~ 85 years) 
    Family ID F36915  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Merle Marie PATTON,   b. 9 Jan 1902, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jul 1999  (Age 97 years) 
    Married 23 Jun 1917  Riggins Run, McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Divorced Y  [10] 
    Children 
     1. Jessie Alfreda BACKUS,   b. 30 Mar 1918, Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F36914  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Alice Blanche WILLIAMS,   b. 17 Jan 1897,   d. 22 Mar 1953  (Age 56 years)  [11, 12, 13] 
    Married Bef Feb 1949  [11] 
    Family ID F8885  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBuried - PLOT: B 44 - Woodlawn Cemetery, Wellsville, Allegany Co, NY Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1918 - Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1930 - Belmont, Allegany Co, NY Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1940 - Bolivar, Allegany Co, NY Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Sources 
    1. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    2. [S15] Social Security Death Index.

    3. [S1875] World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, National Archives and Records Administration, (Ancestry.com online database).

    4. [S2010] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District).

    5. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.

    6. [S2075] 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District).

    7. [S1898] 1930 Census.

    8. [S127] 1940 Census.

    9. [S1926] Social Security Death Index.

    10. [S2143] 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District).

    11. [S1605] Obituary of wife's sister.

    12. [S1372] Obituary of wife's brother.

    13. [S83] Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Susie Davis Nicholson, (Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >), p. 361.