Diane and all: I was just reading my mail, and came across an Edward NAGLE obit on the Sussex Co. Rootsweb listserv. It mentions a Mrs. Samuel DECKER of Newton, Sussex Co, NJ. Sussex county borders Orange Co. on the south. Orange Co. is where I said my DECKER'S came from. The message is from Catherine DiPietro, and dated Tue, 16 Mar 1999. Hope this helps...-Judy Fudala Clauss

Diane and all: I have a Benjamin DECKER, b. 1802, Orange Co, NY. Benjamin DECKER migrated from Orange Co, NY to Chemung Co, NY in the early 1800's. He married Adeline HILL in Goshen, Orange, NY. Children: Julia, Martha, May, Harriet, Sarah, William, Hiram, Adaline, Benjamin, and Albert. Benjamin DECKER was a farmer who lived in Southport, Chemung, NY. He's listed on the 1840, 50, 55, 60, 65, and 70 census in Southport, Chemung, NY. Do you know where in NY your Samuel was born?...-Judy Fudala Clauss Diane & Chuck wrote: SAMUEL DECKER, b. 1801 in NY Diane Decker-Warneke

Hi, I'm looking for pieces of my family tree but the problem I'm having is that they keep changing the name...here's an example but they have also changed to other names... If anyone out there with a Decker surname that has changed from one of these please let me know (I already have 2) Michelle Also DeCares |Jean Dicaire/Dicker | SEX: M | M: to Sarah Teckel | (1: fisherman) | | | |Jean-Louis Dicaire/Dicker/Digaire | | SEX: M | | B: 1694 @ Hauzerburg, Newfoundland | | M: 08 Jan 1720 to Marie-Suzanne Lorain/Lorrain | | @ Riviere-des-Prairies | | (1: ct. 02 Pierre Raimbault) | | (2: Bapt. 24-04-1706, Mtl.) | | (3: Captured by Indians,) | | (4: autumn 1705. Ransomed by) | | (5: Louis-Thomas de JONCAIRE) | | (6: farmer of the Sieur Guay.) It is in the baptismal record of the parish registry of Notre- Dame-de-Montr‚al that we learn that he is 12 years old, that he is the son of Jean Dicaire/Diker/Dikker ...that he comes from Hauzerburg, New Found Land....and that he is English. ----------------------------------------------------------- Contact the Memorial University of Newfoundland, St.John's, NF, A1C 5S7 and ask *THEM* what they did with Hauzerburg !! ( I swear to you ....I didn't take it !! ) <grin> ----------------------------------------------------------- Documents pertaining to him are rare...but as best as we can figure...Louis-Thomas de Joncaire saw that a young white boy of about 11 years old was a prisoner of the Indians and ransomed him. Chances are pretty good that his parents had been killed or captured-and-eaten by these same Indians. So what do you do with an orphaned 11 year old ? ... especially when travelling to his place of origin is a major project that might take years to prepare. So he was adopted. ----------------------------------------------------------- "ct." here means that Jean-Louis and Suzanne Lorain drew up a marriage contract ...which still exists....on the 2nd of January 1720... (six days before their wedding) in front of notary Pierre Raimbault.

Diane, I know how you feel! How can people exist and no one know anything about them? Someone must!!! Mary Lou -----Original Message----- From: Diane & Chuck <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, March 16, 1999 8:23 PM Subject: [DECKER-L] My "I WANT" >I just want someone who knows of SAMUEL DECKER, b. 1801 in NY who had the >gumption to come to Michigan! and who, along with his wife, LAVINA, had >many children, the oldest of which was HORACE ..... > >Diane Decker-Warneke >mailto:[email protected] > >>"I WANT" >>> >>>I want ancestors who could read and write, had their children baptized >>>in >>>recognized houses of worship, went to school, purchased land, left >>>detailed >>>wills (naming a huge extended family as legatees) had their photographs > > >

