When Charles Andrew Backus was born on 8 May 1875, in Morgan Township, Gallia, Ohio, United States, his father, James Henry Backus, was 36 and his mother, Elizabeth Amanda Grover, was 39. He married Victoria Fields on 26 August 1932, in Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, United States. He lived in Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States for about 10 years and Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, United States in 1930. In 1930, at the age of 55, his occupation is listed as merchant - grocery. He died on 8 August 1946, in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, United States.
English (Leicestershire): from Middle English bak(e)hous ‘bakehouse’ (Old English bæchūs), hence a topographic name for someone who lived or worked in a bakery.
Dutch: in Limburg province, a shortened variant of Bakhuis, Dutch form of German Backhaus .
Americanized form of German Backhaus .
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