When Nathaniel Alvin Decker was born on 19 July 1856, in Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States, his father, Zachariah Bruyn Decker Sr., was 39 and his mother, Nancy Bean, was 29. He married Emma Morris on 11 January 1877, in St. George Utah Temple, St. George, Washington, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Bluff, San Juan, Utah, United States in 1880. He died on 4 March 1929, in Mancos, Montezuma, Colorado, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Webber Cemetery, Mancos, Montezuma, Colorado, 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 .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesNATHANIEL ALVIN DECKER Nathaniel Decker was born 19 July 1856 at Parawan, Iron County, Utah to a pioneer couple, Zachariah Bruyn Decker and Nancy Bean. He learned to work early in his life assisting …
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