Good going. The dinner party certainly did "actvate" the Deckers. This motivated me to try again solving the mystery following: The list may be help in solving a long time family mystery. This concerns the DECKERS buried in the WOODARD family plot in Alleghany cemetery Allegany, Cattaragus County NY . I feel Mary must be a WOODARD/WOODWARD. All else has failed but sounds like your Deckers scattered around NY and Steuben county may show up a Miles. MILES DECKER b.1808 d.1894 and Mary DECKER b.1818 d. 1899. Thanks for any help. Jerry Woodard <aredwood1@juno.com>

This is a re-post of my Decker query: I am trying to find the names of the siblings of a William Sanford Decker who was born 14 July 1815 in Deckerstown, Wantage Twp. - or- Hamburg, Hardyston Twp., Sussex Co., NJ (now Vernon Twp.). He married Elvira (Emeline?) Perrigo on December 04, 1847 in Hamburg, Vernon Twp., Sussex Co., NJ. A direct response to George Sweeney at gsweeney@neb.rr.com would be appreciated. George Sweeney, Lincoln, NE, USA

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hgR.2ACIB/1782.1.2.1.1.2 Message Board Post: Bill, No problem, Your participation on the list is welcomed and desired. I have been chasing the 'elusive' Westmoreland County Isaac for many years now. Any clue is welcomed if it will evoke a discussion that will lead to the identity of Isaac DECKER's and/or Dorcas CHAMBERLAIN's families in Sussex County, NJ. Please continue to be active on the list. Regards, John

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/hgR.2ACIB/1782.1.2.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Bill, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to offend you in any way. Alison

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hgR.2ACIB/1782.1.2.1.1 Message Board Post: Sorry about the mixup on Isaac. I don't know how I sent the wrong info, especially since I have a copy of the article that John referred to. I will recheck my files. This instance re-afirms my long standing policy of not responding to Boards or Lists, which I violated in this case. Sorry, It won't happen again.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Decker Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/hgR.2ACIB/1782.1.2.1 Message Board Post: John, After reading your post I agree with you that it is not the same Isaac. Thank you. Alison

I would like to meet Casper Decker /Decher ,my great grandfather at a dinner party. He was born around 1830 in Hesse Darmstadt Germany. He settled in Hamilton,OH Butler County. He served with Ohio 9th Infantry Company B from Camp Dennison and served in the Civil War from 1861-1664. I would loved to ask him the following questions: Who were his parents? Did he have any brothers and sisters? What reasons made him come to the USA? Did he know anyone in Butler County ,OH? I would question him about the Civil War. Also ask questions about his wife Anna Maria Deinzer. What was it like to be married at about 42 and a father at 43.(a son Herman Henry born March 1874 but died as an infant. Casper died at the age of 45 March 1875 of diseases contacted during the Civil War. He never got to see the birth of his daughter Katherine Caroline (my grandmother) born Nov. 26,1875. Ann

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Decker Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hgR.2ACIB/1787 Message Board Post: I am searching for information on FRANK BULLIS DECKER. I would guess he was born about 1880 in probably New York State. His wife's forename was Julia. Any information would be appreciated.

--=======1F1DDD3======= Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-43E633DE; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Rules and responsibilities of a list administrator (in short, me) are found on the Rootsweb help desk page for anyone who so chooses to go read them. The only thing the list admin (me, again) cannot do is: You may not: * Change the overall focus/topic of the list. For example, you may not change a list that focuses on a given surname to exclude all except those from a specific lineage or region. You would need to request a second list with those restrictions if such was your goal. * Close your list by unsubscribing everyone, or by refusing to allow anyone to subscribe. * Archive your list anywhere other than RootsWeb without prior permission. Since what I chose was, and still is, on topic and makes for a nice change of pace from the standard roll call, the Virtual Dinner Party will continue. As previously stated, if you DON'T like the idea you do NOT have to participate. But, creating a scene on the list is NOT the way to get your point across to me, and I seriously doubt anyone else either. Most every list administrator does different things to get the list going. As long as it is genealogy related, then it is ON TOPIC for a genealogy list at RootsWeb, and this is genealogy related. FYI....The List Administrator of the listowners list has what she calls the VLF--Very Large Flyswatter--and periodically the rest of us list admins are allowed to borrow it for the purpose of swatting. The swat generally means that we are banned to the reject list for one week...or until she happens to remember we are there and takes us off! I now return you to your scheduled Dinner Party, conversation and food! Lainee Denton-Jones Decker List Administrator --=======1F1DDD3=======--

