This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Decker, Ford, Brandeberry, Lacey Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hgR.2ACIB/1859 Message Board Post: Three to four generations back on the Decker line we hit a brick wall... My mom was adopted and we recently learned she was born to a Decker... here are the details: My grandmother (newly discovered): Minnie Elfine Decker b. March 30, 1900, Shelton, Mason Co., WA d. May 29, 1977, Condon, Gilliam Co., OR My great-grandfather: Carey Orange Decker b. Nov. 4, 1873, Michigan married: Dec. 25, 1898 d. 1945, Shelton, Mason Co., WA spouse: Hilda Minnie Ford b. Nov., 1862, Pennsylvania d. 1936, Shelton, Mason Co., WA (note: she had some special academy schooling of some sort) My great-great-grandfather: Lansing H. Decker b. Oct. 10, 1842, Michigan married: 1873 d. May 13, 1904, Shelton, Mason Co., WA (note: was a member of the 20th Michigan Infantry) spouse: Elfine Melissa Brandeberry b. June 11, 1857, Grand Rapids, Michigan d. Jan. 2, 1942, Shelton, Mason Co., WA My great-great-great-grandfather: William Decker b. Penssylvania d. Ionia Co., Michigan spouse: Mary Lacey b. Pennsylvania d. 1887, Jackson, Michigan Info on any of the above would be so much appreciated! Do our trees perhaps intersect? I can provide pictures of my great-grandfather and all more recent should there be an interest.