Kathy, I recieved 2 messages the same??, my Vencent DECKER,b.abt.1813?? Steuben co,NY. then, Pa., Oh.,Pa.,Oh.,d.1883,Howland Twp. Trumbull co,Oh. This is the one that started my DECKER line. Thanks again. David

Diane, I agree. I really think Count/Clarence DECKER was born SOMEWHERE in Illinois. It was only trough family members on census' after his death, that said he was born in Kansas, and I think that was because his family lived there, so they assumed he was born there. Thanks for your reply, and I will check out that web site. Kathy [email protected] wrote: > Kathleen wrote: > "What I do know about Clarence/Count DECKER: he was born 1849/50 in > IL/KS ..." > > You can be fairly sure he was born in Illinois as there weren't too many > people living in Kansas in 1849/50. Kansas became a territory in 1854 and a > state in 1861, so only a few areas in the eastern part of the state were > settled at that point. Wichita didn't exist anywhere near that early. If he > was born in Kansas, it was probably in the Kansas City area (which was not > then known as Kansas City) or Lawrence, Leavenworth, or Atchison. Check out > more Kansas history at the Kansas State Historical Society's site at > http://www.kshs.org. > > Diane Good > (my mother was a Decker from the St. Louis area) > Topeka, KS

No, I haven't that I remember, what part of the country was he from? Let me know, and I will keep my eye out for him. Most of the states I'm researching for my line of DECKER's is Arkansas, Kansas, Illinois, Wisconsin, Ohio, Missouri and possibly Penn. My husband is also researching DECKERS in New Jersey and New York. Specifically, Moses DECKER, b. ca 1834 in Sussex County, NJ, married in 1876 ,Mary A. McMickle, dau. of Joseph and Hannah McMickle of Byram, Sussex County, NJ. Any help on this line would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Kathy mlydeb wrote: > Kathy, Have you ever run across a,Vencent ( Vincent ) DECKER, in your > travels down DECKER lane?? Thank you.

A message board was just set up 5 min ago to post your querries to, it is located at: http://www.InsideTheWeb.com/mbs.cgi/mb240961 If you have a personal home page feel free to add a link to the message board to it. Ray

Hi, My greatgrandmother Louah Alice Decker has an unusual name that I'm hoping one of you might recognize the name Louah in earlier Decker families of the Hudson Valley that might give me clues to my Decker ancestry. For most of her life she was known as Louie. She lived with her father George Decker and her mother Phebe Vandervoort in Gilboa, Schoharie County. Her father was born in Conesville (or Dyse's Manor) in Schoharie County. His father was Tunis Decker born about 1766 and died in 1854. I've seen much of the early families in the Hudson Valley but have been unable to find anything to tie this Tunis to those families. Given the proximity of Gilboa and Conesville to the Hudson Valley, I'd be very surprised if this Tunis wasn't a descendant of one of the Decker lines in the Husdon Valley. Does any of this match with information any of you have?

Hello: I am seeking any connections to my gg grandfather John Albert Decker. I know he was born in 1873 probably in Tipton Co., Indiana. He married D. Pearl Fouch (b.1885) in 1904. Does anyone have this couple? Many Thanks! -Nicole Gorman Seattle, WA [email protected]

Kathy, Have you ever run across a,Vencent ( Vincent ) DECKER, in your travels down DECKER lane?? Thank you.

