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Olive Backus 1791–1857 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 24 Jan 1791

Birth Location: Windham, Windham, Connecticut

Death Date: 14 Mar 1857

Death Location: Sherburne, Rutland, Vermont

Father: Elijah Backus

Mother: Tryphena Cross

Spouse(s): James Scales

Children(s): Chester Scales, Henry Scales

In 1791, Olive Backus entered the world in Windham, Windham, Connecticut, born to Elijah Backus And Tryphena Cross. Olive Backus married James Scales, and had children including Chester Asa Scales, Henry L Scales. Olive Backus passed away in 1857 in Sherburne, Rutland, Vermont.

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Biography

  • In 1791, Olive Backus entered the world in Windham, Windham, Connecticut, born to Elijah Backus And Tryphena Cross.
  • Olive Backus married James Scales, and had children including Chester Asa Scales, Henry L Scales.
  • Olive Backus passed away in 1857 in Sherburne, Rutland, Vermont.

Immediate Family

Parents

Elijah Backus
1755–1832
Birth Location: Windham, Windham, Connecticut
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Tryphena Cross
1767–
Birth Location: Windham, Windham, Connecticut
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Spouses(s)

James Scales
1770–1836
Birth Location: Boscawen, Merrimack, New Hampshire
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Children(s)

Chester Scales
1827–1892
Birth Location: Bridgewater, Windsor, Vermont
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Henry Scales
1822–1897
Birth Location: Bridgewater, Windsor, Vermont
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Olive Backus's Ancestors

Self
Olive Backus
1791–1857
Birth Place: Windham, Windham, Connecticut
Parents
Elijah Backus
1755–1832
Windham, Windham, Connecticut
Tryphena Cross
1767–
Windham, Windham, Connecticut
Grandparents
Nathaniel Backus
1729–1815
Windham, Windham, Connecticut, USA
Elizabeth Hebard
1731–1813
Windham, Windham, Connecticut, USA
William Cross
1720–1801
Mansfield, Tolland, Connecticut
Miriam Abbe
1726–1823
Windham, Windham, Connecticut
Great-Grandparents
Sarah Gard
1693–1737
Samuel Backus
1693–1776
Robert Hebard
1706–1771
Ruth Wheelock
1713–1757
Daniel Cross
1686–1747
Desire Hall
1688–1774
Ebenezer Sr.
1683–1758
Mary Allen
1688–1766
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Gard
1645–1724
Isabel Isabella
1648–
William Backus
1660–1742
Mary Benton
–1757
Robert III
1676–1742
Mary Reed
1687–1763
Deacon Wheelock
1682–1748
Ruth Huntington
1682–1725
Peter Cross
1650–1739
Mary Crane
1659–1695

