Family tree De Kunder » Emil Julius Backhaus (1917-2009)
Personal data Emil Julius Backhaus
- He was born on April 7, 1917 in Bandera/Texas (USA).
- He died on March 27, 2009 in Texas (USA), he was 91 years old.
Emil Julius Backhaus went to be with his Lord and Savior on March 27, 2009, at age 91.
He was born April 7, 1917 on Backhaus Road in his grandfather's rock house in Bandera County near Pipe Creek, Texas. He was the eldest son of Julius Backhaus and Minnie DeKunder. He is preceded in death by his parents and beloved wife Martha Hulda Schaefer.
Survivors include brother, Charles Herbert Backhaus and wife Marilyn; sister, Adeleen Dumas; and daughter Kay Backhaus. He is also survived by his son, Tim Backhaus and wife, Jan, grandsons Brent and David Backhaus, and two step-great-grandsons, as well as numerous nieces and nephews.
Emil was a loving and caring man and we were truly blessed to have had him in our lives. He will be missed and will remain forever in our hearts.
Funeral services will be held at Goetz Funeral Chapel on Tuesday, March 31 at 2 p.m. Interment will follow at San Geronimo Cemetery. - A child of Julius Backhaus and Minnie Bertha de Kunder
- This information was last updated on January 16, 2023.
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Birthday April 7, 1917
- The temperature on April 7, 1917 was between -0.8 °C and 7.3 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1917: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
- January 17 » The United States pays Denmark $25 million for the Virgin Islands.
- March 4 » Jeannette Rankin of Montana becomes the first female member of the United States House of Representatives.
- March 25 » The Georgian Orthodox Church restores its autocephaly abolished by Imperial Russia in 1811.
- April 9 » World War I: The Battle of Arras: The battle begins with Canadian Corps executing a massive assault on Vimy Ridge.
- September 14 » The Russian Empire is formally replaced by the Russian Republic.
- November 26 » The Manchester Guardian publishes the 1916 secret Sykes-Picot Agreement between the United Kingdom and France.
Day of death March 27, 2009
- The temperature on March 27, 2009 was between 4.9 °C and 9.6 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (37%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
- In the year 2009: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 16.5 million citizens.
- January 15 » US Airways Flight 1549 ditches safely in the Hudson River after the plane collides with birds less than two minutes after take-off.
- January 21 » Israel withdraws from the Gaza Strip, officially ending a three-week war it had with Hamas. However, intermittent fire by both sides continues in the weeks to follow.
- February 20 » Two Tamil Tigers aircraft packed with C4 explosives en route to the national airforce headquarters are shot down by the Sri Lankan military before reaching their target, in a kamikaze style attack.
- April 6 » A 6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes near L'Aquila, Italy, killing 307.
- April 12 » Zimbabwe officially abandons the Zimbabwean dollar as its official currency.
- June 28 » Honduran president Manuel Zelaya is ousted by a local military coup following a failed request to hold a referendum to rewrite the Honduran Constitution. This was the start of the 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis.
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