Arthur Nicholas Decker

Male5 March 1899–16 August 1976

Brief Life History of Arthur Nicholas

When Arthur Nicholas Decker was born on 5 March 1899, in Belgium, Ozaukee, Wisconsin, United States, his father, John B. Decker, was 45 and his mother, Anna W Pierron, was 38. He lived in Ozaukee, Wisconsin, United States in 1899 and Wisconsin, United States in 1976. He registered for military service in 1919. He died on 16 August 1976, in Sheboygan, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Belgium, Ozaukee, Wisconsin, United States.

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Family Time Line

John B. Decker
1853–1924
Anna W Pierron
1860–1939
Katherine Decker
1882–1931
Nicholas John Decker
1883–1947
Peter J Decker
1885–1970
John Peter Decker
1886–1946
William Decker
1887–1952
Theodore Decker
1889–1890
Clara Decker
1890–1891
Rosa Katherine Decker
1892–1935
George Alfred Decker
1893–1918
Dominic "Dimmy" Decker
1894–1955
Aloysius Decker
1895–1970
Leona Katherine Decker
1897–1969
Arthur Nicholas Decker
1899–1976
Loretta Veronica Decker
1900–1969
Clarence M Decker
1902–1967
Louis Joseph Decker
1905–1961
Lenora Rose Decker
1907–1975

Sources (15)

  • Arthur Decker, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Arthur N Decker, "Wisconsin Birth Index, 1820-1907"
  • Arthur N Decker, "Wisconsin Death Index, 1959-1997"

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World Events (8)

1900 · Gold for Cash!

Age 1

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

1907 · Law Passed for Child Employment

Age 8

The maximum hours for children to work were set to 55 per week.

1920

Age 21

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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