At 06:15 AM 7/14/98 -0500, you wrote: >My Family Heritage by Mercedes Bowen lists an Edward Henry Decker >(1865-1927) who moved to St Louis MO. I can remember my father, Henry >Decker, going to St Louis to visit relation but can't remember names. Will >see if I can find out if it was Rudoph for you, Jeffrey. > >John & Mary Ealy >[email protected] Thanks for responding. I am told that Rudolph Decker died in his early 20's of heart trouble. That is probably why he only has two children listed. I was also told that Rudolph worked as a bartender in one of St. Louis' biggest bars but I don't know which one. I guess there were many in the late 1800's. So little else is known about this Rudolph Decker b. 1866-1886 that it wouldn't surprise me if he didn't just step off "the boat" and head straight for Missouri. I feel like Rudolph must have hung out on the German side of town. His wife's name was Josephine (Josie) Beleck and his son, Arthur Russell Decker married a Schmidt. His only other known child was Elmer b. 1902. I have a wonderful picture of Rudolph and Josephine that was taken at the time of their marriage about 1900 in case you would like to see it. Jeffrey L. Martin [email protected] http://www.angelfire.com/tx/lineage/index.html