When Jane Emma Decker was born on 7 September 1891, in St. Clair Township, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Samuel St. Clair Decker Sr, was 26 and her mother, Anna Lide Sharp, was 25. She lived in Saint Clair, Hempfield Township, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States for about 20 years and New Florence, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States in 1930. She died on 26 April 1953, in Indiana, Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in St. Clair Township, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States.
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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.
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.
Known as the National Bureau of Criminal Identification, The Bureau of Investigation helped agencies across the country identify different criminals. President Roosevelt instructed that there be an autonomous investigative service that would report only to the Attorney General.
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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