I checked out the site Online Vital Records, http://www.doitnow.com/~moravia/marry.html#New found some Decker's hope it helps someone's research. Jacklyn New York Erie County: ~Holly Cross Lutheran Church Birth Records, Farnham 1877 - 1889 <http://www.buffnet.net/macdowel/cross/cross1.htm> ~1889 - 1901 <http://www.buffnet.net/macdowel/cross/cross1.htm> FARNHAM LUTHERAN CHURCH BIRTH RECORDS ------------------------- ------------ This data was translated from Old German Script (as was used in the original records) to English by Wally MacDowell Name: Clara Wilhelmine Maria Decker Parents: Julius Decker Sophia Pohls Decker (Brandenburg) Born: June 10, 1883 Baptized: October 28, 1883 Godparents: Fritz Brinkmann Maria Brinkmann Wilhelkmine Witt Name: Albert Eduart Julius Witt Parents: Fritz Witt Wilhelmine Pohls Witt Born: March 18, 1883 Baptized: April 22, 1883 Godparents: Carl Appelt Julius Decker Fritz Pohls Name: Ella Decker Parents: Julius Decker Emma Pols Decker Born: April 13, 1885 Baptized: February 15, 1886 Godparents: Christian Oldenburg Friedrich Brinkmann Name: Harding Lee Appelt Parents: Carl Apelt Henritte Pols Apelt Born: January 1, 1884 Baptized: March 21, 1886 Godparents: Friedrich Witt Wilhelmina Witt Friedrich Brinkmann Name: Lillie Henriette Wilhelmine Pols Parents: Friedrich Pols Wilhelmine Rehburg Pols Born: January 22, 1886 Baptized: April 23, 1886 Godparents: Friedrich Brinkmann Wilhelmine Witt Henriette Appelt Name: Friedrich Julius Eduard Brinkmann Parents: Friedrich Brinkmann Maria Pols Brinkmann Born: April 3, 1886 Baptized: May 2, 1886 Godparents: Friedrich Witt Julius Decker Henriette Appelt Name: Albert Hermann Johann Borgwardt Carl Waterstradt Becker Parents: Carl Becker Wilhelmine Kruger Becker Born: September 10, 1885 Bapitzed: June 13, 1886 Godparents: Karoline Hamann Johann Borgwardt Carl Waterstradt Name: Friedrich Julius Wilhelm Decker Parents: Julius Decker (Pommern) Emma Pols Decker (Preushen) Born: September 14, 1886 Bapitzed: October 17, 1886 Godparents: Friedrich Pols Friedrich Brinkmann Friedrich Witt Wilhelmine Witt Name: Johann Georg Brinkmann Parents: Friedrich Brinkmann Maria Pols Brinkman (Preushen) Born: January 1, 1888 Baptized: January 15, 1888 Godparents: Johann Winters Emma Decker Maria Blend Name: Benjamin Friedrich Winter Parents: Johann Winter Henriette Pols Born: June 1, 1888 Baptized: August 29, 1888 Godparents: Karoline Winter Elisabeth Pols Friederike Winter Name: Joline Bertha Johanna Decker Parents: Julius Decker Emma Pols Born: December 18, 1887 Bapitzed: November 18, 1888 Godparents: Johann Winter Maria Brinkmann Wilhelmine Weit Name: Harry Frank Eduard Brinkmann Parents: Friederich Brinkmann Maria Pols Born: July 21, 1889 Baptized: September 1, 1889 Godparents: Julius Decker Johann Winter Name: Wilhelm Heinrich Frederich Ludwig Ernst Brinkmann Parents: Fritz Brinkmann Anna Maria (Pohls) Brinkmann (Farnham, N.Y.) Born: November 21, 1877 Baptized: January 3, 1878 Godparents: Fritz Konha Ludwig Sculz Fritz Witt Wilhelmine Pohls Henriette Pohls Name: Anna Ervini Henrietta Puls Parents: Henry Puls Maria Puls Born: November 19, 1878 Baptized: April 13, 1879 Godparents: Maria Au Anna Puls Henry Baus Name: Carl Reinhold Pohl Parents: Carl Pohl Fredericka Muller Pohl Born: December 10, 1878 Baptized: May 5, 1879 Godparents: Reinhold Pohl Name:Dorothea Elisabeth Maria Puls Parents: John Puls Anna Au Puls Born: June 14, 1881 Bapitzed: August 21, 1881 Godparents: Sophia Puls Maria Brinkmann Wilhelm Au Name: Wilhelm Cark Fredrich Au Parents: Wilhelm Au Sophia Puls Au Born: October 1, 1880 Baptized: August 21, 1881 Godparents: Carl Steinfeld Frederich Pohls Wilhelmine Witt Name:Ida Catherina Pulls Parents: Heinrich Pulls Maria Au Pulls Born: October 2, 1881 Bapitzed: September 25, 1881 Godparents: Carl Behrens Katherin Behrens Name: Areathe Elisabeth Maria Pohls Parents: Freidrich Pohls Wilhelmini Pohls Born: October 21, 1878 Baptized: November 6, 1881 Godparents: Fritz Pohls Emma Pohls ~Marriages, Farnham 1878 - 1900 <http://www.buffnet.net/macdowel/cross/cross4.htm> ~Deaths, 1878 - 1906 <http://www.buffnet.net/macdowel/cross/cross5.htm> Part of ~Wally MacDowell's Homepage <http://www.buffnet.net/macdowel/> GROOM: Julius Decker BRIDE: Sophia Pohls DATE: October 28, 1882 WITNESSES: Carl Apelt Henrietta Pohls GROOM: Carl Apelt BRIDE: Henriette Pohls DATE: December 24, 1882 WITNESSES: Mr Winter J. Decker Fritz Brinkmann Jacklyn Decker

