Brief Life History of Thomas Tidwell
When Thomas Tidwell Decker was born on 26 November 1898, in Virginia, United States, his father, William Howard Decker, was 28 and his mother, Susan Annis Hileman, was 32. He had at least 1 son with Lelia Maude Agee. He lived in South River, Rockbridge, Virginia, United States for about 20 years and Washington, United States in 1946. He died on 7 November 1951, in Lynchburg, Virginia, United States, at the age of 52, and was buried in Lynchburg, Virginia, United States.
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- Thomas T Decker, "United States Census, 1930"
- Thomas Tidwell Decker, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"
- Thomas Tidwell Decker, "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, County Marriage Registers, 1853-1935"
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1899 · USS Shubrick is Launched
On March 11, 1899 the USS Shubrick was laid, on October 31, 1899 it was launched. The ship was named after William Branford Shubrick. It was sponsored by Miss Caroline Shubrick and commissioned in 1901 with Lt Allen M Cook in command.
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment
The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.
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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