Elma Stella McKnight Backus (1873-1945)

Elma Stella McKnight Backus

Birth

17 Jan 1873

Portland, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada

Death

13 Mar 1945 (aged 72)

Watertown, Jefferson County, New York, USA

Burial

Brownville Cemetery

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Plot

Section 4-2W

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Sister of Olive McKnight. They also had a brother Robert J. McKnight.

From the 1900 census, she immigrated in 1894.

Family Members

Parents

James McKnight

1849–1894

Spouse

John L Backus

1870–1926 (m. 1893)

Siblings

Margaret McKnight Backus

1870–1925
Olive McKnight

1879–1927
Lillian Maud McKnight Backus

1879–1935
Robert James McKnight

1883–1967

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Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1826-1939
1891 Census of Canada
1910 United States Federal Census
Geneanet Community Trees Index

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Margaret McKnight Backus

Olive McKnight

Lillian Maud McKnight Backus

Robert James McKnight

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John L Backus

Margaret McKnight Backus

Olive McKnight

Lillian Maud McKnight Backus

Robert James McKnight

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