I just want someone who knows of SAMUEL DECKER, b. 1801 in NY who had the gumption to come to Michigan! and who, along with his wife, LAVINA, had many children, the oldest of which was HORACE ..... Diane Decker-Warneke mailto:[email protected] >"I WANT" >> >>I want ancestors who could read and write, had their children baptized >>in >>recognized houses of worship, went to school, purchased land, left >>detailed >>wills (naming a huge extended family as legatees) had their photographs

LOL, Me too. If only it were true ;) -----Original Message----- From: Ray Brown <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Monday, March 15, 1999 9:09 PM Subject: [DECKER-L] I WANT >"I WANT" > >I want ancestors with names like Rudimentary Montagnard or Melchizenick >Von >Steubenhoffmannschild or Spetznatz Giafortoni, not William Brown or John >Hunter >or Mary Abbott. > >I want ancestors who could read and write, had their children baptized >in >recognized houses of worship, went to school, purchased land, left >detailed >wills (naming a huge extended family as legatees) had their photographs >taken >once a year -- subsequently putting said pictures in elaborate isinglass >frames >annotated with calligraphic inscriptions, and carved voluble and >informative >inscriptions in their headstones. > >I want relatives who managed to bury their predecessors in established, >still-extant (and indexed) cemeteries. > >I want family members who wrote memoirs, who enlisted in the military as > >officers and who served in strategically important (and well documented) > >skirmishes. > >I want relatives who served as councilmen, schoolteachers, county clerks >and >town historians. > >I want relatives who `religiously' wrote in the family Bible, journaling >every >little event and detailing the familial relationship of every visitor. > >In the case of immigrant progenitors, I want them to have arrived only >in those >years wherein passenger lists were indexed by National Archives, and I >want them >to have applied for citizenship, and to have done so only in those >jurisdictions >which have since established indices. > >I want relatives who were patriotic and clubby, who joined every >patrimonial society they could find, who kept diaries, and listed all >their >addresses, who had paintings made of their houses, and who dated every >piece of >paper they touched. > >I want forebears who were wealthy enough to afford, and to keep for >generations, >the tribal homestead, and who left all the aforementioned pictures and >diaries >and journals intact in the library. > >But most of all, I want relatives I can FIND!!! > > > >

"I WANT" I want ancestors with names like Rudimentary Montagnard or Melchizenick Von Steubenhoffmannschild or Spetznatz Giafortoni, not William Brown or John Hunter or Mary Abbott. I want ancestors who could read and write, had their children baptized in recognized houses of worship, went to school, purchased land, left detailed wills (naming a huge extended family as legatees) had their photographs taken once a year -- subsequently putting said pictures in elaborate isinglass frames annotated with calligraphic inscriptions, and carved voluble and informative inscriptions in their headstones. I want relatives who managed to bury their predecessors in established, still-extant (and indexed) cemeteries. I want family members who wrote memoirs, who enlisted in the military as officers and who served in strategically important (and well documented) skirmishes. I want relatives who served as councilmen, schoolteachers, county clerks and town historians. I want relatives who `religiously' wrote in the family Bible, journaling every little event and detailing the familial relationship of every visitor. In the case of immigrant progenitors, I want them to have arrived only in those years wherein passenger lists were indexed by National Archives, and I want them to have applied for citizenship, and to have done so only in those jurisdictions which have since established indices. I want relatives who were patriotic and clubby, who joined every patrimonial society they could find, who kept diaries, and listed all their addresses, who had paintings made of their houses, and who dated every piece of paper they touched. I want forebears who were wealthy enough to afford, and to keep for generations, the tribal homestead, and who left all the aforementioned pictures and diaries and journals intact in the library. But most of all, I want relatives I can FIND!!!

