Burials - Decker / Koester

Note:  link under cemetery column = Find a Grave memorials created by me, 2012+

Death date     Age          Name of deceased                                Cemetery 

1853 Sep 30   41             Decker, Johann Christoph                      Greenwood
1882 Jun         2               Decker, Margaret M                                Greenwood
1883 Oct 17    53             Koester, Daniel                                       All-Faiths
1888 Nov 20   2               Decker, Daniel Christopher                     All-Faiths        w/grandfather
1889 Apr 19    7 days      Decker, John Jr                                       Greenwood
1891 Jul 19     33             Decker, Louisa (Koester)                        Greenwood     stone 1
1893 Sep 20   79             Decker, Margaretha (Vollers?)                Greenwood
1896 Aug 19   48             Decker, George Wilhelm                         Greenwood
1910 Dec 21   67             Decker, Henry                                         Greenwood
1911 Apr 2      84             Koester, Maria (B?cker?)                        Greenwood     stone 1
1929 Jan 23    55             Schlegel, William Paul                            Greenwood     stone 3
1930 Aug 30   67             Decker, John                                           Greenwood     stone 2
1953 Aug 13   71             Schlegel, Mary Augusta (Decker)           Greenwood     stone 3
1964 Oct 26    81             Decker, Louisa "Nana"                            Greenwood     stone 1
1967 Aug        60             Schlegel, William John                            Greenwood
1970 Jul 25     25             Dringus, Charles Elliot                            Greenwood
1988 Sep 16   79             Cody, Louise (Schlegel Dringus)             Greenwood

Gravestones:
    Greenwood    Louisa Koester Decker d.1891, mother Mary d.1911, daughter Louisa d.1964
    Greenwood    John Decker d.1930
    Greenwood    William Paul Schlegel d.1929, wife Mary Augusta d.1953

Doschers from other half of Greenwood plot:           (relatives? friends? buyout?)
     census 1850: Charles b.1817 + Lucinda b.1816
1851 Mar       35             Doscher, Lucinda                                      Greenwood     ??
1854 Jan        unk           Doscher, Anna                                          Greenwood     ??
1858 Mar       unk           Doscher, Margaretha C                             Greenwood     ??
     arrived 1859: Charles Herman, wife Rebecca, kids Anna Lucinda, Charles D (+3 NYC)
1873 Oct        unk           Muller, Christoph                                      Greenwood     son-in-law
1879 Dec 4    28             Muller, Anna Lucinda (Doscher)               Greenwood     daughter
1883 Aug       67             Doscher, Charles Herman                        Greenwood     father
1918 Oct 6     91             Doscher, Rebecca                                    Greenwood     mother
1932 Jan 2     71             Doscher, Anna Rebecca                          Greenwood     daughter
1934 Jan 22   68             Doscher, Herminia M                               Greenwood     daughter

Timeline Decker - match NYC St Matthews records?

From marriage records in St Matthews Germam Lutheran church, in NYC, for what appears to be 3 Decker brothers from Sievern, Hannover:

1812a        Sievern   Decker    Johann C   birth      
1817a        Sievern   Decker    Heinrich     birth 
1819a        Sievern   Decker    Reimelt      birth 
   

---------------------------------- Johann Christoph
1840+        NYC       Decker    Johann C   arrival    NOT IN 1840c

1842          NYC       Decker    Johann C   marriage St Matthews

                              + Vollers     Marg'etha
1843          NYC       Decker    Henry         birth
1848          NYC       Decker    George W  birth
1850          NYC       Decker    John           birth
1850          NYC       Decker    John C       census   X, wife X, 3 sons
1853 9/29  NYC       Decker    John C       death     age 41 

----------------------------------  Heinrich
1838 9/7    NYC       Decker    Heinrich     arrival     w/ Reimelt
1845 1/8    NYC       Decker    Heinrich     naturalization
1847          NYC       Decker    Heinrich     marriage St Matthews
                              + Koehne   Catherina Margaretha
1849          NYC       Decker    Catherine  birth
1850          NYC       Decker    Henry        census   33, wife 25, dau 1
1855          NYC       Decker    Henry        transfer Greenwood plot

1860          SF          Decker    Henry        census   grocer, 43, wife 35
1870          SF          Decker    Henry        census   grocer, 53, wife 45

----------------------------------  Reimelt
1838 9/7     NYC      Decker    Reimelt      arrival    w/Heinrich
1853 10/5   NYC      Decker    Reimelt      marriage St Matthews
                              + Dierking  Anna Maria Elizabeth 
1854           NYC      Decker    Joh Henry  birth
1856           NYC      Decker    George E   birth
1860           NYC      Decker    Reimelt      birth
1860           NYC      Decker    Reimelt      census   grocer, 41, wife X, 
                                                      sons John H 6, George 4, Reimelt 8m
1860 8/5     NYC      Dierking  Anna Maria death     age 33, buried All Faiths

