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Percy H. Daniels was born in Olympia, Washington. (See the Daniels page for more information about his life). Percy was married and living in Solon, Cortland County, New York, in 1940. (Click here to see). In Seattle, 1940, the following household of women was reported. Barbara Daniels, widow, age 79, born in Scotland, with four daughters in the home: Elaine Daniels (age 54, born in Illinois, single), Elizabeth Daniels (age 52, seamstress, born in Illinois, single), Edith Daniels (age 48, dressmaker, born in Illinois, single), and Ethel Wyckoff (age 50, widowed, born in Illinois, teacher). Edith was the lucky one to land on the space for the Supplementary Questions, in which she indicated her parents were both born in Scotland. The mother, Barbara, was born abt. 1861 and her daughters were born between 1886 and 1892. Because on one ship record, Percy give his nationality as Scottish, and also because he named his daughter "Ethel", I suspect they could be related somehow. Anyone with information about these Daniels women, please comment below. #Daniels #Leonard #Washington #leonard #percydaniels #seattle

This 1907 article from the Warwick Valley Dispatch is almost certainly referring to Charles Gilbert Decker, the father of Delaphina Decker who married William Henry Dickinson. Warwick school records confirm "Delaphine Decker" attended the Warwick Valley Central School district (Pine Island School), from January to May in 1908. Notice, in this detailed 1903 map, Jesse Decker is shown living on the outskirts of Pine Island, in Warwick. Jesse Decker who was born abt. 1827 and was living in Warwick at the time of the 1875 State Census when he was reported as living with his wife, Sarah (est. b. 1837), and two daughters, Caroline and Mary Decker, ages 12 and 14. Charles Decker's obituary printed in June of 1909 is somewhat confusing, stating that he was employed at the engine works in Walden and "died in that village". Furthermore, it states that he "moved to Walden from the Village to Florida about six months ago". (Warwick Advertiser, 6-4-1909). Walden is a village in the town of Montgomery, Orange County, New York, about 25 miles northeast of Florida. Florida and Pine Island are both villages in the town of Warwick. Notice, Pine Island is only about 12 miles from Sussex (Deckertown), New Jersey. For more information about Charles Decker, see the Decker page. For other Deckers, click here. #decker #mystery #warwick #othercharlesdeckers

John Mason was my 9th great-grandfather via my great-grandmother, Mary Esther Harvey Reese. He is believed to have been the son of John Mason and Mary Eaton. He was born on the 6th of June 1657 in Dedham, Massachusetts, and married Hannah Hawes there in 1676. If the results of my research is correct, they were the parents of Lydia Mason, wife of John Seymour III. A book by Theodore West Mason, called "Family Record in our Line of Descent from Major John Mason of Norwich, Connecticut", gives the following information about the Mason name and it's history as follows on pages 5-6: Maj. John Mason himself published a book as well, "A brief History of the Pequot War". #mason #Mason #Connecticut #Massachusetts #newengland

Yorkshire is a county of Northern England. It is the largest county in the United Kingdom. The people refer to it's regions as North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, East Riding of Yorkshire, and West Riding of Yorkshire. The emblem on the flag of Yorkshire is the White Rose of the House of York. For more information about Yorkshire, check https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yorkshire. For information about the Dickinson family of Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, see the Dickinson page. Shown here is North Yorkshire. Zoom in to take a closer look. Source: Yorkshire Marriage Registers, West Riding - Doncaster, Part 1 (1557-1784) [Click here] #Yorkshire #england #England #dickinson #foreign

Enjoy these scenes and memorabilia from historic Cortland, New York, located smack dab in the middle of the great State of New York. #cortland #reese #daniels #NewYork #leonard #Leonard

An interesting article from the Review, Farmer Village, New York, 1888: A prominent physician calls the kiss "an elegant disseminator of disease." He says, "fever is spread by it, so are lung diseases." He maintains that if the kissing custom were driven out of the land "it would save one-tenth of one percent of human lives", which are now sacrificed. Out upon the gnarled and sapless vagabond! Evidently kisses are not for such as he and the old fox says the grapes are sour. Let him devote himself to making our women healthy and blooming that kisses may be kisses. This can surely be done by Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription which is magical in its effect, upon all diseases peculiar to females. After taking it there will be no more irregularity, no more nervous prostration, no more general debility. All druggists. To regulate the Stomach, Liver and Bowels, Dr. Pierce's Pellets excel. 25 cents a vial; one a dose. See the Notable News page for more peculiar and interesting news form the past.

