Brief Life History of child
When (child) Decker was born about 1899, in McDonough, Illinois, United States, his father, Abraham Van Horne Decker, was 42 and his mother, Laurance L Dunsworth, was 33. He died about 1899, at the age of 2.
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1858–1930 Male
1867–1920 Female
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1899–1899 Male
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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