John Backen family (section 1) In progress...

John Backen Sr (1816) married (Lucy) Lucia Margaretha Junge Backen. (1818) They had *3 Children

*George John Backen (1853) who married Anna Marie Nagel and had **5 children

**1. Carl Mordaunt Backen (1885) married Bertha Louise Lipscomb Backen (1889)
**2. Claude Julius Backen (1887) who married Myrtle Voegle
**3. Roy Earl Backen (1897) who married Evelyn Marie Kane (1898).
**4. Edna Irene (1899) who married Vernon Dale
**5. Pauline (Died in infancy.)

* Julius Backen Sr. who married Mathilda Jacobsen and had ***4 children

***1. John Backen who married Minnie
***2. Herman Backen (28 Apr 1887 - Oct 1966) who married Bertha
***3. Gustav Backen (8 Jun 1895 - Jun 1971) who married Alma
***4. Julius Backen Jr. who married Vera



(Pictured above: Three children of Julius and Mathilda Backen. John, Gus, and Herman Backen. Julius Jr. was not yet born when this picture was taken.)

* Catherine (Backen) who married Fred Davids they had no children but Catherine was known as Tante Tina (Aunt Tina) to many!