Brief Life History of John Deforest
When John Deforest Decker was born on 11 July 1897, in South Gibson, Gibson Township, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, William Joseph Decker, was 32 and his mother, Carrie Alice Pickering, was 33. He married Lena Eliza Gardner on 4 April 1917, in Bridgewater Township, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Gibson, Gibson Township, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, United States in 1910 and Bridgewater Township, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, United States for about 20 years. He died on 5 June 1985, in Great Bend Township, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Harford Township, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- John E Decker, "United States Census, 1920"
- John Deforest Decker, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
- John Decker, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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World Events (8)
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
1905 · The Movie Theater
The world’s first movie theater was located in Pittsburgh. It was referred to as a nickelodeon as at the time it only cost 5 cents to get in.
1920
The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.
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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