1870           SF         Decker    Reimelt      census   grocer, 51, widowed,
                                                      sons John Henry 15, George 12
1880           SF         Decker    Reimelt      census   grocer, 61, widowed
1895 10/30 SF         Decker    Reimelt      death     age 76

1900           NYC      Decker    Joh Henry  census
1905           NYC      Decker    Joh Henry  census  living w/ Helena Dierking 
1910 2/3     NYC      Decker    Joh Henry  death     age 55

Timeline Decker

1812a        ??           Decker    Johann C   birth      from Hanover - Sievern?
1814a        ??           ??           Marg'etha   birth      

1840+        NYC       Decker    Johann C   arrival    NOT IN 1840c

1842          NYC       Decker    Johann C   marriage maybe?

                              + Vollers     Marg'etha
1843          NYC       Decker    Henry         birth
1848          NYC       Decker    George W  birth
1850          NYC       Decker    John           birth
1850          NYC       Decker    Johann C   census   X, wife X, 3 sons
1853          NYC       Decker    Johann C   death      age 41

1865          NYC       Decker    Margaret    census         NOT FOUND YET
1870          NYC       Decker    Margaret    census   X, 3 sons
1880          NYC       Decker    Margaret    census   X, son Henry
1893          NYC       Decker    Margaret    death     age 79

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1874          NYC       Decker    George      marriage        

                              + Carson    Charlotte

1875          NYC       Decker    George H   birth
1875          NYC       Decker    George H   death     buried Poughkeepsie
1877          NYC       Decker    John C       birth
1880          NYC       Decker    George W  census   X, wife X, son John X 
1887          NYC       Decker    Edith H       birth

1887          NYC       Decker    Edith H       death     buried Poughkeepsie

1888          NYC       Decker    Edna M      birth

1893          NYC       Carson    Charlotte    death      age 41, buried w/ kids
1896          NYC       Decker    George W  death      age 43

1950          NYC       Decker    John C       death      age 73
1963          NYC       Decker    Edna M      death      age 75

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1877          NYC       Decker    John          marriage        

                              + Koester   Louisa

1879          NYC       Decker    Marg M      birth
1880          NYC       Koester    Daniel        census   50, wife Mary 38(53), 

                                                       John Decker x, Louisa 22, Margaretha 1

1882          NYC       Decker    Marg M      death      age 2

188_          NYC       Decker    Mary A       birth

188_          NYC       Decker    Louisa E    birth

1883          NYC       Koester    Daniel       death      age 53, buried All Faiths
1886          NYC       Decker    Daniel C    birth
1888          NYC       Decker    Daniel C    death      age 2, buried All Faiths
1889          NYC       Decker    John Jr.     birth
1889          NYC       Decker    John Jr.     death      age ?
1891          NYC       Koester    Louisa       death      age 33
1900          NYC       Decker    John          census    X, Mary X, Louise X, 
                                                      mother-in-law Mary X, brother Henry X
1910          NYC       Decker    John          census    X, Louise X,
                                                      mother-in-law Mary X, brother Henry X
1910          NYC       Decker    Henry        death      age 67
1911          NYC       Koester    Mary          death      age 83
1920          NYC       Decker    John          census    X, Louise X
1930          NYC       Decker    John          census    X, Louise X
1930          NYC       Decker    John          death      age 80

Timeline Koester

1827a        ??           B?cker    Maria          birth      1880c: Hesse-Darmstadt

1830a        ??           Koester   Daniel        birth      1880c: Prussia

1844a        NYC       B?cker    Maria          arrival    died 1911, 67y in USA 

1851a        NYC       Koester   Daniel        arrival    died 1883, 33y in USA 

185_          NYC       Koester   Daniel       marriage       NOT FOUND YET

                              + B?cker    Maria
1858          NYC       Koester   Louisa       birth
1861-4       army       Koester   Daniel       military   Civil War, 39th reg, co. K

1865          NYC       Koester   Daniel       census    35, Mary 26(38), Luisa 6
1870          NYC       Koester   Daniel       census          NOT FOUND YET

1877          NYC       Decker    John          marriage        

                              + Koester   Louisa

1879          NYC       Decker    Marg M      birth
1880          NYC       Koester   Daniel        census   50, wife Mary 38(53), 

