Ancestry of
Claire Danes

TV and Movie Actress

Elizabeth Elner "Lizzie" Decker

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• • 2nd Great-grandmother of Claire Danes — 5th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 17 
  • Father:
  • David Decker 
  • Mother:
  • Eliza Dunham   
  • Birth Date:
  • ABT Aug 1849 
  • Birth Location:
  • Maine 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 22 Jan 1922 
  • Death Location:
  • Hoquiam, Grays Harbor, Washington 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Forest Cemetery, Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai, Idaho 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Andrew Burr Danes
  • Marriage Date:
  • 25 Dec 1875 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Winnebago County, Wisconsin 
  • Child:

  Bert Allen Danes (Ahnentafel No:8 )

  • Notes: 

  • The death certificate for Elizabeth gives her mother's maiden name as Burr. This is incorrect and appears to be confused with the middle name of her husband.

• Sources for Elizabeth Elner "Lizzie" Decker

  • ¹ Commemorative Biographical Record of the Fox River Valley Counties of Brown, Outagamie and Winnebago . . ., Chicago: J. H. Beers and Co. (1895), 45.
  • ² Federal Census, ME, Cumberland County, 1850, Casco, Image 12 of 27.
  • ³ Federal Census, WA, Spokane County, 1900, Cheney, E.D. 52, Sheet 5A, Image 9 of 30.
  • ⁴ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 06/02/2018).
  • ⁵ U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, Application for son Bert Allen Danes.
  • ⁶ Washington, U.S., Select Death Index, 1907-1960, Death record for Elizabeth Elner Danes.

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