Olive Backus's Descendants

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Olive Backus (24 Jan 1791–14 Mar 1857) m. James Scales (4 Aug 1770–abt 1836)
  1. 1. Chester (Asa) Scales 1827–1892 m. Aurilla (M.) Holt 1832–1920
    1. 1. Luella (Belle) Scales 1852–1915 m. Horace (Rollin) Squire 1839–1898 m. Fred (H.) Perry 1876–1939
      1. 1. Anne (L.) Squire 1887–1965
      2. 2. Horace (Harrison) Squire 1889–1934 m. Ella (Louise) Gordon 1893–1981
        1. 1. Helen (Elizabeth) Squire 1917–2012 m. Albert (Richard) Evans 1916–2002
        2. 2. Ruth (Alma) Squire 1925–2007 m. Newell (Alton) Briggs 1915–2009 m. Dr. (Mark Clark) Kennedy 1923–2008
        3. 3. Horace (Harrison Squire) Jr. 1919–1987 m. Mary (Elizabeth) Burfield 1924–1995
        4. 4. Anne (Louise) Squire 1918–1945 m. George (Joseph) Hayer 1915–2005
        5. 5. Doris (Gordon) Squire 1922–2012 m. John (Philip) Goss 1920–2004
        6. 6. Polly (Frances) Squire 1923–2016 m. Paul (Austin) Quinn 1916–1978
      3. 3. Hiland (Lockwood) Squire 1893–1975 m. Gertrude (Anne) Schultz 1902–1994
    2. 2. James (Simon) Scales 1850–1936 m. Eva (Hattie) Bancroft 1863–1919 m. Julia (Etta) Gould 1860–1937
      1. 1. George (Bancroft) Scales 1894–1972 m. Lillian (Mertina) Rhoades 1902–1972 m. Marion (Eva) Lyman 1899–
        1. 1. James (Arthur) Scales 1924–2010 m. Evelyn (Elizabeth) Root 1923–2014
        2. 2. Elmer (George) Scales 1926–1996
        3. 3. Martha (Janet) Scales 1932–2013 m. John (Alden) Burton 1933–2006 m. Clayton (John Stewart) Jr. 1930–2005
        4. 4. Eleanor (Mae) Scales 1933–1994 m. Lyman (Drake) Bickford 1932–1865
        5. 5. Aurilla (Lillian) Scales 1938–2020 m. Lloyd (Leroy Ellison) Sr. 1933–2003 m. Athol (Edward 'Red' Manning) Jr. 1922–1996
    3. 3. Asa (A.) Scales 1861–1895 m. Cora (Abbie) Walker 1867–1940
      1. 1. Chester (Cyrus) Scales 1888–1968 m. Sophronia ('Sophie') Hess 1903–1984 m. Ann (Mary) Spaulding 1888–1960
        1. 1. Wilma (Ione) Staples 1907–1958 m. Earle (Hart) Staples 1899–1960
        2. 2. Althea (May) Scales 1912–1992 m. Perley (Charles) Spafford 1910–1963
        3. 3. Caroline (Rosalie) Scales 1914–1967 m. Alphonse (Joseph) Patenaude 1913–1970
        4. 4. Asa (Eugene) Scales 1915–1952 m. Eleanor (Anna) O'Neil 1916–2013
        5. 5. Henry (Byron) Scales 1908–1910
      2. 2. Lorena (Maria 'Rena') Scales 1894–1989 m. Harry (Melvin) Langley 1887–1963 m. Eugene (Horace) Raymond 1893–1922
        1. 1. Hester (Elizabeth) Raymond 1912–1989
        2. 2. Paul (Allen) Raymond 1916–1916
        3. 3. Horace (Eugene) Raymond 1914–1914
    4. 4. Flora (Harriet) Scales 1865–1939 m. Michael (Joseph) Tyman 1862–1932
      1. 1. Mariam Tyman 1894–
      2. 2. Michael Tyman 1897–
      3. 3. Patrick Tyman 1899–
      4. 4. Bessy Tyman 1886–
      5. 5. Liena Tyman 1888–
      6. 6. James Tyman 1891–
  2. 2. Henry (L.) Scales 1822–1897 m. Mary (Ann) Pratt 1826–1902 m. Sophronia (Lucy) Backus 1822–1862
    1. 1. Edmund (H.) Scales 1859–1903
    2. 2. Lucia (Ann) Scales 1849–1917 m. Charles (Martin) White 1849–1939
      1. 1. Herman (C.) White 1874–1895
      2. 2. Robert (Harold) White 1887–1977 m. Abbie (Elvira) Jaquith 1882–1964
        1. 1. Carolyn (M.) White 1918–
        2. 2. R. (Earl) White 1916–
        3. 3. Josephine (R.) White 1915–
        4. 4. Kenneth (R.) White 1913–
        5. 5. Louis (C.) White 1912–
        6. 6. Donald (J.) White 1910–
      3. 3. Ralph (Prosper) White 1887–1961 m. Ethel (May) Wilkins 1886–1965
      4. 4. John (Henry) White 1883–1941 m. Josephine Vanya 1882–1971
        1. 1. Florence White 1906–
        2. 2. Stewart (E.) White 1914–
        3. 3. Charles (E.) White 1912–
      5. 5. Mary (Abbie) White 1881–1946 m. Lewis (Eugene) Parkhurst 1876–1968
        1. 1. Roscoe (C.) Parkhurst 1918–2005 m. Josephine (S.) Letze 1922–
        2. 2. Harold (White) Parkhurst 1905–1979 m. Olive P. 1909–
        3. 3. Marion (Esther) Parkhurst 1904–1989 m. Earl (Alexander) Dufresne 1902–1957
      6. 6. Carrie (Alice) White 1878–1972
        1. 1. Dorothy Miller 1921–
    3. 3. Julia (E.) Scales 1853–1900 m. William (Henry Harrison) Anthony 1848–1915
      1. 1. Grace (Julia) Anthony 1879–1955 m. Charles (Josiah) Josselyn 1877–
        1. 1. Julia (Ellen) Josselyn 1906–1978
        2. 2. Calvin (Charles Josselyn) Jr. 1910–1963 m. Evelyn (A.) Fiori 1916–
        3. 3. Edmond (Topliff) Josselyn 1915–1941
        4. 4. Helen (Rosamond) Josselyn 1919–1966 m. Douglas (Sherman) Paige 1908–1983 m. Arthur Fiori 1912–2006
        5. 5. Karl (Anthony) Josselyn 1912–1973
        6. 6. Everett (Wendall) Josselyn 1921–1996 m. Norma (Teresa) Calcagni 1918–1967
        7. 7. Paul (Leroy) Josselyn 1925–1927
      2. 2. Bertha (Mabel) Anthony 1882–1966 m. Willie (Ernest) Dimick 1880–1960
        1. 1. Metalena (Minnie) Dimick 1905–1984 m. Charles (Carroll) Robinson 1904–1981
        2. 2. Merle (Ernest) Dimick 1907–1989
        3. 3. Elwin (William) Dimick 1910–1926
        4. 4. Thelma (Bertha) Dimick 1918–1918
      3. 3. Rosa (Jane) Anthony 1887–1982 m. Roy (Charles) Furman 1883–1980
        1. 1. Cora (Julia) Furman 1907–2008 m. Paul (Benham) Sumner 1907–2001
        2. 2. Pearle (Rosa) Furman 1909–1982 m. Rene (C.) Picard 1903–1986
        3. 3. Lulu (Mary) Furman 1911– m. Everett (Loring) Bean 1909– m. Loren (Henry) Austin 1904–1990
        4. 4. Lee (Roy) Furman 1914–1976 m. Marie (Cushman) Lawrence 1917–2001
        5. 5. Alden (Wilson) Furman 1917–1989 m. Barbara (Grace) Richardson 1922–
        6. 6. Hazel (Chestina) Furman 1919–2012 m. William (Adolf) Gorsky 1920–1994
        7. 7. Ruth (Laura) Furman 1926–1973 m. Herbert (O.) Raymond 1924–2000
        8. 8. Grace (Bertha) Furman 1930–2002 m. Harry (Walter) Cole 1930–2000
    4. 4. Susan Scales 1848–

Olive Backus's Timeline

2 Records

1791
24 Jan 1791
Birth of Olive Backus in Windham, Windham, Connecticut
Windham, Windham, Connecticut
1857
14 Mar 1857
Age 66
Death of Olive Backus in Sherburne, Rutland, Vermont
Sherburne, Rutland, Vermont

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 24 Jan 1791
    Event Place: Windham, Windham, Connecticut

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 14 Mar 1857
    Event Place: Sherburne, Rutland, Vermont
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