With all the information posted on this list along with the queries it would be good if some of our ancestors were posted as the GenExchange. Something that dosen't look like it would help now could be a great help to others in the future. In their marriage index the database has a memo field wheir you could list their parents or your questions about their parents. If several on the list do this they may find an ancestor in the birth index, listing the parents. The URL for the Genexchange is: http://www.genexchange.com/us.cfm If you have some good stories about your ancestors each State has a space for Bio's, which could be of interest to other Decker Researchers, includeing those on the list. Will try and have my wife write one up on her GGrandfather John L. Decker Born in Kingston, NY 1828. That is as far back as we can get on her family (Decker Side). The Email for my wife Karen Decker Brown is [email protected] Cheers Ray Brown

My Benjamin DECKER migrated from Orange Co, NY to Chemung Co, NY after his marriage in 1827. He married: Adeline HILL. Children: Julia, Martha, May, Harriet, Sarah, William, Hiram, Adaline, Benjamin, and Albert. Benjamin DECKER was my gggggrandfather, and a farmer who lived in Southport, Chemung, NY at least from 1840-70, according to census...-Judy Fudala Clauss, researching: Anderson, Burrows, Cahill, Callaghan, Conklin, Davis, Decker, Dowd, Fellows, Fudala, Hardy, Johnson, Kitchner, Martine/Martene, Meeker, Olden/Oldham, Olszewska, Pendleton, Rhodes, Settle, Speaker, Sprague, Szymanik, Ten Eyck, Terhune, Thurber, Tidaback

I have found a wonderful site: http://www.geocities.com/heartland/ranch/2697/family/index.html Even if you don't find what you need, it is fun to explore. Hope it helps. Floid Pierson ---------- >From: "Brent Glad" <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Subject: [DECKER-L] JOHN & SOLOMON DECKER >Date: Sat, Mar 13, 1999, 5:25 PM > > I am searching the family of JOHN DECKER, who was born 9 January 1818 > at Yates County, New York according to some old family records. The > 1880 census shows that his parents were both born in New Jersey, but I > have been unable to find anything relating to his parents. Does > anyone have any DECKER'S from Yates County, New York? > There was a listing for a JOHN DECKER, born 7 January 1819, son of > Solomon DECKER and Paulina NIVER at the Reformed Dutch Church, > Shawanguink?, Ulster County, New York. This date looks awfully close > to my John DECKER. Does anyone have anything on this Solomon DECKER > and Paulina NIVER? > I will gladly share what I have on the descendants of John DECKER. > Any help anyone can give would be greatly appreciated, as I am at a > dead end. > Thanks, Brent > >

I am searching the family of JOHN DECKER, who was born 9 January 1818 at Yates County, New York according to some old family records. The 1880 census shows that his parents were both born in New Jersey, but I have been unable to find anything relating to his parents. Does anyone have any DECKER'S from Yates County, New York? There was a listing for a JOHN DECKER, born 7 January 1819, son of Solomon DECKER and Paulina NIVER at the Reformed Dutch Church, Shawanguink?, Ulster County, New York. This date looks awfully close to my John DECKER. Does anyone have anything on this Solomon DECKER and Paulina NIVER? I will gladly share what I have on the descendants of John DECKER. Any help anyone can give would be greatly appreciated, as I am at a dead end. Thanks, Brent

