Johan Backstrom

   Another name for Johan was Johannes Backstrom.

  Research Notes:

Johannes Nilsson Backstrom, b 27 Dec 1858, Östmark, Sweden; died 10 Apr 1927, Stettler, Alberta, Canada
1st marriage: 16 Jun 1891, Grand Forks, ND
Rikka Josephine Jacobson, 25 Jun 1866, Scandinavia, Waupaca Co, Wisconsin; died 1903, Stettler, AB
2nd marriage: abt 1907, Stettler, AB, CA
Caroline Anderson Persson, b 29 Apr 1867, Sweden; died 28 Sep 1949, Glendale, Los Angeles Co, Cal.
[Caroline was previously married with spouse unknown; she had a daughter Selma Caroline Carlson Carr, 1889-1974]


Children:

Ella, b Jan 1892, Ramsey Co, ND; died 1981, Calgary. AB
married: 1911, Stettler, AB
Alexander Hector McInnis, 18 Sep, 1885, Kirkfield, ON, Canada; died 18 Mar 19953, Calgary, AB
Children: Lorne H McIinnis, 1912 - ; Alfred J McInnis, 1919-2003

Cora, b Dec 1894, MT, died 9 Apr 1985, High River, AB
married: 1917, Calgary, AB
Joseph E Schreiber, b 31 Aug 1892, Ness Co, Kansas; died 13 Jan 1980, High River, AB
Children: Adele Schreiber [married to F William King]

Mathilda Backstrom, b 17 Nov 1897, Great Falls, Cascade Co, MT; died 13 Sep 1974, Santa Clara Co, Cal.
married: abt 1924
Clinton Sherwood Wallace, b 27 Jun 1894 [Renfrew ?], Ontario; died 4 Apr 1977, Palo Alto, Santa Clara Co
Children:Donald Clinton, 1924-1992 [m. Dorothy Dykes, 1924-1987; children unknown]

Charles Backstrom, b 12 Jul 1902, Leeds Benson Co, ND; died 15 Jul 1950, Heffley Creek, BC. Not married. No Children




much of the information started with Ross/Runquist ... FT
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* death: AB Deaths Index [ancestry collection
* marriage: Ancestry Collection: ND Select Co Marriage Records [link from Ross/Runquist ... FT]
his name as John, her name as Recca
* Scandinavia, Waupaca Co - abt 220 Kms north and west of Milwaukee
** Ancestry Collection: MT Birth Records, 1897-1988 [link from
- John Backstrom living in Great Falls; works as a builder
- mid-wife who attended birth: Mrs N. M. Olson, a cousin from Long Beach, Cal - this was signed 12 Jun 1939 [delayed births]
note: daughter Cora b in 1894 not noted on the MT Birth Record

1900 US Census, Coulee Twp, Ramsey Co, ND; ED 0124; sheet 2A; dw/fam 27; line 28
John Backstrom, age 41, b Mar 1859 ??? in Swe; married 9 yrs [1891], em 1866, Carpenter
wife Rikka, age 32, b Jun 1867 in Wisconsin, mother of 4 children, 3 living
dau Ella, age 8, b Jan 1892 in ND
dau Cora, age 4, b Dec 1894 in Montana
dau Mathilda, age 3, b Nov 1896 in MT


1911 Canada Census, Alberta district 5; sub-dis 26, Stettler, page 2, dw/fam 24/26; line34
John Backstrom, age 51, b Mar 1859 in Swe; em 1903; occupation ??
wife Caroline, age 41, b Apr 1870 in Swe, em 1903
dau Ella, age 19, b Jan 1892 b in US; bookeeper
dau Cora, age 15, b Dec 1896 in US
dau Mathilda, age 12 b Nov 1898 in US
Son, Charlie, age b Jul 1901 ? in US
dau ?, age 21 b 1890 in US
mother in law, Caroline ? Persson, age 59 b in May 1852 in Swe; sales


1916 Canada Western Provinces census, Alberta, Red Deer district, sub-district 41, page 14; dw/fam, 34/37; line 2
John Backstrom [indexed as Backstroma], age 57 born in Swe; Twp 40, range 20, W4th; em 1903; farmer
wife, Carolina, age 49, b in Swe
dau, Mathilda, age 18 b in US
son, Charlie, age 13, b in US [b abt 1903]



1926 Canada Western Provinces Alberta, Camrose district, sub-dis 22, [Lakeside Municipality], page 5
NW sect 35, twp 40, range 20
John Backstrom age 65 b in Swe; em 1903
wife Carolina, age 59 b in Swe
son Charlie, age 23, b in US

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Caroline Anderson Persson, b 29 Apr 1867, Sweden; died 28 Sep 1949, Glendale, Los Angeles Co, Cal.
Ross/Rundquist .... FT
- notes that her father was Per Anderson - likely born in Sweden - but this FT doesn't have any year of birth or location






Family Search FT, id GM58-WP8; some information from Manuel Acquilar Hendrickson,
but this child is from ASpensley and Sharon McGinnis in 2019 [McInnis surname, re; Ella]
- records a child name Ida, b 1893 and died 1896

Findagrave: id 82973371
- posts a brief bio sketch:
John was born, Johannis, in Sweden and moved to Minnesota in 1865 with his parents. He later moved to North Dakota and married Ricca Jacobson. Ricca passed about the time the family moved to the Stettler Alberta area. He married his second wife in Stettler.
They homesteaded in the Ransom area west of Stettler. John and Nels [his brother] built the Swedish Lutheran Church in Stettler, the Ransom School (currently at the Stettler Museum) and the roundabout in Big Valley.