Sixty-one years ago today, an angel got her wings. The dreadful date of 9/11. Her obituary was printed in the Jamestown Post-Journal on September 13, 1954, as follows: Mrs. Lloyd Reese SALAMANCA - Mrs. Margaret Annie Dickinson Reese, 24, 58 Jefferson Street, wife of Rev. Lloyd Reese, pastor of the Assembly of God Church, died at 9:15 P.M., Saturday at Salamanca District Hospital, following a year's illness. She was born Feb. 3, 1930, in Susquehanna, Pa., the daughter of Rev. and Mrs. William Dickinson. She had formerly lived for four years in Fredonia and moved here following her marriage Sept. 6, 1952, in Carthage. She was a graduate of New England Bible Institute, Framingham, Mass., in 1952. Surviving are her parents; her husband; a daughter, Cheryl, 10 months; three sisters, Mrs. Betty Sheffield, Dunkirk, Miss Ruth Dickinson, Carthage and Mrs. Agnes Snowman, St. Petersburg, Fla.; four brothers, Benjamin Dickinson, Canandaigua, Rev. James Dickinson, Brockport, Robert Dickinson, Laconia, N.H., and Johnathan Dickinson, Carthage; and several aunts, uncles and cousins, all in New Jersey. Funeral services will be held at 2 P.M. at the First Methodist Church, with Rev. Joseph Flower, New York District Superintendant of the Assembly of God and Rev. Gordon Bender, Lockport, Western New York Presbyter of the Assembly of God, officiating. Burial will be in Wildwood Cemetery. Arrangements were made by the Hunt Funeral Home. The book "Ancestors of Margaret A. Dickinson", gives Margaret's ancestry as well as many photos and memorabilia pertaining to the family. For more on this family, see the Dickinson page and the Reese page. #dickinson #obituaries #cemetery #reese #margaretdickinson

Under the Bloomingburg, section, this brief mention of Charles Decker, son of M.B. Decker, is made: The following similar stories may relate to the same Charles and/or family: For more Decker news, see the Decker page. #othercharlesdeckers #otherdeckers #middletown #Bloomingburg

"Decree was granted settling the accounts of Joseph E. Remington as executor of the estate of the late John Leonard of Brutus. The account shows a balance of $165.64 for distribution." - Auburn Democrat Argus, Oct. 1908 For for more Leonard news and items, see the Leonard page. #otherleonards #cayugacounty

From his obituary, we can summize the following: Mr. & Mrs. Elmer Decker of Belmont had at least nine sons and three daughters. The following were the ones living in 1950: Walter Decker of Burlington, NJ Stewart Decker of New Florence, PA Elmer Decker of Philadelphia, PA Raymond Decker of Cleveland, OH Paul Decker of Johnstown, PA Joseph Decker of Belmont, NY Harry Decker of Pittsburgh, PA Oscar Decker of Friendship, NY? Belle Decker Janakis of Pittsburgh, PA Marie Decker of Canton, OH Beulah Decker Kaiser of Belmont, NY Blanch Decker Travis of Alfred, NY Charles Decker of Belmont, NY (Charles married Dora Hoffman and had a daughter named Hazel Decker of Hornell. Charles died in Hornell, New York, on 4 Feb 1950 from wounds suffered after explosion. He is buried in Belmont Cemetery). #otherdeckers #othercharlesdeckers #alfred #belmont #NewYork

WIFE BEATER THRICE "DUCKED' IN RIVER Kansas City, Kan. - George Martin was sentenced to 100 days in the workhouse for beating his wife and the patrolmen who took him there were instructed to stop at the Kaw river and duck Martin under the water tree times. "Martin, your spirits are too fiery." Judge Herrod commented. "They need quenching." #notablenews #abuse #batteredwife #abusivehusband #oldfashionedjustice

"LEONARD - The 19th annual reunion of the Leonard family will be held Wednesday, August 26, in Three Fall Glen, Ridgeburg. I. H. Leonard, secretary, Wellsburg, N.Y. R.F.D. No. 55." Perhaps the publication of this news in one of the previous 18 years will reveal who some of the attendees of these reunions were. #otherleonards #Leonard #leonard

My mother always said her ancestors were Pennsylvania Dutch (on her father's side), so I'm not surprised that she prepared many of the dishes found in the book "Pennsylvania Dutch Cooking". I still make dumplings to this day and we love Pennsylvania Dutch egg noodles. Now that I have the recipe I'll be making them from scratch, just like my foremothers did. This is a great old book containing many traditional Pennsylvania Dutch recipes. Click here to see some excerpts and recipes. This recipe I am curious to see prepared. It is "Scripture Cake", from the same book. Photos are welcome! Ingredients: 1/2 cup butter 2 cups flour 1/2 tsp salt 1 cup figs 1 1/2 cup sugar 2 tsp baking powder 1/2 cup water 1 cup raisins 3 eggs Cinnamon, Mace, Cloves 1 Tbsp honey 1/2 cup almonds Preheat over to 375-degrees. #pennsylvaniadutch #reese #recipes #food

