Ancestry of
Claire Danes

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David Decker

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• • 3rd Great-grandfather of Claire Danes — 6th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 34 
  • Father:
  • David Decker 
  • Mother:
  • Jemima Decker   
  • Birth Date:
  • 8 Mar 1802 
  • Birth Location:
  • Standish, Cumberland, Maine 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Death Date:
  • 10 Nov 1865 
  • Death Location:
  • Kewaunee, Kewaunee Co., Wisconsin 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Riverview Public Cemetery, Kewaunee, Kewaunee Co., Wisconsin 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Eliza Dunham
  • Marriage Date:
  • 6 Dec 1826 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Otisfield, Oxford, Maine 
  • Child:

  Elizabeth Elner "Lizzie" Decker (Ahnentafel No:17 )

• Sources for David Decker

  • ¹ Biographical Review: This Volume Contains Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Cumberland County, Maine, Boston: Biographical Review Publishing Company (1896), 364.
  • ² Commemorative Biographical Record of the Fox River Valley Counties of Brown, Outagamie and Winnebago . . ., Chicago: J. H. Beers and Co. (1895), 42-45.
  • ³ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A135008 and #A051271.
  • ⁴ Federal Census, ME, Cumberland County, 1850, Casco, Image 12 of 27.
  • ⁵ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 06/02/2018).
  • ⁶ Maine, U.S., Birth Records, 1715-1922, Birth record for David Decker (recorded at Raymond).
  • ⁷ Maine, U.S., Marriage Index, 1670-1921, Marriage record for David Decker and Eliza Dunham.
  • ⁸ Washington, U.S., Select Death Index, 1907-1960, Death record for daughter Elizabeth Elner Danes.
  • ⁹ Ridlon, Gideon Tibbetts, Sr., Saco Valley Settlements and Families: Historical, Biographical, Genealogical, Traditional, and Legendary, Portland, Maine: The Lakeside Press (1895), 621.

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