Re: Christiana Decker, d. 1884, Wyoming County,PA
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Re: Christiana Decker, d. 1884, Wyoming County,PA
Ruth Nevels 9/20/08
I don't have anything more than you seem to know already from the 1900 census of Mehoopany (17-17), i.e. that Benjamin was b. February 1832 in Pennsylvania and was divorced and living with his brother Aaron.Elmira was divorced and living alone, also in Mehoopany in 1900. Interestingly, however, Elmira C. Decker is listed as the widow of Benjamin in the 1900 directory of Wyoming Co. (which you can see online at http://apps.libraries.psu.edu/digitalbookshelf/bookindex.cfm?oclc=28004492)http://apps.libraries.psu.edu/digitalbookshelf/bookindex.cfm?oclc=28004492). There's also a link to the Union Hill Cemetery, Mehoopany, from the WCHS website, and it shows Benjamin died March 1916.His lineage back to Gerret Decker b. 1618 in Holland is pretty well documented.
Sorry I can't be of much help with his specific vitals. Is there a death certificate? I think the PA Dept. of Health has them from 1906.
Beth
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Re: Christiana Decker, d. 1884, Wyoming County,PA
Ruth Nevels 10/28/08