Pam, thanks for the reply, and I apologize to the list for forwarding all the garbage that went along with it. It was late, I was tired, sorry. Anyway, I only made the link to Simeon DECKER a few days age, by chance, and am still not positive he is my GR GR Grandfather. My Gr Grandfather is Clarence/Count Burton DECKER. I had found references as to his birth being Illinois and also Kansas. Finally, found an 1870 Kansas, Sedgwick County, Wauculla Twp. census, and lo and behold, there he was, listed with Simeon DECKER. DECKER, Simeon M. age 47 Farmer Ohio , Mary D. age 41 Ohio , Count B. age 21 Farmer Illinois , Hannah C. age 18 Illinois , Robert J. age 18 Wisconsin , Ira age 17 Illinois , Arthur age 17 Wisconsin , Frank M. age 16 Wisconsin , Mary J. age 15 Wisconsin , Eliza A. age 12 Wisconsin , Lincoln. D.M. age 9 Missouri , John D. age 9 Wisconsin , Frank J. age 7 Illinois , William age 6 Illinois , Albert W. age 4 Illinois , Susan L. age 2 Kansas Whew!!! Now my immediate assumption was that the children born in Illinois were Simeon's, the children born in Wisconsin were Mary's by a former marriage and little Susan was theirs together. So, off to the National Archives I go to pull the actual census ( I live in Atlanta, and luckily we have a branch here) thinking more info will be available on them. The above is it!!!! I have found another web site with Simeon listed, but my Clarence/Count is not. What I do know about Clarence/Count DECKER: he was born 1849/50 in IL/KS and married my Gr. Grandmother Viola Victoria LUCAS in Madison County, Arkansas, in 1874. Madison County, AR census records, 1880, list him as Count B. Decker, age 30, born in Illinois, Occupation: farmer; Viola Victoria DECKER, age 22, born in AR and Rosa M., age 2, born in Kansas. Rosa was listed as sick with fever/ague and apparently died soon thereafter, as I have never found her listed again. Clarence/Count DECKER was killed in 1893 by a tree falling on him (according to family members). Do you have any info on my Clarence/Count DECKER? If he is not Simeon's son, who is he????? Oh, by the way, also found Clarissa DECKER, age 63, living with Burnham DECKER in the same census. However, could not find any of them in 1880 census. Thanks for suffering through my rambling, hope you can make some sense of it. Will be glad for any imput, pro or con. Kathy

Kathleen wrote: "What I do know about Clarence/Count DECKER: he was born 1849/50 in IL/KS ..." You can be fairly sure he was born in Illinois as there weren't too many people living in Kansas in 1849/50. Kansas became a territory in 1854 and a state in 1861, so only a few areas in the eastern part of the state were settled at that point. Wichita didn't exist anywhere near that early. If he was born in Kansas, it was probably in the Kansas City area (which was not then known as Kansas City) or Lawrence, Leavenworth, or Atchison. Check out more Kansas history at the Kansas State Historical Society's site at http://www.kshs.org. Diane Good (my mother was a Decker from the St. Louis area) Topeka, KS

