I have a Backhaus branch of the family from Hannover (see list below).

Debbie
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Georg Rudolf Backhaus
Birth. ?
| Sophie Luise Emilie Backhaus
| Birth. 21 Jul 1833, Hannover, Germany (Accouchirhaus-maternity hospital)
| | Ernst Peter
| | Birth. ? 4 Feb
| | Georg Karl Peter
| | Birth. 27 May 1860, Hannover, Germany
| | Heinrich Friedrich Peter
| | Birth. 30 Jul 1864, Hannover, Germany, Marktstraße 46
| | Dorothee Sophie Peter
| | Birth. 3 Aug 1866, Hannover, Germany, Marktstraße 46
| | Heinrich Karl Peter
| | Birth. 30 Jun 1868, Hannover, Germany, Marktstraße 46
| | Hermann Ludwig Peter (my great grandfather)
| | Birth. 29 Jan 1870, Hannover, Germany, Marktstraße 46
| | (Sophie) Marie Sophie Peter
| | Birth. 2 Apr 1872, Hannover, Germany
| | unnamed Peter
| | Birth. 4 Feb 1874, Hannover, Germany
| | Auguste Luise Emilie Peter
| | Birth. 20 Apr 1877, Hannover, Germany
| | Fritz Peter
| | Birth. ?
| | Marie Peter
| | Birth. ?
| | Anna Peter
| | Birth. ?