Bagenstose Family History
GEORGE AMBROSE BACKENSTOE
Ancestors (Direct Lineage) Born Died Birthplace
HANS ULRICH BACKENSTOSS 12-29-1726 12-24-1793
JACOB BACKENSTOSS 09-25-1766 12-21-1841
HENRY BACKENSTOE 02-23-1804 04-10-1873
GEORGE M BACKENSTOE 1835 1888

Detail
Text Source Abbrev.
main name GEORGE AMBROSE BACKENSTOE Main1993
birth 10-16-1863 "
place Enola,PA "
death died 2-6-1926 "
buried Hummelstown,PA "
note Hanoverdale Cem "
other occupation railroader "
residence east of Harrisburg,PA,east of old Rt.22. She named her son,GEORGE FRANKLIN BACKENSTOE.for his father & raised him with the help of "Pappy" & "Granny" Landis. The 1900census shows she was living with the Landis along with her son GEORGE. Mary had 2 sisters: Maria and Sara; 2 brothers: Tom & Rob - 1 ch.The only family member known in the area with the reported name is GEORGE AMBROSE BACKENSTOE,E2 above. He was nearly 2yrs. younger than Mary; he would have been 16 & she 18 at the conception of GEORGE FRANKLIN BACKENSTOE, b. 10-31-1880. Without supportable evidence and only with speculation is the lineage of Mary's son,GEORGE FRANKLIN BACKENSTOE,placed at this point as FO son of E2 "
note GEORGE B. BACKENSTOUGH b. OH,age 10 in 1850 OH census,living in Ross Co.,Concord Twp enumerated with "
name Christina Anna Rhen "
marriage birth 3-24-1869 "
death died 6-22-1922 "
other note Emaly E. Prop b. OH age 26; John J. Hicks b. OH age 19 carpenter; William H. Prop b. OH age 6; George Hicks b. OH age 17 laborer ;Sarah Saxon b. DE age 87 ;In 1860 GEORGE A. BACKENSTO, b. OH,age 19,railroad hand,is still living with:Elizabeth Hicks, a MD(syc.),age 56 including Emily E. Hicks, b. OH,age 33; William H. Pross, b. OH,age 15,farmhand(Pross & Prop probably same name ; Another GEORGE BACKENSTOE met Mary E. Hughes b. near Reading.PA 11-23-1861,d. Harrisburg,PA 11-25-1949 "
married place Hummelstown,PA "
note when Mary became pregnant,George left the area for good; Mary was living on the farm of Levi G. Landis b. PA 11-1853 w. Eliza Baschore b. PA 9-1852 "
date 3-24-1889 "
parents father Wendel Baschore "
children number 3 "

Notes
Source Notes, References, Narrative Source Abbrev.
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Siblings Born Died Birthplace
EMMA JANE BACKENSTOE 04-19-1860 1939 Harrisburg,PA
HENRY BACKENSTOE 12-13-1864 02-03-1866 W.Hanover Twp.,PA
KATE E BACKENSTOE 07-30-1866 04-16-1929 W. HanoverTwp.,PA
E BACKENSTOE 02-10-1868 01-07-1930 W. Hanover Twp.,PA
AMOSE G BACKENSTOE 10-13-1869 11-19-1869 W.Hanover Twp.,PA
JACOB MILES BACKENSTOE 10-13-1870 04-29-1938 W.Hanover Twp.,PA

Children Born Died Birthplace
GEORGE FRANKLIN BACKENSTOE 10-31-1880 12-27-1963 Dauphin Co.,PA
ESTHER RHEN BACKENSTOE 12-30-1892
CALVIN MARK BACKENSTOE 12-22-1894 ,WW11918-9,retired locomotive eng
LYLIAC KATHRYN BACKENSTOE 10-30-1903

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