Elizabeth Decker

Brief Life History of Elizabeth

When Elizabeth Decker was born on 20 January 1822, in New Jersey, United States, her father, James Jacobus Vanderveer Decker, was 35 and her mother, Jane Elizabeth Luke, was 29. She married Dr. John B Squier on 3 October 1840, in Crawford, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 20 July 1848, in Crawford, Ohio, United States, at the age of 26, and was buried in Blowers Cemetery, Bucyrus, Crawford, Ohio, United States.

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Family Time Line

Dr. John B Squier
1818–1890
Elizabeth Decker
1822–1848
Marriage: 3 October 1840
Thomas Corwin Squire
about 1841–1864
James Nelson Squier
1842–1842
Mary Elizabeth Squier
1843–1848

Sources (5)

  • Legacy NFS Source: Elizabeth Decker - Family genealogies: birth-name: Elizabeth Decker
  • Elizabeth Decker, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
  • Elizabeth Decker Squier, "Find A Grave Index"

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1823

"Corfield vs Coryell was a significant federal court case that upheld New Jersey's existing regulation, which prohibited any non-residents from gathering clams and oysters. The case was decided by Justice Bushrod Washington of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Justice Washington primarily referenced the first section of the Fourteenth Amendment, regarding ""privileges and immunities"" to arrive at his decision."

1825 · The Crimes Act

The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

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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