Bev Pease wrote: > > I am trying to piece together the family of Presley Catt DECKER. He was born > abt 1800 in Indiana and died in 1840. He was the son of Luke DECKER and > Elizabeth CATT. He married Nancy COLVIN in 1823 or 1828 in Gibson Co., > Indiana. I know of two children: Alfred G. DECKER b. 1832 in Gibson Co d. > 1900 in Pike Co., Indiana who married Nancy HILLMAN and Elizabeth DECKER b. > abt 1829 d. 1879 who married David FREDERICK. > > I do not know where Presley is buried but have found other family members in > Pike Co. I cannot find this family in the 1850 census but there are several > DECKER children listed with other families and I am wondering if they come > from Presley's family. Any help is appreciated. > > Bev > [email protected] none of these deckers belong to my family. JOHN

Still looking for the branches off of Philip Mullen and Elizabeth Decker.... Here is the basic start of my tree...... Barent Mollin m. Glasje Andriesse children: Johannes Mullen b. 1734 m. Seletje Osterhoudt b. 1741 children: Philip Mullen, Sr. b. 1769 Philip Mullen b. 1763 Annetie Mullen b. 1764 Ariaantje Mullen b. 1767 Simon Mullen b. 1772 Johannes Mullen b. 1776 Philip Mullen, Sr. b. 1769 m. Elizabeth Decker b. 1773 children: Maria Muleen b. 1793 Hannah Mullen b. 1795 John H. Mullen b. 1797 James Mullen b. 1801 Lydia Mullen b. 1802 Elizabeth Mullen b. 1804 Arriantje Mullen b. 1810 Philip Mullen, Jr. b. 1810 I come from the branch of Philip Mullen Jr. Will share info with anyone who has connections!! Karla [email protected]

I have one DECKER in my line and would like any info you would care to share about her. Anna Eva DECKER b ?, d 1746, married Johann Petrus ROHR b c1682, d 1730. Their son Johann Adam ROHR b 1723, d 1773, married 1746 to Anna Katharina REICHARD b 1723, d1781. E-mail [email protected] David Halter

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DECKER list-ners - Sorry to reply to list, but couldn't find the sender's email address. Hi Diane (Eaton-Hacker), This is the most "encouraging" news I've received about this gent (my great great grandfather). Prior to 1855 - when he married at age 22, I have nothing. I'm waiting for pension papers to come - but am having problems with NARA over his file. Anyway, (my) Horace Decker, at 22 yrs was living in Hillsdale Co. MI when he married Lucretia Bailey in Oct 1855. From early census -- 1860 -- he indicated he was born in NY. Where were your Absalom and Sarah DECKER living when their children where born? Most anxious to hear back from you. Please email me privately so we can move the conversation from the list. Diane Decker-Warneke mailto:[email protected] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 03:22 PM 2/16: >I have a Horace P Decker in my data base, but I have no information on him. He is the son of Absalom and Sarah [Rees] Decker...he is their fourth child as far as I can tell. I do not even have a birth date for him. He was born between Naomi Ellen, 1850 and Elmer Wellington, 1853. > >Diane Eaton Hacker

Dear Diane, I have a Horace P Decker in my data base, but I have no information on him. He is the son of Absalom and Sarah [Rees] Decker...he is their fourth child as far as I can tell. I do not even have a birth date for him. He was born between Naomi Ellen, 1850 and Elmer Wellington, 1853. Diane Eaton Hacker

Scott, Apparently he had no middle name. Where is your James Decker from, maybe I can help?

Looking for information on Thompson I Decker b. 1871; d. 1930. He married Mary Isabelle "Belle" Akwright. They had 3 sons, (1) Ernest, who in 1992 lived in Rossville, Kansas. (2) Charles M. b. 6/6/1901 in Denison, Kansas; d. 11/5/1957 in Ft. Smith, Arkansas married Alma ? (4 children), & (3) Thompson Earl "T.E." b. 8/21/1905 in Denison, Kansas; d. 12/6/1992 in Topeka, Shawnee Co., Kansas. T.E. married Reba Arrena Oden in 1928. They had Doris & Frank. T.E. married a 2nd time, after the death of Reba to Lois Maxine "Dorothy" Berry in 1957. Dorothy had 2 children, Donald and Barbara when she married T.E. Thompson, Belle, Charles, Reba, T.E. and Dorothy are buried in a cemetery in Topeka, Kansas. Any information on Thompson's parents, or other siblings of Ernest, Charles, and T.E. would be appreciated. Thanks in advance. Marilyn