--=======72ED6360======= Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-5326614; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Tom, These are the Moses Deckers I find 1860 index that I have. I do not know if any of them fit yours. Lainee DECKER MOSES 6 M W NJ NY NEW YORK 19-WD NEW YORK CITY 1860 DECKER MOSES 40 M W NY NY ORANGE WARWICK 1860 DECKER MOSES 40 M W NY NY ORANGE NEWBURGH 1860 DECKER MOSES 60 M W NY NY RICHMOND NORTHFIELD 1860 DECKER MOSES D 37 M W NY NY CAYUGA MORAVIA 1860 DECKER MOSES F 47 M W NY NY ULSTER SHAWANGUNK 1860 DECKER MOSES J 47 M W NY NY RICHMOND NORTHFIELD 1860 DECKER MOSES JR 40 M W NY NY RICHMOND NORTHFIELD 1860 DECKER MOSES S 54 M W NY NY RICHMOND NORTHFIELD 1860 At 09:02 PM 3/6/04, you wrote: > I believe Moses Decker may have lived in Minisink Tsp, Orange,County, > NY and possibly in Paradise or Rio area of Deerpark Tsp; Orange, NY, in > which both places are close to the Sullivan County line. Afterward he > lived possibly in Broome Co. and Tioga Co. or at least his son Joseph > did. Joseph married a girl from Deerpark, Ella Mary Goble. There was a > W. Decker living next to Hezekiah Goble, her father. They lived on Rt. > 42 (road to Monticello, NY) a few miles south of the Sullivan Co. line. > One of W. Deckers son's. William Walter Decker died in theCivil War. He > has a headstone in Pine Hill Cemetery, Sparrowbush, NY in the W. Decker > plot. He also has a headstone in Hope Cemetery, Newark Valley, Tioga Co, > NY in close proximity to Joseph Deckers grave. I believe they were > brothers or at least related but I haven't found any proof yet. By > reviewing this and below listed information, is any related to this > family or have information about them? Would anyone have acce! >ss to the 1850-1855-1860 Census to see if they may be listed in one of >these places? 1880 shows Joseph in Newark Valley, Tioga, NY > >Tom Hulse <snip> --=======72ED6360=======--

Dear Mr Fillhard Get a life! You evidently are too serious to read and to get the point...Let's try again....."The reasons are only important to you all in that it....will hopefully help you all to find a brick wall that someone else hadn't posted. You can participate or not as you like, but I hope you will so I can try to get to know a little something about where and what time frame you might be searching in." As for your assessment..."why not do it on a site that was made for that purpose and not clutter up all of our mail boxes with information that has no relevance to serious genealogy"....I have been doing genealogy for the last 34 years, but evidently you feel you have a monopoly on "serious genealogy". Not. You do not speak for me nor I suspect for the rest of the list. The choice is yours, participate or not, but in the interim please don't clutter up the list with your complaints. Linda ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Fillhard" <fillhard@sbcglobal.net> To: <DECKER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2004 8:29 PM Subject: [DECKER] Virtual Dinner Party > Although Virtual dinner parties, cook books, and sharing fantasies may > have a place on the internet, I see no place for it at a site that is > supposed be dedicated to genealogy. If you want to share your recipes and > daydreams why not do it on a site that was made for that purpose and not > clutter up all of our mail boxes with information that has no relevance to > serious genealogy. > > Larry > *************** > From time to time I like to do different things on a list. The reasons > are only important to you all in that it helps to pick the list up from > time to time from a slump and will hopefully help you all to find a brick > wall that someone else hadn't posted. Another reason is only purely > administrative and not something you all need concern yourself with. You > can participate or not as you like, but I hope you will so I can try to get > to know a little something about where and what time frame you might be > searching in. > > The virtual dinner party is something that has been somewhat successfull in > the past on various others of my lists. For this, you pick a Decker > ancestor or maybe 2, that you were it possible, you would love to sit down > and spend the evening with, asking questions, having a conversation with > about their day to day life, etc. > > Send the name to the list along with a few of the probing questions that > you would like the answers to. > > The menu for this party is bring your own dish...if you have an old family > recipe (preferably a Decker one, but not necessary for the cause) you can > also share that recipe if you would like. > > Please be sure to change the subject line to reflect what is in the > email...you can shorten Virtual Dinner Party to VDP so that we know the > origin and still get a subject line in. > > Lainee > Decker List Admin > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.613 / Virus Database: 392 - Release Date: 3/4/2004 > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >

I believe Moses Decker may have lived in Minisink Tsp, Orange,County, NY and possibly in Paradise or Rio area of Deerpark Tsp; Orange, NY, in which both places are close to the Sullivan County line. Afterward he lived possibly in Broome Co. and Tioga Co. or at least his son Joseph did. Joseph married a girl from Deerpark, Ella Mary Goble. There was a W. Decker living next to Hezekiah Goble, her father. They lived on Rt. 42 (road to Monticello, NY) a few miles south of the Sullivan Co. line. One of W. Deckers son's. William Walter Decker died in theCivil War. He has a headstone in Pine Hill Cemetery, Sparrowbush, NY in the W. Decker plot. He also has a headstone in Hope Cemetery, Newark Valley, Tioga Co, NY in close proximity to Joseph Deckers grave. I believe they were brothers or at least related but I haven't found any proof yet. By reviewing this and below listed information, is any related to this family or have information about them? Would anyone have acce! ss to the 1850-1855-1860 Census to see if they may be listed in one of these places? 1880 shows Joseph in Newark Valley, Tioga, NY Tom Hulse Descendants of Moses DECKER 1 Moses DECKER +Mary WINFIELD .... 2 Joseph D. DECKER b: November 17, 1843 in b. Knox, NY 1880 CensusLiving - Maine, Broome, NY d: February 24, 1929 in Newark Valley,Tioga, NY 85y 3m ........ +Lydia C. BAILEY b: 1843 in NY .............. 3 [1] James H. DECKER b: 1863 in Newark Valley,Tioga, NY ............... +Ella M. GOBLE b: 1867 in Bushkill, Deerpark, NY (Bet. Rio and Cahoonzie) d: April 17, 1891 in Bushkill, Deerpark, NY, of Consumption 23 yrs ............ *2nd Wife of [1] James H. DECKER: ............... +Mary L. _____ b: Abt. 1875 in Newark Valley,Tioga, NY .............. 3 Euphene L. DECKER b: 1869 in Broome Co, NY ............ ..3 Harley D. DECKER b: 1873 in Broome Co, NY ............... +Agnes E. ____ b: 1905 .............. 3 Lydia E. DECKER b: September 21, 1887 in NY

Although Virtual dinner parties, cook books, and sharing fantasies may have a place on the internet, I see no place for it at a site that is supposed be dedicated to genealogy. If you want to share your recipes and daydreams why not do it on a site that was made for that purpose and not clutter up all of our mail boxes with information that has no relevance to serious genealogy. Larry *************** From time to time I like to do different things on a list. The reasons are only important to you all in that it helps to pick the list up from time to time from a slump and will hopefully help you all to find a brick wall that someone else hadn't posted. Another reason is only purely administrative and not something you all need concern yourself with. You can participate or not as you like, but I hope you will so I can try to get to know a little something about where and what time frame you might be searching in. The virtual dinner party is something that has been somewhat successfull in the past on various others of my lists. For this, you pick a Decker ancestor or maybe 2, that you were it possible, you would love to sit down and spend the evening with, asking questions, having a conversation with about their day to day life, etc. Send the name to the list along with a few of the probing questions that you would like the answers to. The menu for this party is bring your own dish...if you have an old family recipe (preferably a Decker one, but not necessary for the cause) you can also share that recipe if you would like. Please be sure to change the subject line to reflect what is in the email...you can shorten Virtual Dinner Party to VDP so that we know the origin and still get a subject line in. Lainee Decker List Admin --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.613 / Virus Database: 392 - Release Date: 3/4/2004

