Rev. Charles Wesley "C. W." Backus

1855 - 1943  (87 years)

• Name	Charles Wesley "C. W." Backus
  Prefix	Rev.
  Born	30 Mar 1855	Port Burwell, Elgin Co., Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Name	C. W. Backus  [1]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-181758
  Died	12 Mar 1943
  Buried	New Dundee Union Cemetery, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I181758	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Rev. George Henry Backus,   b. 11 Apr 1813, Walsingham Township, Norfolk Co., Ontario ,   d. 11 Nov 1897, Bayham Township, Elgin Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Haines,   b. 9 May 1809, Digby, , Nova Scotia ,   d. 17 Apr 1888, Bayham Township, Elgin Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F52378	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Ellen Elizabeth Current,   b. 1 May 1855, Crowland Twp., Welland Co., Ontario ,   d. 8 Mar 1923, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 67 years)
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F52376	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Sarah Buckborough,   b. 12 Oct 1852, Windham Township, Norfolk, Co., Ontario ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	12 Sep 1928	New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F52375	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  The debates that finally brought a split to the UB church in the States were also divisive in Canada. The older and most respected ministers were generally conservative (called Radicals), while the younger men labeled themselves as Liberals. C.W. Backus and his two brothers joined the Conference in 1880, and their father in 1885. C.W. was the only conservative of his family, and in reference to the vote for Presiding Elder in 1888 and again in 1889 he says it was "a straight fight, conservative or liberal." Of the 26 names on the conference roll on March 28, 1889, twelve stayed with the Radical United Brethren at the next Annual conference in March of 1890. The Liberal group, thinking to get the advantage after the division in May 1889, called their Ontario Conference of 1890 into session four months early; November 14,1889. They expelled the "Radical" ministers and assigned their own men to all the fields, locking the doors on many churches. C.W. Backus writes that "my own father and two brothers almost disowned me. All three wrote me some most abusive letters." The liberal United Brethren branch joined with the Congregationalists in 1906 and then with the United Church of Canada in 1925. Origin and History of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ United Brethren Church in Canada - UB Church History. (2016). Ubcanada.org. Retrieved 21 August 2016, from https://www.ubcanada.org/ub-church-history

  
  

• Sources

  [S619] News - ON, Waterloo, Ayr - Ayr News (1897- ), "Mervyn Bowman, 59, Fatally Injured in Bethel Corner Crash on Tuesday.," Nov 24 1939 pg 1, 2.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 30 Mar 1855 - Port Burwell, Elgin Co., Ontario, Canada Married - 12 Sep 1928 - New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - New Dundee Union Cemetery, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth