Albert Larimer Decker

Brief Life History of Albert Larimer

When Albert Larimer Decker was born on 12 October 1897, in St. Clair Township, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Samuel St. Clair Decker Sr, was 32 and his mother, Anna Lide Sharp, was 31. He had at least 1 son and 1 daughter with Elizabeth L. He lived in New Florence, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States in 1930 and Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States in 1950. He died on 16 August 1962, in St. Clair Township, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in St. Clair Township, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

Albert Larimer Decker
1897–1962
Elizabeth L
1900–
Mary M Decker
1932–
John A Decker
1938–

Sources (8)

  • Albert L Decker, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Albert Larmies Decker, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
  • Albert L. Decker, "Find A Grave Index"

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World Events (8)

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

1905 · The Movie Theater

The world’s first movie theater was located in Pittsburgh. It was referred to as a nickelodeon as at the time it only cost 5 cents to get in. 

1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.

Name Meaning

German: occupational name for a roofer (thatcher, tiler, slater, or shingler) or a carpenter or builder, from an agent derivative of Middle High German decke ‘covering’, a word which was normally used to refer to roofs, but sometimes also to other sorts of covering; modern German Decke still has the twin senses ‘ceiling’ and ‘blanket’.

Dutch: variant of Dekker , cognate with 1 above. Compare De Decker .

English (London): variant of Dicker .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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