Home Surname List Name Index Sources Email Us | Third Generation4. Wilhelm Albert Karl "William" BACKHAUS was born on 29 September 1865 in Preussen (Prussia).10,14,24,25,26,27 (Some family records list his birth place as Germany, but it was listed as Wisconsin in the 1880 Census.) (His surname is spelled "Bakhouse" in the Oak Grove Cemetery records.) He appeared in the census in 1870 in Adrian Township, Monroe County, WI.9 He was confirmed on 6 April 1879 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.14 at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. William appeared in the census in 1880 in Adrian Township, Monroe County, WI.10 He was Lutheran in 1900 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.16 He was listed on the Memberbership Roster of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. He appeared in the census in 1920 in Adrian Township, Monroe County, WI.24 William died on 11 November 1921 at the age of 56.25,28 He was buried in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.25 in the Oak Grove Cemetery. Wilhelm Albert Karl "William" BACKHAUS and Albertine Wilhelmine Friederike WESTPFAHL were married on 7 June 1892 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.19,27,29 at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. Wilhelm Albert Karl "William" BACKHAUS and Albertine Wilhelmine Friederike WESTPFAHL had the following children:
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