Fifth Generation

45. Edwin Wilhelm BACKHAUS was born on 24 November 1900 in Adrian Township, Monroe County, WI.¹³⁵ He was baptized on 23 December 1900 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.¹³⁵ He appeared in the census in 1920 in Adrian Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁷ Edwin died on 4 July 1927 at the age of 26.⁶³

Edwin Wilhelm BACKHAUS and Martha Louise Hedwig SCHULZ were married on 28 September 1921.²⁶ Martha Louise Hedwig SCHULZ, daughter of Friedrich Wilhelm SCHULZ and Hedwig Emma PROTZ, was born on 24 February 1903 in Greenfield Township, Monroe County, WI.^26,62 She appeared in the census in 1930 in Greenfield Township, Monroe County, WI.³² She was living with her parents. She died on 29 October 1980 at the age of 77 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^26,54 Martha was buried on 2 November 1980 in Leon Township, Monroe County, WI.^26,54

Edwin Wilhelm BACKHAUS and Martha Louise Hedwig SCHULZ had the following children: