How do I find my old phone 4s backup on the cloud?

My husband's iPhone contacts were commingled with mine. After a couple of hours at the APPLE store, we thought it was straightened out so he deleted my contacts from his phone. That automatically deleted my contacts on my 5s as well. I have a backup from the old iPhone in the cloud but don't know how to access it. Where do I go to be able to open the old one up? Then what? Help!
Mary
PS
Our problem began with an old Apple ID from my husband's old work email that he can't access. Even Apple acct Security can't figure that glitch out!
Right now I'd just be happy to find my iPhone contacts!

Hi,
By Default the Buddy lists are hidden (not Displayed) in Messages.
First go to Messages Menu > Preferences > Accounts
If the Set up of System Preference > Mail, Contacts and Calendars included your "old" iChat Accounts then these should be in the Account listings in Messages.
If not you will have the iMessages Account and the Bonjour Account that may or may not be active.
If your iChat accounts are not there you can add then in the "normal" iChat way of using the + button below the list.
In the Add Account Pane the Apple options have been removed to create a simpler "AIM" entry (you just need to add the Apple ID is full)
Once you have the accounts in the list or Enable the Bonjour Account then the Window Menu gets an item called Buddies with the CMD +1 keystrokes.
This is a combined list (even if you only have one account logged in).
It can be split in to separate Buddy list by going to Messages menu > Preferences > General Section and Unticking the item about gathering all accounts into one list.
This will separate the Buddy list giving each a separate CMD + # Keystroke.
The Main Messages Window/Chat Window/Interface can access the Buddies.
New Message icon top left
Blue + Icon top right that appears
Choose Buddies (drop down)
This tends not to be very clear as to which Buddy List the Buddies belong to.
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