My husband's ancestor is Simeon Decker. His genealogy is on-line at rmeservy.byu.edu Click on Terry Johnson's name. I think we have hit on to something.!!! send me more info. [email protected] wrote: > Subject: > > DECKER-D Digest Volume 98 : Issue 106 > > Today's Topics: > #1 [DECKER-L] [Fwd: Returned mail: Ho [Kathleen Wilson <[email protected]] > #2 Re: [DECKER-L] Horace Decker - NY [[email protected]] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from DECKER-D, send a message to > > [email protected] > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [DECKER-L] [Fwd: Returned mail: Host unknown (Name server: rootsweb: host not found)] > Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 23:05:20 -0500 > From: Kathleen Wilson <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > --------------9B0A50D7C0704F0DB123AB5A > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > --------------9B0A50D7C0704F0DB123AB5A > Content-Type: message/rfc822 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Content-Disposition: inline > > Received: from localhost (localhost) > by mail.atl.bellsouth.net (8.8.8-spamdog/8.8.5) with internal id XAA00072; > Wed, 25 Nov 1998 23:05:31 -0500 (EST) > Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 23:05:31 -0500 (EST) > From: Mail Delivery Subsystem <MAILER-DAEMON> > Message-Id: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: multipart/report; report-type=delivery-status; > boundary="XAA00072.912053131/mail.atl.bellsouth.net" > Subject: Returned mail: Host unknown (Name server: rootsweb: host not found) > Auto-Submitted: auto-generated (failure) > > This is a MIME-encapsulated message > > --XAA00072.912053131/mail.atl.bellsouth.net > > The original message was received at Wed, 25 Nov 1998 23:05:30 -0500 (EST) > from [209.214.247.197] > > ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors ----- > <[email protected]> > > ----- Transcript of session follows ----- > 550 <[email protected]>... Host unknown (Name server: rootsweb: host not found) > > --XAA00072.912053131/mail.atl.bellsouth.net > Content-Type: message/delivery-status > > Reporting-MTA: dns; mail.atl.bellsouth.net > Received-From-MTA: DNS; [209.214.247.197] > Arrival-Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 23:05:30 -0500 (EST) > > Final-Recipient: RFC822; [email protected] > Action: failed > Status: 5.1.2 > Remote-MTA: DNS; rootsweb > Last-Attempt-Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 23:05:31 -0500 (EST) > > --XAA00072.912053131/mail.atl.bellsouth.net > Content-Type: message/rfc822 > > Return-Path: <[email protected]> > Received: from bellsouth.net ([209.214.247.197]) > by mail.atl.bellsouth.net (8.8.8-spamdog/8.8.5) with ESMTP id XAA00055 > for <[email protected]>; Wed, 25 Nov 1998 23:05:30 -0500 (EST) > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 23:02:15 -0500 > From: Kathleen Wilson <[email protected]> > X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en]C-bls40 (Win95; U) > MIME-Version: 1.0 > To: [email protected] > Subject: SIMEON M DECKER 1833 OHIO>IL>KS > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Recently found my Gr. Grandfather Count B.(Burton, I think) DECKER in > the 1870 Kansas census, Sedgwick County, Waucaula Twp. He was listed as > 21 yrs. old, b. IL in the household of Simeon M. DECKER, age 47, b. OHIO > and wife Mary D., age 41, b. OHIO. From the ages and areas of birth of > the children listed, I think this is his second wife. > > I feel this is Count's father, but it is the first piece of info I have > found on his ancestry. I have been searching, as other family members > have before me, for this elusive Grandfather. > > Does anything sound familiar to anyone? > > Thanks, Kathy > > --XAA00072.912053131/mail.atl.bellsouth.net-- > > --------------9B0A50D7C0704F0DB123AB5A-- > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: [DECKER-L] Horace Decker - NY 1832 > Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 23:51:01 EST > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > Looking for the parents of Mariett Decker (9 November 1814 - 19 September > 1888), born in New Jersey, probably Sandyton Township, Sussex County. Died in > Stockbridge, Ingham County MI. Married 8 Feb 1832 in Sandyton, NJ to John > Howell This line has been a long dry spell!! Help!! > > Kathy & Larry McCurdy

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------9B0A50D7C0704F0DB123AB5A Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --------------9B0A50D7C0704F0DB123AB5A Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Received: from localhost (localhost) by mail.atl.bellsouth.net (8.8.8-spamdog/8.8.5) with internal id XAA00072; Wed, 25 Nov 1998 23:05:31 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 23:05:31 -0500 (EST) From: Mail Delivery Subsystem <MAILER-DAEMON> Message-Id: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/report; report-type=delivery-status; boundary="XAA00072.912053131/mail.atl.bellsouth.net" Subject: Returned mail: Host unknown (Name server: rootsweb: host not found) Auto-Submitted: auto-generated (failure) This is a MIME-encapsulated message --XAA00072.912053131/mail.atl.bellsouth.net The original message was received at Wed, 25 Nov 1998 23:05:30 -0500 (EST) from [209.214.247.197] ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors ----- <[email protected]> ----- Transcript of session follows ----- 550 <[email protected]>... Host unknown (Name server: rootsweb: host not found) --XAA00072.912053131/mail.atl.bellsouth.net Content-Type: message/delivery-status Reporting-MTA: dns; mail.atl.bellsouth.net Received-From-MTA: DNS; [209.214.247.197] Arrival-Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 23:05:30 -0500 (EST) Final-Recipient: RFC822; [email protected] Action: failed Status: 5.1.2 Remote-MTA: DNS; rootsweb Last-Attempt-Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 23:05:31 -0500 (EST) --XAA00072.912053131/mail.atl.bellsouth.net Content-Type: message/rfc822 Return-Path: <[email protected]> Received: from bellsouth.net ([209.214.247.197]) by mail.atl.bellsouth.net (8.8.8-spamdog/8.8.5) with ESMTP id XAA00055 for <[email protected]>; Wed, 25 Nov 1998 23:05:30 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 23:02:15 -0500 From: Kathleen Wilson <[email protected]> X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en]C-bls40 (Win95; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: [email protected] Subject: SIMEON M DECKER 1833 OHIO>IL>KS Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Recently found my Gr. Grandfather Count B.(Burton, I think) DECKER in the 1870 Kansas census, Sedgwick County, Waucaula Twp. He was listed as 21 yrs. old, b. IL in the household of Simeon M. DECKER, age 47, b. OHIO and wife Mary D., age 41, b. OHIO. From the ages and areas of birth of the children listed, I think this is his second wife. I feel this is Count's father, but it is the first piece of info I have found on his ancestry. I have been searching, as other family members have before me, for this elusive Grandfather. Does anything sound familiar to anyone? Thanks, Kathy --XAA00072.912053131/mail.atl.bellsouth.net-- --------------9B0A50D7C0704F0DB123AB5A--

