Sophia M Backer

Name: Sophia Baker Age: 26 Birth Year: abt 1834 Gender: Female Birth Place: Saxony (Kingdom State) Home in 1860: Milford, Brown, Minnesota Post Office: Milford Family Number: 310 Value of real estate: View image Household Members: Name Age George Baker 34 Sophia Baker 26 David Baker 7 Margaret Baker 3 George Baker 3 http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1860usfedcenancestry&...

Birth: 1834 Saxony (Sachsen), Germany Death: Jun. 9, 1917 Fairfax Renville County Minnesota, USA

NEW ULM REVIEW June 13, 1917

The death of Mrs. Sophia Backer, widow of the late George Backer, pioneer residents of Milford township, died Saturday, June 9, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Charles Heimann, in Fairfax, after an illness of nine weeks. The prime cause of death was old age.

Mrs. Backer, whose maiden name was Sophia Bettigh, was born in Saxony, Germany, in 1834, and came to America in 1851, when 17 years old, making her home in Cincinnati. The year following her arrival there,in 1852, she was married to Mr. Backer, who preceded her in death in 1903. In 1860 they came to Brown County, settling on a homestead in Milford township. The family lived there at the time of the Indian Uprising and were among the farmers who came to New Ulm to escape the Red Men, and were here during the battles of August, 1862.

For the past several years Mrs. Backer had divided her time among her children, living with each for a time. Since last fall she had been with her daughter at Fairfax.

Mrs. Backer was the mother of 8 children, 7 of whom survive her. A son, Fred Backer, died in this city about 5 years ago. The surviving children are as follows: David Backer, St. Paul; Mrs. William Strickler, Clements, Minn.; George Backer, Minneapolis; Otto Backer, St. Paul; John Backer, New Ulm; Mrs. Charles Heimann, Fairfax; August Backer, who occupies the old homestead in Milford.

The funeral was held from St. Paul's Lutheran Church in this city Monday afternoon, Rev. C.J. Albrecht officiating. Burial was in the Lutheran cemetery.

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 George Backer (____ - 1903)

Burial: Saint Pauls Lutheran Cemetery New Ulm Brown County Minnesota, USA

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Name: Sophia Backer Age: 65 Birth Date: Oct 1834 Birthplace: Germany Home in 1900: Milford, Brown, Minnesota Race: White Gender: Female Immigration Year: 1852 Relation to Head of House: Mother Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: George Backer Marriage Year: 1854 Years Married: 46 Father's Birthplace: Germany Mother's Birthplace: Germany Occupation: View on Image Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age August Backer 24 Bertha Backer 23 George Backer 75 Sophia Backer 65 Fritz Schulz 26 http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1900usfedcen&indiv=tr...

Name: Sophie M Wittich Gender: Female Spouse: George Backer Child: Sophie Heimann http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?viewrecord=1&r=an&db=Num...