Arrgh! You are right. 1890. So Bertha is his older sister by 8 years. That makes more sense because her children were so much older than Mama and her brother. Thank you Crystal. I keep hoping the math gene will kick in one day, but for now, I'm stuck with this stupid math-deficient brain. Maggie Toussaint -----Original Message----- From: Crystal [mailto:mywebtree@yahoo.com] Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2004 9:16 PM To: DECKER-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [DECKER] Bertha Virginia Decker / Iowa / 1882 sorry I'm still not getting it.. wouldn't it be 1890. (1890 + 36 = 1926 right?) --- Maggie Toussaint <maggietoussaint@adelphia.net> wrote: > Sorry, my bad. He was listed as 36 on Mama's birth > certificate. Which > would keep his birth year as 1880. Maggie > > > Maggie Toussaint > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Crystal [mailto:mywebtree@yahoo.com] > Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2004 6:05 PM > To: DECKER-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: RE: [DECKER] Bertha Virginia Decker / Iowa > / 1882 > > > --- Maggie Toussaint <maggietoussaint@adelphia.net> > wrote: > > > Glen Earl Decker. He's listed as 30 yrs old on > > Mama's birth certificate in > > 1926, so that puts his birth at 1880. > > > I'll look at this tomorrow but just wanted to verify > that if he was 30 in 1926 he would have been born in > 1896 (I think unless I'm missing something) ... is > there a typo above??? > > > ============================== > Expand your family tree. Search more than 200 > million names in > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. > Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > > > > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search > not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > > ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx