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Lydia Adelaide DECKER 1860–1944 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 28 Dec 1860

Birth Location: Colon, St. Joseph, Michigan, USA

Death Date: 28 Dec 1944

Death Location: Hiawatha, Schoolcraft, Michigan, USA

Father: John Decker

Mother: Catharine Decker

Spouse(s): John SAYLES

Children(s): Clara Sayles

Lydia Adelaide DECKER was born in 1860 in Colon, St. Joseph, Michigan, USA, the child of John W Decker And Catharine Metzger Decker. Lydia Adelaide DECKER married John Morris Sayles, and had children including Clara Irene Sayles. Lydia Adelaide DECKER passed away in 1944 in Hiawatha, Schoolcraft, Michigan, USA.

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Biography

  • Lydia Adelaide DECKER was born in 1860 in Colon, St. Joseph, Michigan, USA, the child of John W Decker And Catharine Metzger Decker.
  • Lydia Adelaide DECKER married John Morris Sayles, and had children including Clara Irene Sayles.
  • Lydia Adelaide DECKER passed away in 1944 in Hiawatha, Schoolcraft, Michigan, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Decker
1816–1891
Birth Location: Union City, Union, Pennsylvania, United States
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Catharine Decker
1832–1909
Birth Location: Pickaway, Pickaway, Ohio, United States
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Spouses(s)

John SAYLES
1855–1900
Birth Location: St Joseph Co, Michigan, USA
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Children(s)

Clara Sayles
1893–1976
Birth Location: Angola, Steuben, Indiana, USA
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Lydia DECKER's Ancestors

Self
Lydia DECKER
1860–1944
Birth Place: Colon, St. Joseph, Michigan, USA
Parents
John W Decker
1816–1891
Union City, Union, Pennsylvania, United States
Catharine (Metzger) Decker
1832–1909
Pickaway, Pickaway, Ohio, United States
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lydia DECKER's Descendants

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Lydia (Adelaide) DECKER (28 Dec 1860–28 Dec 1944) m. John (Morris) SAYLES (12 Mar 1855–7 Oct 1900)
  1. 1. Clara (Irene) Sayles 1893–1976 m. Herbert (Ellsworth) Whitman 1888–1931
    1. 1. Walter (Junior) Whitman 1923–2015
      1. 1. David (George) Whitman 1949–2023
    2. 2. Dorothy (M.) Whitman 1930–2021
    3. 3. Clarence (John) Whitman 1908–1984
    4. 4. Lawrence (Ellsworth) Whitman 1921–1976
    5. 5. Clayton (Herbert) Whitman 1908–1973
    6. 6. Pearl (Irene) Whitman 1917–1981
    7. 7. Eugene (Morris) Whitman 1913–1942
    8. 8. Kenneth (L.) Whitman 1910–1920
    9. 9. Raleigh (Sayles) Whitman 1926–1994

Lydia DECKER's Timeline

2 Records

1860
28 Dec 1860
Birth of Lydia Adelaide DECKER in Colon, St. Joseph, Michigan, USA
Colon, St. Joseph, Michigan, USA
1944
28 Dec 1944
Age 84
Death of Lydia Adelaide DECKER in Hiawatha, Schoolcraft, Michigan, USA
Hiawatha, Schoolcraft, Michigan, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 28 Dec 1860
    Event Place: Colon, St. Joseph, Michigan, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 28 Dec 1944
    Event Place: Hiawatha, Schoolcraft, Michigan, USA
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