                                                       John Decker x, Louisa 22, Margaretha 1

1882          NYC       Decker    Marg M      death      age 2

188_          NYC       Decker    Mary A       birth

188_          NYC       Decker    Louisa E    birth

1883          NYC       Koester   Daniel       death      age 53, buried All Faiths
1886          NYC       Decker    Daniel C    birth
1888          NYC       Decker    Daniel C    death      age 2, buried All Faiths
1889          NYC       Decker    John Jr.     birth
1889          NYC       Decker    John Jr.     death      age ?
1891          NYC       Koester   Louisa       death      age 33
1900          NYC       Decker    John          census    X, Mary X, Louise X, 
                                                      mother-in-law Mary X, brother Henry X
1910          NYC       Decker    John          census    X, Louise X,
                                                      mother-in-law Mary X, brother Henry X
1910          NYC       Decker    Henry        death      age 67
1911          NYC       Koester   Mary          death      age 83
1920          NYC       Decker    John          census    X, Louise X
1930          NYC       Decker    John          census    X, Louise X
1930          NYC       Decker    John          death      age 80

GenForum Decker contact made - 2 years later!

From: Alice Webb

Sent: Monday, March 16, 2015 11:38 AM
To: Nancy Schlegel
Subject: John C Decker & George W Decker

Hi Nancy! Wow, this is so exciting – I completely missed your reply to my post on the GenForum! I hadn’t checked the forum in several years, and for some reason I never received an email from them about your comment. I’m so glad that you emailed me!

I thought I was never going to find out anything more about the Decker line! I don’t have any more info about John and Margaretha (other than their names), so I would love to find out more about them and their ancestors and descendants. I’m especially interested in which countries they or their ancestors immigrated from. I’ve assumed that the Decker name is either German or Dutch. My mother, who is still living (age 91) would also love to know more about this line of her family.

My g-grandparents, George and Charlotte Decker, both died relatively young, in their 40s. Charlotte is buried in a cemetery in Poughkeepsie, NY, with other members of her family (the Carson line). George and Charlotte’s daughter, Edna, was my grandmother. My mom (Charlotte) was named after her grandmother. If you have any interest in this line of the Decker descendants, I have quite a bit more info I can give you on them.

Thanks for getting in touch with me! Hope to hear from you soon!

Alice Webb

Worcester, MA

From: Nancy Schlegel
Sent: Monday, March 16, 2015 8:52 AM
To: Alice Webb
Subject: John C Decker & George W Decker

GenForum just restructured, now showing email addresses! -- so thought I'd try reaching you via email, in case you didn't see my reply on Genforum (2 years ago), to your post there in 2006.

Would love to compare family stories about our mutual gg-grandparents!

Nancy Schlegel

Alameda, CA 

-- your post --

http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/decker/3522/

I'm looking for information on John C. Decker of New York (probably New York City), who was born somewhere between 1820 and the early 1830s. His wife's name was Martha. Their son, George W. Decker, was my g-grandfather, who married Charlotte Carson.

-- my reply --

http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/decker/4176/

Alice, we need to talk :-)  My gg-grandparents are John C Decker and Margaretha Decker (listed as Martha on her son George William's marriage certificate, to Charlotte E Carson, which I just found online in last few days).

George's younger brother John is my g-grandfather; they had an older brother Henry, who lived with John and helped raise his children after he was widowed young.

All 5 are buried in a family plot in a NYC cemetery, and it was through that cemetery's records that I learned George had died widowed, leaving just 2 living descendants, John & Edna - but unfortunately that wasn't enough to locate them.

We also have a family story that some Decker served in the Civil War - there was even a sword supposedly from that, hanging on wall when my dad was young, in 1920's - but John C. died in 1850's, before Civil War.

You can reach me through email: ###@comcast.net
I have much more to share!  and a few questions :-)

GenForum - Decker find

DECKER
      2013-3-11  www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/decker/4176/
         in response to:
      2006-5-11  www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/decker/3522/   by Alice Webb

JOHN C DECKER OF NEW YORK, SON GEORGE W DECKER

I'm looking for information on John C. Decker of New York (probably New York City), who was born somewhere between 1820 and the early 1830s. His wife's name was Martha. Their son, George W. Decker, was my g-grandfather, who married Charlotte Carson.

George W. Decker was born about 1852 and died about 1896, in New York City. Other information I have about John C. Decker, George's father, is that he was a cavalry officer in the Civil War, Union Army.

AND MY REPLY:

Alice, we need to talk :-) My gg-parents are John C Decker and Margaretha Decker (listed as Martha on her son George William's marriage certificate, to Charlotte E Carson, which I just found online in last few days).

George's younger brother John is my g-grandfather; they had an older brother Henry, who lived with John and helped raise his children after he was widowed young.

All 5 are buried in a family plot in a NYC cemetery, and it was through that cemetery's records that I learned George had died widowed, leaving just 2 living descendants, John & Edna - but unfortunately that wasn't enough to locate them.

We also have a family story that some Decker served in the Civil War - there was even a sword supposedly from that, hanging on wall when my dad was young, in 1920's - but John C. died in 1850's, before Civil War.