When searching newspapers for your ancestors, you'll find just how many people shared their name. There were many men who shared the name of my ancestor, "Charles Leonard". Following is an article I found in the Cortland Standard. This could be referring to Charles Russell Leonard or his son, Charles L. Leonard. "Fishing for Tools. A party of fishermen, consisting of Chas. Leonard, Daniel Bouton, John Twentyman and Charles Groes have spent a day each week for several weeks past angling through the ice at Crooked lake. Although usually returning with a fine mess of fish they have had considerable bad luck in losing the utensils with which they cut the holes in the ice. This has proven rather expensive. They left this morning for their fishing grounds, but expected to spend most of the time angling for their lost tools." A look at the 1892 New York State Census may help determine which "Chas. Leonard" the story is referring to. The census reveals a Daniel W. Bouton (born abt. 1854) living in Cortland, a John B. Twentyman (born abt. 1859) living in Cortland, and two different men named Charles "Gross" (born in 1853 and 1860) living in Cortland. Since Charles L. Leonard, son of Charles Russell Leonard, was born in 1858, I believe it was him who the article refers to. What are your thoughts? For more information about Leonards, see the Leonard page. Click here for or more Notable News. #otherleonards #notablenews #Cortland #charlesleonard

The following are articles about Peter Decker. Whether or not they are the same person has yet to be determined. Your comments are welcome. "Peter Decker, of Warwick, was thrown out of a wagon, and had two ribs broken, the other day, on the farm of C. B. Vandevort." - Port Jervis Evening Gazette 7-9-1874 "Death's Doings. A brother of Aaron Decker of Port Jervis dies at Dingman's Choice, PA. Abram Decker died at Dingman's Choice, Pike county, Pa., suddenly last Friday night of chronic diarrhea, aged nearly 70 years. The funeral took place Sunday forenoon, at 11 o'clock, from the Reformed church at that place, and the burial was at Milford cemetery. Mr. Decker was a brother of Aaron Decker of Port Jervis, and of Peter Decker of Coolbaugh's, Monrose county, Pa. He is survived by a second wife and six children. He was an elder in Reforemed church at Dingmans choice." - Port Jervis Evening Gazette 7-11-1881 "Mrs. Lydia Decker Wilson, of Pacific, Mo., is visiting at the home her relative, Mrs. U. H. Seymour, Matamoras, Pa. Mrs. Wilson arrived last evening and will remain one month visiting with relatives at Matamoras and Mongaup, her girlhood home. She is the daughter of Peter Decker of that place." - Port Jervis Evening Gazette 1-15-1902 #otherdeckers #decker #newyork #portjervis #warwick #orangecounty

This site is a great resource for anyone researching ancestors from Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. With over 800,000 pages of history including the 1841, 1851, 1861, and 1871 census, Sheffield's Master Cutlers Index, (from 1624 to 1925), directories, poll books, marriage records, probate records, land records, burial records and more, there's a good chance you will find something. The Apprentices index is also available. There is also a forum for communicating with people in Sheffield and/or researching Sheffield. Visit http://www.sheffieldrecordsonline.org.uk/ to try a search. For historical data about Sheffield itself, check out https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheffield. For this and many more online genealogy resources, see the Genealogy Links page. #Sheffield #Yorkshire #England #unitedkingdom #dickinson #foreign

From Pennsylvania Dutch Cooking, these illustrations were taken. #graphics #pennsylvaniadutch

The following except and recipes are from "Pennsylvania Dutch Cooking". (Download recipes in PDF format). PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH COOKERY In 1683 the Plain Sects began to arrive in William Penn’s Colony seeking a land of peace and plenty. They were a mixed people; Moravians from Bohemia and Moravia, Mennonites from Switzerland and Holland, the Amish, the Dunkards, the Schwenkfelds, and the French Huguenots. After the lean years of clearing the land and developing their farms they established the peace and plenty they sought. These German-speaking people were originally called the Pennsylvania Deutsch but time and custom have caused them to be known to us as the Pennsylvania Dutch. The Pennsylvania Dutch are a hard working people and as they say, “Them that works hard, eats hearty.” The blending of recipes from their many home lands and the ingredients available in their new land produced tasty dishes that have been handed down from mother to daughter for generations. Their cooking was truly a folk art requiring much intuitive knowledge, for recipes contained measurements such as “flour to stiffen,” “butter the size of a walnut,” and “large as an apple.” Many of the recipes have been made more exact and standardized providing us with a regional cookery we can all enjoy. Soups are a traditional part of Pennsylvania Dutch cooking and the Dutch housewife can apparently make soup out of anything. If she has only milk and flour she can still make rivel soup. However, most of their soups are sturdier dishes, hearty enough to serve as the major portion of the evening meal. One of the favorite summer soups in the Pennsylvania Dutch country is Chicken Corn Soup. Few Sunday School picnic suppers would be considered complete without gallons of this hearty soup. Many of the Pennsylvania Dutch foods are a part of their folklore. No Shrove Tuesday would be complete without raised doughnuts called “fastnachts.” One of the many folk tales traces this custom back to the burnt offerings made by their old country ancestors to the goddess of spring. With the coming of Christianity the custom became associated with the Easter season and “fastnachts” are eaten on Shrove Tuesday to insure living to next Shrove Tuesday. Young dandelion greens are eaten on Maundy Thursday in order to remain well throughout the year. The Christmas season is one of the busiest times in the Pennsylvania Dutch kitchen. For weeks before Christmas the house is filled with the smell of almond cookies, anise cookies, sandtarts, Belsnickle Christmas cookies, walnut kisses, pfeffernusse, and other traditional cookies. Not just a few of one kind but dozens and dozens of many kinds of cookies must be made. There must be plenty for the enjoyment of the family and many holiday visitors. Regardless of the time of the year or the time of the day there are pies. The Pennsylvania Dutch eat pies for breakfast. They eat pies for lunch. They eat pies for dinner and they eat pies for midnight snacks. Pies are made with a great variety of ingredients from the apple pie we all know to the rivel pie which is made from flour, sugar, and butter. The Dutch housewife is as generous with her pies as she is with all her cooking, baking six or eight at a time not one and two. The apple is an important Pennsylvania Dutch food. Dried apples form the basis for many typical dishes. Each fall barrels of apples are converted into cider. Apple butter is one of the Pennsylvania Dutch foods which has found national acceptance. The making of apple butter is an all-day affair and has the air of a holiday to it. Early in the morning the neighbors gather and begin to peel huge piles of apples that will be needed. Soon the great copper apple butter kettle is brought out and set up over a wood fire. Apple butter requires constant stirring to prevent burning. However, stirring can be light work for a boy and a girl when they’re young and the day is bright and the world is full of promise. By dusk the apple butter is made, neighborhood news is brought up to date and hunger has been driven that much further away for the coming winter. Food is abundant and appetites are hearty in the Pennsylvania Dutch country. The traditional dishes are relatively simple and unlike most regional cookery the ingredients are readily available. Best of all, no matter who makes them the results are “wonderful good.” Potato Doughnuts, Johnny Cake, Crullers, Shoo-Fly Pie Funnel Cakes (Drechter Kuche), Quick Coffee Cake Old Fashioned Funnel Cakes, German Egg Pancakes, Potato Pancakes Scalloped Potatoes, Fried Egg Plant, Hashed Brown Potatoes, Home Baked Beans, Fresh Peas and New Potatoes Vegetable Dishes: Lancaster County Baked Corn, Seven-Minute Cabbage, Scalloped Sweet Potatoes and Apples Scrapple and Pennsylvania Dutch Chicken and Oyster Pie Stuffed Peppers Chicken Baked in Cream and Dutch Meat Loaf Sweet Roll Dough, Crumb Cake, Dutch Sticky Buns, Coffee Cake (Kaffee Kuchen) and Dough Creamed Cabbage and Dried Beef, Chicken Pot Pie, Horseradish Sauce for Boiled Beef or Corned Beef, Ham and Noodles in Casserole Meat Filling for Noodles, Chicken Noodle Soup, Egg Balls for Soup, Spinach Filling for Noodles Egg Noodles, Dutch Country Bean Soup, Split Pea Soup, Vegetable Soup Mixed Fruit Preserves, Bread and Butter Pickles, Raspberry Rhubarb Jam, Apple Butter Apple Butter Pie, Rhubarb Pie, Apple Dumplings Ginger Cookies, Pumpkin Pie, Rivel (Crumb) Pie Sponge Cake, Walnut Kisses, Scripture Cake More Traditional Pennsylvania Dutch Recipes: FRUIT SALAD DRESSING ½ cup sugar 1½ tblsp. flour 2 eggs ½ cup pineapple juice ½ cup lemon juice 1 cup whipped cream Combine the fruit juices and stir slowly into the flour and sugar. Cook. Stirring constantly, until it thickens. (or cook in double boiler) Add the beaten eggs and cook for another minute. Let cool and fold in the whipped cream. BEET AND APPLE SALAD 2 cups apples, diced 2 cups cooked beets, diced ¼ cup chopped nuts 2 hard boiled eggs ½ cup salad dressing parsley Mix the apples, beets, and chopped eggs. Add salad dressing (see Grandma’s salad dressing). Mix and garnish with chopped nuts and parsley. A GOOD PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH SALAD DRESSING 2 hard boiled eggs, mashed a little grated onion 3 tablespoons salad oil 1 tablespoon vinegar ½ teaspoon salt pinch of pepper Mix well together, then put on lettuce and turn and stir until it is well covered with the dressing. Good with any green salad. PEPPER CABBAGE 2 cups shredded cabbage 1 large green pepper ½ cup hot salad dressing 1 tsp. salt Mix the cabbage, pepper, chopped fine and salt. Let stand 1 hour in cool place. Drain off all liquid. Make a hot dressing with: 1 tblsp. butter 1 tsp. flour ½ tsp. dry mustard salt and pepper yolk of 1 egg ½ cup vinegar Melt the butter and blend in the flour. Add vinegar and stir until mixture thickens. Mix mustard, salt and pepper and add to the liquid. Cool for 4 minutes, pour over the beaten egg yolk and mix well. Cook for 1 minute more. Pour this over the pepper cabbage and mix well. POTATO SALAD DRESSING 1 beaten egg ½ cup sugar 1 tbsp. flour ½ cup water ½ cup vinegar 2 tbsp. butter ½ tsp. salt ¼ tsp. pepper Combine in the order given, stirring after each addition. Boil until thick. Cool before adding to the salad. BEAN SALAD 3 cups navy beans baked or boiled 1 medium onion 2 tblsp. pickle relish or 1-large pickle 3 hard boiled eggs 2 tblsp. vinegar ⅔ cup boiled salad dressing 1½ tsp. salt Chop the onion fine, the boiled eggs, add the relish, or the pickle, chopped and the beans. Mix well together and add salt and salad dressing. Chill and serve. Green string beans, cut in 1-inch pieces may be used for this salad. DANDELION SALAD Young dandelion greens 4 thick slices bacon ½ cup cream 2 tblsp. butter 2 eggs 1 tsp. salt 1 tblsp. sugar 4 tblsp. vinegar ½ tsp. paprika black pepper Wash dandelions and pick over carefully. Roll in cloth and pat dry. Put into a salad bowl and set in warm place. Cut bacon in small cubes, fry quickly and pour over dandelions. Put butter and cream into a skillet and melt over low heat. Beat eggs, add salt, pepper, sugar and vinegar, then mix with the slightly warm cream mixture. Cook over high heat until dressing is quite thick. Pour, very hot, over the dandelions, stir well and serve. PENNSYLVANIA COLE SLAW 1 head young cabbage ½ cup cream 1 teaspoon salt ½ cup sugar ½ cup vinegar Beat cream, sugar, vinegar and salt together thoroughly until the dressing is like whipped cream. Discard outer leaves of cabbage. Shred the rest finely and combine with dressing just before it is ready to serve. Serves six. As variation: Add shredded green and red peppers. DEVILED EGGS 6 hard-boiled eggs ½ tsp. prepared mustard 2 tsp. soft butter salt, pepper, paprika Remove shells and cut eggs in half. Mash the yolks to a smooth paste, adding the mustard, butter, salt and pepper. When well mixed press into the cup-shaped egg whites, round the tops and sprinkle with paprika. For a special treat, add 2 tblsp. finely chopped ham or a small can of deviled ham to the egg yolk mixture. HOT DUTCH POTATO SALAD 4 slices bacon ½ cup chopped onion ½ cup chopped green pepper ¼ cup vinegar 1 teaspoon salt 3 hard boiled eggs ⅛ teaspoon pepper 1 teaspoon sugar 1 egg 1 qt. hot, cubed, cooked potatoes ¼ cup grated raw carrot Dice bacon and pan fry. Add chopped onion and green pepper. Cook 3 minutes. Add vinegar, salt, pepper, sugar and beaten egg. Cook slightly. Add cubed potatoes, grated carrot and diced hard-cooked eggs. Blend and serve hot. HOT SLAW Shred cabbage finely. Boil in slightly salted water until tender. Drain. Serve hot thoroughly mixed with warm cooked salad dressing made as follows: ½ teaspoon mustard 1½ teaspoons salt 1½ teaspoons sugar 1½ tablespoons flour ⅛ teaspoon pepper 1 beaten egg 1 cup milk 4 tablespoons vinegar 1½ tablespoons butter Mix mustard, salt, sugar, flour, paprika and pepper. Add egg and mix thoroughly. Add milk and vinegar. Cook over hot water, stirring frequently until thick. Add butter. Cook and stir until melted. CUCUMBER SALAD 2 medium cucumbers 1 medium onion salt 2 tblsp. vinegar sour cream pepper Pare and thinly slice cucumber and onion sprinkle with a teaspoon of salt and let stand for a few minutes. Pat with towel or absorbent paper to take out all moisture possible. Place cucumbers and onions in serving dish, add the vinegar and mix. Pour on enough sour cream to half cover and dust with pepper. Chill. DUMPLINGS 1 cup milk 2 cups flour 2 eggs 1 tsp. salt Add milk to flour slowly, stirring continually to keep mixture smooth. Add 1 egg at a time, beating well after each addition. Salt and mix well. When cooking in boiling salted water or meat broth, pour the batter from a shallow bowl, tilting it over the boiling kettle. With a sharp knife slice off pieces of the batter into the boiling liquid. Dip knife in the liquid before each cut to prevent sticking. #pennsylvaniadutch #recipes #reese #recipe #traditionalfood #food #cooking #traditions

My search for information about Charles Gilbert Decker, who was reportedly born in Carbondale, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, lead me on a quest to find other Deckers that lived in the area in the mid-1800s. The book "Portrait and biographical record of Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania", published by Chapman Publishing Co., in 1897, contains the following biography for William Henry Decker, on p. 910-911: Summary Generation 1. Nicholas Decker who came from Amsterdam and went to Copake, NY. Nicholas had three sons: Gideon, killed in the War of 1812, George, Colonel in the War of 1812, and Abraham. Nicholas was the great-grandfather of William Henry Decker, the subject of this sketch. Generation 2. Abraham Decker married a daughter of William Moore, of German descent, and in 1821, they settled in Pittston Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. He later moved to Hyde Park (Lackawanna County?) where he died. One of his sons was George Decker. Generation 3. George W. Decker was born near Hillsdale, New York, in May of 1814, and in 1821 went to Pennsylvania with his parents. He learned the trade of blacksmith from D. Brown of Priceburg. In 1839, George went to Hyde Park "before the Lackawanna Iron and Coal Company's furnace was started". He ran his shop until is retirement. George Decker married Catherine Snyder, born in Columbia County, New York. She died in July of 1891 at the age of 75 (born 1817). She was the daughter of John I. Snyder, of German descent., who served in the War of 1812. Mr. Snyder came to Pennsylvania abt. 1831, settling at Blakely. He died at 81 years old. George died in 1898 and is buried in Dunmore Cemetery, Dunmore, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania. George & Catherine Decker had eleven children: Generation 4. (Known children of George & Catherine Decker) William Henry Decker lived in Lackawanna County all his life. He was born in Priceburg in the borough of Dickson City, PA on 1-14-1836. He was of direct Holland-Dutch descent. William Henry Decker married in Brewerton, NY, on 2-16-1856 to Miss Fannie Shafer, born in Rome, New York, in 1838. She was the daughter of David Shafer, M.D., who was born in Dutchess, New York, and practiced medicine in Syracuse, New York. Dr. Shafer retired and moved to Scranton where he died. William was a blacksmith. He died on Feb. 8, 1906 in Newton, PA, and is buried in Washburn Street Cemetery in Scranton. He was known to have an extremely keen memory. William & Fannie had four children. (See Generation 5). Catherine M. Decker, who married Evan S. Jones of Scranton. UPDATE: Catherine was born 9-24-1838 in Mayfield, Luzerne, PA, and died 2-8-1923 in Scranton. She is buried next to her husband, Evan S. Jones, in Dunmore Cemetery in Scranton. They had two sons: William G. and Robert D. Jones, Sr. (Update courtesy of Carolyn Jones). Martin M. Decker, (1841-1910) a blacksmith of "this city" (Carbondale). Harriet Decker, Mrs. A.P. Vining, of Broome County, NY. Mary E. Decker, Mrs. Henry Earley (Earlley), who died in Scranton in 1892. she was born in 1846. Eliza Decker, Mrs. Goble, who died in "this city" (Carbondale). George W. Decker, an engineer on the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western road. He was born in Hyde Park, Lackawanna County, PA, on 12-18-1853, and died in Scranton on 12-31-1941. He married Mary Ann Harris (1854-1882). Ella Decker, widow of Thomas Tague (Tigue), of Scranton. She was born in Scranton in 1861 and died there in 1953. She is buried in Washburn Street Cemetery. Clara J. Decker, born 1852, died 1894. She was married to Howard S. Brown and had a son named Howard S. Brown (1883-1917). (Clara is not mentioned in the 1897 book, presumable because she died three years prior to the book being published). Generation 5. (Known children of William and Fannie Decker): Frank L. Decker, who "is with the New Jersey Central Railroad", (born abt. 1858, he was single and still living at home with his parents in Scranton in 1880, at the age of 22). Charles William Decker, born abt. 1860, who died at the age of 28. When he was 20, he was counted on the 1880 census in Scranton, Pennsylvania. His occupation was "works in coal mine". UPDATE: He married Ella Emaline Harding. Addie (or Ada) Decker, Mrs. B.E. Clark, of "this city" (Carbondale). She was born abt. 1865. In 1880, at the age of 15, she was counted in the home with her parents in Scranton where she was attending school. William Henry Decker, Jr., who "assists his father in the shop". At the age of 9 he, too, was attending school and living in the home of his parents in Scranton (1880 Census). UPDATE: He lived from 1867 to 1959 and married 1st to Josephine Smith and 2nd to Grace Gregory. (Update courtesy of Carolyn Jones). I am trying to determine if this family was related to Charles Gilbert Decker who was born in Carbondale between 1861 and 1864. He died in Walden in 1909. See more Decker genealogy on the Decker page. #decker #Decker #pennsylvania #otherdeckers #carbondale

Learn all about the songs and dances of the Pennsylvania Dutch is great, old book: Sing and Dance with the Pennsylvania Dutch, by Ruth L. Hausman, 1953. Check out this artwork commemorating this tradition: #pennsylvaniadutch #reese #traditional #traditionaldance #traditions #dancing #dance

This book entitled "The Pennsylvania Dutch" gives great detail about the Pennsylvania Dutch (or Pennsylvania German) people and their lives in Pennsylvania: #reese #pennsylvania #pennsylvaniadutch

A tragic 1909 story and reminder of how quickly life can change: Mother May Go Insane. Saw her three children meet violent deaths in one day. "Cheyenne, Wyo., Oct. 26. - Threatened with loss of reason after seeing her three small children meet violent deaths in one day, Mrs. Lena Henderson of Sun Dance is under continual care of physicians. Sunday while Mrs. Henderson was in the yard with the baby, she heard the two elder children scream and rushing into the house, found that both had been bitten by a huge rattlesnake. While caring for them she heard a faint cry from the baby. Answering this she saw the little tot fall into a well and drown before it could be rescued. Returning home she found the two older children in the throes of death from the effects of the reptile's poison." Click here for more Notable News #notablenews

"The report of County Treasurer Loughborough as transfer tax appraiser in the matter of the estate of Herman Leonard of Auburn was filed. The report shows the value of personal property to be $9,880 but of this was disbursed the sum of $3,272, leaving a balance for distribution as follows: Susan Leonard, widow, $2,804, George H. Leonard, son, $2,804, and Daved E. Wallace, a stepson, $1,000. There was no transfer tax on the estate." #otherleonards #auburn #cayuga #cayugacounty

This news from the Auburn Argus, October 29, 1909, recalls an event from forty years prior: "Hannum & Leonard's machine shop burned June, 1869." See the Leonard page for more Leonard memorabilia. #notablenews #leonard #blacksmith #henryleonard #cayugacounty #portbyron #otherleonards

Cora Leonard filed for divorce from her husband, Arthur Leonard. May 1904. #Leonard #leonard #coraleonard #arthurleonard

UPDATE 7/14/2018: Another news clipping, from the Scranton Tribune, Sept. 10, 1895, adds more mystery to the Charles Decker of Peckville: Is this the same Charles Decker of Peckville whose wife died in 1915? They had a son, John Decker, according to this article: At findagrave.com there is a record of Charles Edgar Decker, who was born 31 Jan 1876 in Mill City, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, son of Charles Decker and Roseta Avery. He died in Peckville on 19 Sep 1915 and is buried in Prospect Hill Cemetery in Peckville. I am interested in this Decker family because my ancestor, Charles Gilbert Decker was born in nearby Carbondale around 1864 and I can find nothing about his parents. He supposedly lived in Edwardsville or Edwardsdale, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, around 1891 and married Lydia (Mayo) Ames around 1896. The following are other Deckers buried in Peckville, all at Prospect Hill Cemetery, which can be found on findagrave.com: If you can add any information to connect this family to the Decker tree, please add it on WikiTree or comment below, with source information, and someone can add it for you. #othercharlesdeckers #otherdeckers #Peckville #pennsylvania

My 3rd great-grandfather, John Dickinson, came from Yorkshire, England, to America in the 1870s. During that decade, Pittsburgh's population nearly doubled as workers for the new steel mills moved in. They were the original Pittsburgh Steelers. (Click here for photos and to learn more about John Dickinson). For a glimpse into the life of a steel worker in Pittsburgh, check out "The Steel Workers", by John A. Fitch, 1911. Click here for hundreds of free online genealogy resources. #dickinson #pittsburgh #pennsylvania #steelworkers #steelmills #steelers

William Dickinson (c.1791-1864), father of John Dickinson (1830-1889), lived in Masbro, a suburb of Rotherham, in the township of Kimberworth. See the area on Google Maps here [Alternate Link]. The Rotherham.co.uk website provides the following information about Rotherham: #Sheffield #dickinson #kimberworth #williamdickinson #lancashire #unitedkingdom #england

Charles G. Decker of Brooklyn married Letitia Frances Mason, who died in 1931. He is not the same Charles G. Decker who married Lydia Mayo Ames and died in 1909. #othercharlesdeckers #otherdeckers

Local directories can provide clues about our ancestors and possible relatives. This 1845 directory covers "Sheffield and 12 miles round". The names of Dickinsons listed are shown here: Alfred Dickinson, draper, hosier and mercer, gloves, 64 Westbar (p. 105 & p. 284) SHEFFIELD David Dickinson, tailor, 68 Russell street (p. 105) SHEFFIELD Elizabeth Dickinson, shopkeeper, 22 Shude hill (p. 105 & p. 306) SHEFFIELD Francis Dickinson, policeman, 30 Chapel street (p. 105) SHEFFIELD George Dickinson, spring knife mfr; house 279 Shales moor (p. 105) SHEFFIELD Geo. Dickinson, fishmonger, fish and game dealer and herring agent, 22 Dixon lane (p. 105 & p. 259) SHEFFIELD George Dickinson, steel tilter and forger, Holmes Works (p. 374) OUTIBRIDGE, at Wharncliffe Side Mrs. Hannah Dickinson, Tapton Hill, Nether Hallam (p. 329) NETHER HALLAM Harriet Dickinson, Hoyle street school; house Rawson spring or Cross Pool (p. 105 & 328) UPPER HALLAM Henry Dickinson, tailor and draper, 36 Change alley (p. 105) SHEFFIELD James Dickinson, stone mason, Ecclesfield village (p. 371) ECCLESFIELD John Dickinson, pork butcher, 46 Silver street head (p. 105 & p. 259) SHEFFIELD John Dickinson, grocer, Low Hoyland (p. 362) HOYLAND (NETHER.) Mr John Dickinson, 80 White croft (p. 105) SHEFFIELD John Dickinson, butcher, 87 West street (p. 105 & p. 259) SHEFFIELD Joseph Dickinson, butcher, 96 Westbar; house Rawson spring (p. 105 & p. 259) SHEFFIELD Joseph Dickinson, farmer, Rawson spring (p. 331) OWLERTON *same as 96 Westbar? Joseph Dickinson, farmer, (p. 366) WORTLEY Joseph Dickinson, jun. butcher, 114 Westbar (p. 105 & p. 259) SHEFFIELD Joseph Dickinson, tilter, Walkley Bank Tilt, Nether Hallam (p. 329) NETHER HALLAM Miss Rebecca Dickinson (p. 398) BEIGHTON Robert Dickinson, bookkeeper, William street (p. 105) SHEFFIELD Robert Dickinson, hair dresser (p. 360) WATH-UPON-DEARNE Sarah Dickinson, shopkeeper, 23 Bridgehouses (p. 105 & p. 306) SHEFFIELD Skevington Dickinson, coal owner, Churchtown (p. 5) KILLAMARSH Thomas Dickinson, maltster, Low Hoyland (p. 362) HOYLAND (NETHER.) Thomas Dickinson, nail maker, Low Hoyland (p. 362) HOYLAND (NETHER.) Thomas Dickinson, benefactor of Almshouse for poor woman c.1640 (p. 340) William Henry Dickinson, cutter - buck, stag, horn hafts & scales, 26 Chester street (p. 105) SHEFFIELD William Dickinson, farmer, Mexbrough (p. 381) MEXBROUGH Read this for free at Archive.org See more about Dickinsons from the Sheffield area on the Dickinson page. #dickinson #sheffield #yorkshire #england