Brief Life History of Allen
When Allen Decker was born on 23 October 1865, in Flat Rock, Seneca, Ohio, United States, his father, David D Decker, was 27 and his mother, Eliza Ann Moll, was 20. He married Carrie Roop on 29 December 1892, in Wapello, Iowa, United States. He lived in Troy Township, Monroe, Iowa, United States in 1900 and Center Township, Wapello, Iowa, United States in 1910. He died on 17 March 1944, in Hiawatha, Brown, Kansas, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Hiawatha, Brown, Kansas, United States.
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- Alvans Decker, "United States Census, 1870"
- Allen Decker, "Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992"
- Allen Decker, "United States Census, 1940"
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1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
1867 · The Burtis Opera House
The Burtis Opera House opened in Davenport and could easily hold an audience of 1,600. It was a widely used facility and Mark Twain filled the house when he spoke on tour in 1869. It was also used to house Susan B. Anthony when she lectured on the woman's right to vote. The Quad City Symphony Orchestra played its first concert as the new Tri-City Symphony in the Opera House. An arsonist set fire to the building on the evening of April 26, 1921, and the building was severely destroyed. The building was rebuilt but was no longer used as an opera house.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
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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