Saturday, June 15, 2013

Puzzle - Decker descendants

Continued research on wife and children of George William Decker, brother to my great-grandfather:

    Decker, John Christian    a.1812 Ger - 1853 NY         
    ______, Margaretha        a.1814 Ger - 1893 NY         maiden name Meyer or Baker? 
          Henry                            1843 NY - 1911 NY          never married
          George Wilhelm          1848 NY - 1896 NY          married           
          John                              1850 NY - 1930 NY          my great-grandfather      

GenForum posting found 1Q led to:

    Decker, George William    1848 NY - 1896 NY          
    Carson, Charlotte Eliz.      1856 MA - 1893 NY         per likely death certificate
          George Henry               1875 NY - 1875 NY          died @ 4m, buried Poughkeepsie
          John                           a.1883 NY - 1950 NY               never married ? 
          Edith                             1887 NY - 1887 NY          died @ 14d, per only IG certificates?      
          Edna May                     1888 NY - 1962 MD?            married
  
George Wilhelm Decker appears only in the 1850 and 1870 census [1], with his mother and brothers, and his 1874 marriage certificate [2]; his 1896 death certificate [3] indicates he was widowed.  
He is buried in Green-wood cemetery, in the Decker family plot. Cemetery records [5] also indicate that at the time of his death, he was widowed and survived by two children John and Edna Decker.

GenForum posting lists another child, Edith, described as dying at a young age; ItalianGen lists only one Edith born before 1893 and died before 1896: this Edith was born and died in 1887, age 14 days.  Another child, George Henry, was born [6] and died [7] in 1875, age 4 months; his Manhattan death certificate shows burial in Poughkeepsie, where his mother's family lived per 1850 and 1860 census.  

Wife Charlotte Elizabeth Carson Decker ... Her marriage certificate [2] lists the names of her parents as Henry Carson & Elizabeth Gilkenson.  It appears she died in 1893 [4], after bearing youngest child in 1888, and before her husband's death in 1896 [3].



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No response to GenForum ....


Records found:
   1874 marriage  - Decker / Carson
   1875 NY birth  - Decker, George Henry ??
   1875 NY death - Decker, George Henry

   1887 NY birth  - Decker, Edith ??
   1887 NY death - Decker, Edith ??

   1893 NY death - Decker, Charlotte ??
   1896 NY death - Decker, George Wilhelm



Records not found:
   1855 NY census - Decker, Margaretha and sons Henry, George, John
   1855 NY census - Carson, Charlotte (and parents Henry & Elizabeth?)
   1860 census - Decker, Margaretha and sons Henry, George, John
   1860 census - Carson, Charlotte (and parents Henry & Elizabeth?)
   1870 census - Carson, Charlotte (and parents Henry & Elizabeth?)
   1880 census - Decker, George and wife Charlotte - perhaps child John?

   188? NY birth  - Decker, John
   1888 NY birth  - Decker, Edna May


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