--=======5C056865======= Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-50CA4CC4; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit I would invite my 4th greatgrandma Christenna Decker, born about 1815/1816 in Shenandoah County, Virginia, to dinner and talk to her about her parents. Are they indeed Jacob Decker, that signed her marriage bond to Elijah Price, and Elizabeth Aleshire as some have speculated...or are they doomed to stay enshrouded in mystery. I would also like to talk to her about her husband, Elijah Price (born about 1815) and find out if she ever met his parents...or if he indeed came from some far away place and the aliens dropped him on her doorstep! <G> These and a few related questions would probably cover several hours worth of before, during and after dinner conversation. I would bring everyone's favorite dinner food, home-made macaroni and cheese...yeppers, from scratch! Lainee --=======5C056865=======--

--=======14C5280======= Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-50CA4CC4; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Judy, I am so glad you will stay on the list. That makes me happy. Most times when a new listowner takes on a list the old one leaves and it takes away from the feeling of *closeness* and sharing I like to see on a list. Lainee At 12:07 PM 3/6/04, Judy VanArsdale wrote: >Hello all, > >As you've undoubtedly seen Lainee's email this morning, we've changed >listowners. (Boy, she gets up early on Saturday.) > >In explanation - I had a greater work load the last few months and have not >had a lot of time to devote to the list. And, I can't see an end to it >soon. So, while I was trying to get the Decker message board linked to the >list, Lainee mentioned that she had wanted to host the list when she adopted >the board, but the list was taken. I offered it. > >During our emails, I noticed that Lainee is quite knowledgeable about the >ins-and-outs of the processes at RootsWeb (something I haven't had time to >keep up on), and she appears to have the energy to jump start the list so we >all (me included) can enjoy it more. > >And yes, I intend to still be a member of Decker-L for a good time to come. >I can't think of a better group of people to be a part of. You all have >been great! > >Bye, for now, > >Judy --=======14C5280=======--

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: DECKER/CHAMBERLAIN Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hgR.2ACIB/1782.1.2 Message Board Post: In the past, I drew the same conclusion that Isaac son of John and Balndina (KUYKENDALL) DECKER was the one who married Dorcas CHAMBERLAIN in NJ and settled in Westmoreland County, PA between 1790 and 1800. Then I came across the following information and other data that served to change that thinking. >From an article in the April 4, 1968 in the "Valley Advance" reprinted in the June 1985 issue of the "Trail Tracer" "The oldest of these five Isaac's was Isaac DECKER, son of John DECKER and wife Dina KUYKENDALL (both born in 1719). Isaac was born in VA about 1746 and came to Indiana in 1784 with his parents and several of his brothers and their families. He was old enough to escape the confusion with the younger Isaac's. He acquired land in Knox Co., IN, part of it in 1790 as payment for service in the Indiana State Militia. I can find no record of his marriage nor of any children, nor of his death and estate settlement. He may have moved into Illinois and his records would be there." Since it is believe that Isaac and Dorcas, who settled in Westmoreland County, is the Isaac DECKER family listed in the 1790 census in Cumberland County, PA, then, Isaac, the son of John and Blandina, cannot be the Westmoreland County Isaac as the latter was in Knox County Indiana at the that time.Further, as noted in the article above, Isaac, son of John and Blandina, was born in VA. while Isaac, husband to Dorcas CHAMBERLAIN was in NJ much later as indicated in the issuance of their marriage license April 12, 1769. In addition, Ebenezer (as shown in the 1850 census of Westmoreland County)and John (as shown on his death record in Westmoreland County), sons of Isaac and Dorcas and Eunice their daughter (married to John BRADY and listed as John's wife in the 1850 Westmoreland County census) were all born in NJ in the 1770's. Then, there is an Isaac DECKER shown on the tax records in Hardyston Twp, Sussex Co., NJ in 1774 and 1780. In 1769 Isaac's and Dorcas's marriage license ! was issued in Hardyston Twp., Sussex County, NJ. So, although there could be some doubt that, for example, the Isaac in the tax records in NJ is the Isaac of Westmoreland County. The weight of the evidence is that Isaac son of John and Blandina is NOT the Isaac who settled in Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland Co., PA.