Looking for the parents of Mariett Decker (9 November 1814 - 19 September 1888), born in New Jersey, probably Sandyton Township, Sussex County. Died in Stockbridge, Ingham County MI. Married 8 Feb 1832 in Sandyton, NJ to John Howell This line has been a long dry spell!! Help!! Kathy & Larry McCurdy

Hey all, I'm very curious about this Catherine Decker thread - especially now that "Otsego Co. NY" and "Peter" have been introduced. My best sluthing tells me that my Horace Decker 'could' be part of this family group. He lived and died in MI but everything I know about him tells me he was born (1832) in NY (as his parents were). Anybody know anything about this fellow? Thanks, Diane - in Michigan mailto:[email protected]

Jim, do you know where,Catherine was born?? who were parents?? I have some Decker info. David

David --- Catherine M. Decker was born Dec. 19, 1830, in Cherry Valley, Otsego Co., New York, and was the daughter of Peter and Frinda/Frenda (last name unknown) Decker. Suspect Catherine was oldest or among oldest of their children for she had a sister, Rachel, born Oct. 10, 1851, 21 years Catherine's junior. Also, don't know to what extent Peter Decker and family had been "Americanized." The Foster family to which Catherine married was very English (Foster, Knapp, Smith and Boughton surnames) and had been in the colonies for many generations. Let us know if you know anything about this Decker family. --- Scott

Can anyone help with information on Catherine Decker? B: December 19, 1830 d: July 20, 1886; md John Knapp Foster b: August 15, 1832 d: April 08, 1924 m: Unknown

Looking for the father of Michael J. DECKER, Sr. b. 15 Dec 1785, d. 15 Mar 1880 in Centre Co, PA. His mother Sarah, a widow, first appears in 1800 Centre County census. Believe family moved to Centre Co. from Berks Co, PA. Sarah's children were: Mary Catherine married Levi Reader, Mary married Horace Denap, Jane married Andrew McClintock, Sarah married Samuel Mayes and Michael married Barbara PRICE. Would also like to exchange any information on descendants of above. Charles R. "Bob" Leitzell Mokelumne Hill, CA In the Sierra Foothills "Rootsweb Sponsor"

Kirsten, I am not sure of the address. It is a military hotel and it is on the Air Base. I will have to email my son and see if he has the address. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 1998 9:50 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [DECKER-L] DEKKER Family of Zeeland Is anyone out there researching in the Zeeland area. I am currently working in the Netherlands for this surname. I would love to hear from anyone else working in Zeeland or Germany on this Dekker Family. Happy Hunting, Debbie deHoog

Is anyone out there researching in the Zeeland area. I am currently working in the Netherlands for this surname. I would love to hear from anyone else working in Zeeland or Germany on this Dekker Family. Happy Hunting, Debbie deHoog

John married Eliza Whittaker about 1859. Had 5 children One son & One daughter both married and had children. He signed up for Civil War from Saugerties, New York. Believe he was born in Kingston, New York in 1828; Seeking his parents and parents of Eliza. She was born in 1833 in Saugerties, New York. Thank You Karen Decker Brown