This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/BGB.2ACI/485.1 Message Board Post: From 1880 census - Name: James P. BACKUS (Father) Age: 42 Estimated birth year: <1838> Birthplace: Michigan Occupation: Hotel Keeper Relation: Self Home in 1880: Leslie, Ingham, Michigan Page: 440C; Enumeration District: 134 Alvina - wife, 40, b. Mi WILLIAM - 15, b. Mi Alta - 13, b. MI Artie - 13, b. Mi Living next to them is - (could be a brother) Backus, Edwin N. - 32, b. Mi Mary A. - wife, 32, b. NJ Nelson A. - 10 b. Mi From the 1920 census - Name: William Backus Age: 55 years Estimated birth year: 1864 Birthplace: Michigan Race: White Home in 1920: Jackson, Jackson, Michigan Page: 18A, ED: 19 Josephine - wife, 58, b. Mi Address - 1129 South Jackson Street No children listed. Name: James R Backus Age: 29 years Estimated birth year: 1890 Birthplace: Michigan Race: White Home in 1920: Jackson, Jackson, Michigan Page: 11B, ED: 26 He is single and listed as a "roomer". From the 1930 census - Name: James Backus Age: 40 years Estimated birth year: 1889 Birthplace: Michigan Relation to Head-of-house: Head Home in 1930: Jackson, Jackson, Michigan Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 31 Address - 705 Detroit Street Amelia - wife, 52, b. Mi Fessenden, Harry - step-son, 21, widower, b. Mi. Fessenden, floyd - grand-son, 3, b. Mi