And John's findagrave posts links to his wife: Rikka, with the following
Rika Jacobson married John Backstrom in 1891. They lived initially in North Dakota. Rika passed about the time the family moved to the Stettler Alberta area . Rika and John had 4 children: Ella, Cora, Mathilda, and Charles Backstrom.

- her findagrave id, 189023214. Died in North Dakota, and is buried at "Jacobson Grave Site", Cartwright, McKenzie Co, ND.
Findagrave has no location - likely this is on the farm/homestead of her parents. Created by: Teresa Dicke Jacobson, and added on 20 Apr 2018
- using findagrave, links to Rikka's parents and siblings. It looks like Rikka's father, Anders Jacobson, died in 1875 in WI [Rikka] would have been abt 9 years old]. Her mother, Anna Olofsdotter Olstad Jacobson died in 1885 at Grafton, ND. Her oldest son was Jacob A Jacobson - it is likely that he, his mother, and younger siblings had likely moved to North Dakota shortly after the death of the father. At Grafton, Jacob A Jacobson married John Backstrom's sister Katherine.


another FT on Ancestry: K Masten Maruska 05-02-16 FT
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/100836460/person/180006520380/facts
- records his second wife as "Caroline Anderson", b 29 Apr 1867 in Sweden
Caroline likely had a child from another relationship - name not recorded but born abt Oct 1889 in Swe

another FT on Ancestry: Clark FT [ECheaton]; accessed 30 Jun 2021
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/15809463/person/19938899904/facts
- Caroline daughter: Selma Caroline Persson, b 29 Oct 1889 in Sweden and links to
1930 US
married to Albert J Denman, age 45 b in Canada (English) ; married at age 31, em to US 1923, accountant
Selma C wife, age 40 b in Connecticut, parents Swedish; married 16 Jun 1917 in Buffalo
Albert Denman born in Bluevale Canada [ Ontario, abt 125 kms north of London, ON]
1940 - Selma C Denman age 50 b in CT - divorced, nurse in private practice; living in Los Angeles [she was b in New Haven CT
mother, Caroline Backstrom, age 71, WD


AB death index from ancestry: persons with surname of Backstrom
https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61561/?name=_Backstrom&death=_stettler-alberta-canada_1652480
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Children:

dau Ella
her husband's OBIT, Calgary Herald, issue 25 Mar 1953 p 18
- died Mar 18
- husband of Ella of 3816 15A St SW; father of Lorne H and Alfred J

Cora, very brief OBIT, Calgary Herald issue 11 Apr 1985, p 44
- died 9 Apr 1985 at her hom in High River
- mother of Adele [Bill King] .. 2 grandaughters, Sharon (Gerald) Hudson of Vilna, AB
and Audrey (Douglas) Spensley of Carstairs.


dau Mathilda

Mathilda, b 17 Nov 1897, Great Falls, Cascade Co, MT

1921 Canada Census - Clinton living with his parents, living in Calgary [Calgary West]

1940 US Census, San Juan, San Benito Co, Cal; ED 35-10; sheet 7A; house visit no 143 [line 5]
Clinton S Wallace age 45 b in Canada (English); druggist; same house in 1935
wife Mathilda, age 42 b in MT
son Donald C, age 15, b in Cal

1930 US Census, Sacramento, Sacramento Co, Cal; Ed 0099; sheet 5A; dw/fam 131/134 [line 55]
Clinton Sherwood Wallace age 34 b in Canada (English); druggist
wife Mathilda, age 31 b in MT; married at age 25 [m. abt 1924]
son Donald C, age 5, b in Cal [1925]

** no Obit - but on son Donald's page, links to his marriage in 1955 and indicates that he was a Medical Doctor


son Charles

BC death registration: 1950-09-006333
re: Charles, died 15 Jun 1950 at Heffley Creek, BC [abt 25 kms north of Kamloops
- born 12 Jul 1902, at Leeds, North Dakota, US [Benson Co, abt 30 kms west of Devils Lake]
- worked as a farm hand; single no children
- father John Backstrom; mother Recca Jacobson

Johan married Rika Josephine Jacobson in 1891 in Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States. (Rika Josephine Jacobson was born on 26 Jun 1866 in Scandinavia, Waupaca County, Wisconsin, United States and died in 1903 in North Dakota, United States.)