Brief Life History of Clifford John
When Clifford John Decker Sr was born on 26 November 1895, in St. Clair Township, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Samuel St. Clair Decker Sr, was 30 and his mother, Anna Lide Sharp, was 29. He married Anna Mae Allebaugh in 1919, in Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Saint Clair, Hempfield Township, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years. He died on 25 April 1936, in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 40, and was buried in Carrick, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Clifford J Decker Sr., "United States Census, 1930"
- Clifford J Decker, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
- Clifford J Decker, "Find A Grave Index"
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1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
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.
1907 · Not for profit elections
The first act prohibiting monetary contributions to political campaigns by major corporations.
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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