What a fun and lovely idea! Thank you for the invitation. :-) My dinner companion would be Johan Peter Decker from Snyder County, PA. He was born 2 Oct 1788 (possibly 1784). He had three wives that I know of, (Maria) Magdalena Schwartz, Catherine Felty, and another Catherine. My question to him would be about the mystery concerning his daughter, Amelia Decker who married Daniel Kuhns. And it would be: "Is Amelia your natural born daughter with a Native American mother, or is it one of her grandparents who was 1/2 Native American? Or was she adopted into the family and there's no Native American blood in your own line? My covered dish: Mom's Oatmeal Cake 1 1/2 cups boiling water 1 cup oatmeal 1 1/2 cups flour 1/2 tsp salt 1 cup brown sugar 1/2 cup oil 1 tsp cinnamon 1 tsp soda 2 eggs 1 cup sugar Pour boiling water over oats. Let stand and prepare the following: Mix flour, cinnamon, soda, and salt. Add to the mixture of sugar, brown sugar, eggs, and oil, then add oatmeal mixture. Mix well. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes to an hour (keep checking) until done. Topping: 1 stick butter 1 cup brown sugar 1/2 cup milk 1 tsp vanilla Crushed walnuts Can of coconut (about 5-6 oz or less) Dissolve sugar in milk. Add butter and cook. Stir until it boils and thickens, then remove it from the heat. Add coconuts, walnuts, and vanilla. Pour over cake while warm. Return to oven and broil for 3-5 minutes. ===========================

--=======376673AF======= Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-50CA4CC4; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit From time to time I like to do different things on a list. The reasons are only important to you all in that it helps to pick the list up from time to time from a slump and will hopefully help you all to find a brick wall that someone else hadn't posted. Another reason is only purely administrative and not something you all need concern yourself with. You can participate or not as you like, but I hope you will so I can try to get to know a little something about where and what time frame you might be searching in. The virtual dinner party is something that has been somewhat successfull in the past on various others of my lists. For this, you pick a Decker ancestor or maybe 2, that you were it possible, you would love to sit down and spend the evening with, asking questions, having a conversation with about their day to day life, etc. Send the name to the list along with a few of the probing questions that you would like the answers to. The menu for this party is bring your own dish...if you have an old family recipe (preferably a Decker one, but not necessary for the cause) you can also share that recipe if you would like. Please be sure to change the subject line to reflect what is in the email...you can shorten Virtual Dinner Party to VDP so that we know the origin and still get a subject line in. Lainee Decker List Admin --=======376673AF=======--

--=======39C73F75======= Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-50CA4CC4; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Hiya everyone, You may have noticed a few changes have been made. The first is the prepend for the list. It now says [Decker] instead of [Decker-L]. This is to allow a couple more letters of the subject line to show in your inbox. The other thing you will notice is that I have opened the gateway between the message board and the email list. This was done at the start of the conversation between Judy and myself last evening. It was after that the conversation turned to her giving me the Decker list. In all message board posting you will see a notice at the top that says: This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: Below that will be a URL to click on that will take (or should) take you to the message board posting so you can respond. At this stage you have a choice of ways to respond. One is to click that link and respond on the board. OR you can CC the original poster's email addy (will always be included as the from addy of the post) so that the original poster does get the response. Since they are posting to the boards then chances are they are not onlist and therefore will most likely not get your response if you only reply to list. I think thats all for now, Lainee Decker List Administrator --=======39C73F75=======--

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Decker Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/hgR.2ACIB/1782.1.1 Message Board Post: Bill, Thank you for the information. I appreciate it. Alison