julia backus b. 1899 mar bert/burt in nj
with the variant spellings of your surname, i am trying a number of sites.
my great aunt: julia backus b. ny/nj in 1899 [grew up in jersey city area of hudson co. nj] mar bert or burt and lived in the palisades, nj. i believe that burt/bert may have been associated with the boston celtics?