I have much more to share! and a few questions :-)


Addendum:
      2013-8-26  www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/carson/5004/
         in response to:
      2006-1-15  www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/carson/3904/   by Alice Webb

This Ella Carson Pease might be my great-great Aunt. Here's the information I have:

My mother remembers that her great Aunt Ella and great Uncle Edward lived in New England when my mother was a child and Ella occasionally would visit them (in Yonkers, NY).

Sisters: Charlotte Carson (my great grandmother), who married George Decker (probably in the late 1880's); Sarah Ann Carson; Emily Carson. I don't have birth or death dates.

Both Charlotte and husband George Decker died in the 1890's (as young adults, somewhere in New York state), and Charlotte's sister Sarah Carson raised their children after their parents' deaths.

Children of Charlotte Carson Decker and George Decker:
Edna May Decker (my grandmother), born October 21, 1888,New York, NY. Married Philip Charles Lamm on April 26, 1917, in New York, NY. Died 1962.
John Decker, worked for National Biscuit Co. in New York, NY, died ca. 1950.
Edith Decker, died very young

My mother tells me that many of her ancestors on her mother's side are buried in Poughkeepsie, NY. She doesn't know if any Carson relatives are buried there, though.

Let me know if you'd like information on Edna and Philip Lamm's descendants.

AND MY REPLY:

Alice, your George Decker was the brother of my great-grandfather John; their parents were German immigrants John C Decker and Margaret, and I have cemetery records showing George died shortly after his wife, leaving 2 children John & Edna.

Would love to share notes! 

German Lutheran churches, family BMDs

?? St Matthews (1838-??)       1838-1868 Walker St     

x    1842 Sep 29  marriage  Decker    Johann C          +     Vollers   Margaretha

      1843 Feb       birth         Decker    Henry  

      1848 Mar 20  birth         Decker    George W  

      1850 May 13  birth         Decker    John 

      1853 Sep 30  death       Decker    Johann C                  buried Greenwood

      1858 ??         birth         Koester   Louisa

x    1847 Jul 16    marriage  Decker    Heinrich            +     Koehne  Catharina

      1849a             birth         Decker    Catharina                d.<1860 

      1855-1860 moved to San Francisco

x    1853 Oct 5     marriage  Decker    Reimelt             +     Dierking  Anna

      1854 Mar       birth         Decker    John Henry

      1857 Aug 6    birth         Decker    John C                     d.<1860

      1858 ??         birth         Decker    George E  

      1859 ??         birth         Decker    Reimelt                    d.<1870
      1860-1868 moved to San Francisco

St John's of Harlem (1864-??)    (address)

      1874 Feb 2    marriage  Decker    George W         +      Carson   Charlotte

?    1875 Mar 20  birth         Decker    George H

?    1875 Aug 5    death       Decker    George H                 buried Poughkeepsie

?    1877 ??          birth         Decker    John

      1877 Oct 18   marriage  Decker    John                 +      Koester  Louisa

      1879 Jul 27    birth         Decker    Margaretha M  

      1882 Jan 2     birth         Decker    Mary Augusta

      1882 Jun        death       Decker    Margaretha M           buried Greenwood

      1883 Oct 17   birth         Decker    Louisa

      1883 Oct 15   death       Koester   Daniel                       buried All-Faiths

      1886 Jul 5      birth         Decker    Daniel C

?    1887 Oct 31   birth         Decker    Edith

?    1887 Nov 15  death       Decker    Edith                         buried Poughkeepsie

?    1888 Oct 21   birth         Decker    Edna

      1888 Nov 20  death       Decker    Daniel C                    buried All-Faiths

      1889 Apr 12   birth         Decker    John Jr  

      1889 Apr 19   death       Decker    John Jr                     buried Greenwood

      1891 Jul 19    death       Decker    Louise Koester         buried Greenwood

x    1893 Sep 20  death       Decker    Margaretha               buried Greenwood

?    1893 Oct 20   death       Decker    Charlotte Carson      buried Poughkeepsie

      1896 Aug 19  death       Decker    George W                 buried Greenwood

      1902 Oct 22   marriage  Schlegel  William P         +      Decker   Mary

      1905 Nov 28  birth         Schlegel  William

      1906 Mar 29  death       Schlegel  William                     buried Greenwood

      1907 Aug 15  birth         Schlegel  William John

      1909 Jul 11    birth         Schlegel  Louise

      1910 Dec 21  death       Decker    Henry                        buried Greenwood

x    1911  Apr 2    death       Kester     Mary                         buried Greenwood

      1922 Jan 25  birth         Schlegel  John

      1929 Jan 23  death       Schlegel  William                     buried Greenwood

      1930 Aug 30  death       Decker    John                         buried Greenwood