When Coleman Robert Decker was born on 5 September 1856, in Olney, Richland, Illinois, United States, his father, Joseph Decker, was 36 and his mother, Veturia Sampson, was 31. He married Dora Belle Mikel on 18 November 1883, in Adair, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Jackson Township, Clark, Missouri, United States in 1860 and Polk Township, Adair, Missouri, United States in 1900. He died on 28 October 1932, in Connelsville, Adair, Missouri, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Jewel Cemetery, Deerfield Township, Vernon, Missouri, United States.
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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 .
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