1891 - 1985 (93 years)
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Name |
John Harrison Backster |
Birth |
8 Oct 1891 |
Kewanee, Henry, Illinois [2] |
Gender |
Male |
HEAL |
John died of peritonitis following surgery of the small intestine , at Swedish Hospital, Seattle, WA. |
Death |
3 May 1985 |
Seattle, King, Washington [2, 3] |
Burial |
7 May 1985 |
Seattle, King, Washington |
- Buried, John is buried in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
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Notes |
- Baxter was original last name until his mother changed it when he was a young boy.
Irving Smith notes: John remembered as a small boy in Kewanee, Illinois that his mother once received a letter from Scotland. He was 7 or 8 at the time , and the letter was from some Baxter clan relatives in Scotland who offered his mother a small amount of money if she would sign a relinquishment of some property rights. The amount of money was so small that his mother became angry and wouldn't sign. John wasn't sure of the amount of money involved, nor the type of land. He was in the kitchen at the time, and did remember his mother's reaction to the letter. His father was of Scotch-Irish descent, while his mother, Permilla Ake, was Pennsylvania-Dutch.
1920 US Census, North Dakota, Divide, Fertile Valley, John H. Backster, 28, born IL, farmer, with wife Ruth E. 24, born WI, daughter Beatrice 3/12, born ND, hired help Axel Harrison 17
1930 US Census, North Dakota, Williams, Grenora, John H. Backster, rents home for $35 per month, age 38, married age 27, born IL, oil station salesman, with wife Ruth E. 34, children Bearice C. 19, Elloise 5, Cecelia 1-11/12, not-named daughter 0/12
1940 US Census, Washington, Snohomish, Clearview, John H. Backster, owns home valued 200, 45, education 8, born IL, lived in same house on 1 Apr 1935, laborer roadwork, wages 524, wife Ruth, 44, education H4, born WI, daughter Beatrice, 20, education H4, born ND, daughter Eloise, 15, education 7, born ND, daughter Cecelia, 11, education 5, born ND, daughter Joan, 10, education 2, born ND, son Knighton, 8, education 2, born ND, son Richard, 5, born WA [4, 5, 6]
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Person ID |
I135 |
Mindrum |
Last Modified |
30 Sep 2014 |
Father |
George Baxter, Jr., b. 4 Nov 1842, Illinois d. 24 Feb 1896, Kewanee, Henry, Illinois (Age 53 years) |
Mother |
Permilla Olefa Ake, b. 23 Apr 1849, Bedford, Bedford, Pennsylvania d. 10 Oct 1927, Grenora, Williams, North Dakota (Age 78 years) |
Marriage |
23 Apr 1867 |
- Notes of Irving Smith: George Baxter taught school as a young , man,and also was a homesteader. John recalled that , hismother, Permilla, spoke of living in Lincoln, Nebraska. It was , then asmall town, and one where George possibly homesteaded.
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Family ID |
F45 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
Ruth Eloise Olsen, b. 17 Jun 1895, Medford, Taylor, Wisconsin d. 6 Apr 1975, Seattle, King, Washington (Age 79 years) |
Marriage |
31 Dec 1918 |
Minot, Ward, North Dakota [7] |
- John Backster first met his wife, Ruth, in 1916, about two , yearsbefore their marriage. They met at a barn dance at the farm , home ofRuth's father, Charles Olsen, near Stady, ND. , , In 1916, Ruth was a twenty-one year old school teacher, who taught , atsmall rural schools in the Stady, Zahl, Hanks, and Grenora area., , Her father, Charlie, contracted with Fred Baxter , tobuild a new barn on the farm site. Fred was a carpenter who had , movedto Grenora, along with brothers George and John, and filed an , originalhomestead near the new town of Grenora., , Charlie Olsen and his neighbors celebrated the completion of the , newbarn by holding a barn dance, a custom of the times. John , attendedthe barn raising celebration and dance, and while there, he , first metRuth., , John and Ruth were married on New Year's Eve, December 31, 1918 at , theCongregational Church in Minot, ND . They
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Children |
| 1. Beatrice Carol Backster, b. 6 Oct 1919, Grenora, Williams, North Dakota d. 4 Nov 2008, Seattle, King, Washington (Age 89 years) |
| 2. Eloise Miriam Backster, b. 4 Dec 1924, North Dakota d. 6 Aug 1957, Orange Co., California (Age 32 years) |
| 3. Living |
| 4. Joan Angela Backster, b. 15 Mar 1930, Grenora, Williams, North Dakota d. 27 May 2000, Olympia, Thurston, Washington (Age 70 years) |
| 5. Living |
| 6. Richard David Backster, b. 3 Jul 1934, Washington d. 21 Sep 1995, Contra Costa Co., California (Age 61 years) |
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Family ID |
F30 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
30 Sep 2014 |
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Sources |
- [S13] Mindrum GEDCOM file imported on 25 Jan 1999 from Addy Monsen.
- [S16] Social Security Death Index.
- [S443] Washington Death Index, 1940-1996, www.ancestry.com.
- [S441] 1920 US Census, North Dakota, Divide, Fertile Valley, District 48.
- [S442] 1930 US Census, North Dakota, Williams, Grenora, District 24.
- [S895] 1940 US Census, Washington, Snohomish, Clearview, Enum. Dist. 31-15, sheet 2A.
- [S851] Ancestry Public Tree, Jack Hall Family Tree, www.ancestry.com.
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