2 - Schlegel / Decker - GP1

	Details	Supporting Documents
Birth    – William    – Mary	1874 Sep 7 – Kolmar, Posen, Prussia 1883 Oct 17 – Manhattan, NY	Church records, emigration visa Manhattan birth certificate
Arrival USA    – William	1891 May 23 – NY, NY	WW1 draft, naturalization, ship
Marriage	1902 Oct 22 – Manhattan, NY	Manhattan marriage license
Children    – William    – William – Louise – John	1905 Nov 28 – Manhattan, NY 1907 Aug 15 – Manhattan, NY 1909 – Manhattan, NY 1925 Jan 25 – Manhattan, NY	Census, Manhattan birth records
Work	Butcher
Death    – William    – Mary	1929 Jan 23 – Manhattan, NY 1953 Aug 13 – Manhattan, NY	Cemetery records, Greenwood

2012 Feb: While in Salt Lake City at RootsTech, at the Family History Library I located the 1929 NY death record for William Schlegel, which provided the following new info:
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???: Using Ancestry, located ship records for Wilhelm Schlegel, German, arriving New York on 1891 May ? on ship ?, from Hamburg, which provided the following new info:
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Consistent with 1891 May arrival date in ? for William.
Confirmed last place of residence = Kolmar.

???: On FamilySearch, found 1902 Manhattan marriage record for William & Mary, which provided the following new info:
- William listed with parents Burkhard Schlegel & Emma Vogelsang
- Mary listed with parents John Decker & Louisa Koester