Silas DECKER

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July 1859 , Owego, Tioga, New York, USA

Died

abt. 1940 , Cleveland, Ohio, USA

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Born: July 1859 in Owego, Tioga, New York, USA

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Silas married Eleanor L "Ella" WELCH 22 October 1879 in Owego, Tioga, New York, USA . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Eleanor L "Ella" WELCH was born August 1861 in Owego, Tioga, New York, USA. Eleanor L "Ella" died 28 November 1900 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. Eleanor L "Ella" was the child of Hiram WELCH and Harriet MOSHER.

Silas DECKER died abt. 1940 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
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Eleanor L "Ella" WELCH
Marriage date: 22 October 1879
Marriage place: Owego, Tioga, New York, USA
Eleanor L "Ella" WELCH was the child of Hiram WELCH and Harriet MOSHER

Children of Silas DECKER and Eleanor L "Ella" WELCH

Charlotte Amelia "Lottie" DECKER

Born: August 1880, , New York, USA
Died: 9 November 1961, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Harvey Arnette DECKER

Born: 24 September 1881, , New York, USA
Died: 14 February 1966, Sarasota, Florida, USA

Abram Charles DECKER

Born: 15 September 1885, , New York, USA
Died: 26 November 1945, , New York, USA

Allie Silas DECKER

Born: 11 August 1887, , New York, USA
Died: 17 April 1980, , New York, USA

Helen DECKER

Born: abt. 1888, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Died: 10 January 1983,

Ella Euphine DECKER

Born: 27 June 1897, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Died: 17 February 1979, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

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Birth — 1859
July 1859
Owego, Tioga, New York, USA

1861 - February 8 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America are formed, comprising the first six break-away states.

1861 - Abraham Lincoln becomes President of the United States

1863 - January 1 - President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves.

1863 - October 3 – President Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated the final Thursday in November in the United States

1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

April 14, 1865 - President Abraham Lincoln was mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth at in Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. He died the next day. Andrew Johnson becomes President of the United States.

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States

1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President of the United States

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1879 Marriage / Partner
Silas DECKER and Eleanor L "Ella" WELCH 22 October 1879, Owego, Tioga, New York, USA

He was 20 years old.

1880 Birth of Child
Charlotte Amelia "Lottie" DECKER was born August 1880, , New York, USA

Silas was 21 years old.

1881 - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton.

1881 - March 4 - James A. Garfield becomes President of the United States

1881 - July 2 - James A. Garfield was shot at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C., at 9:30 am on Saturday, July 2, 1881. He died in Elberon, New Jersey, two months later on September 19, 1881. The shooting occurred less than four months into his term as president. Charles J. Guiteau was convicted of Garfield's murder and executed by hanging one year after the shooting. Chester Arthur becomes President of the United States.

1881 Birth of Child
Harvey Arnette DECKER was born 24 September 1881, , New York, USA

Silas was 22 years old.

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1885 Birth of Child
Abram Charles DECKER was born 15 September 1885, , New York, USA

Silas was 26 years old.

1886 - October 28 - Statue of Liberty is Unveiled

1887 Birth of Child
Allie Silas DECKER was born 11 August 1887, , New York, USA

Silas was 28 years old.

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1889 - Benjamin Harrison becomes President of the United States

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1893 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1897 - William McKinley becomes President of the United States

1897 Birth of Child
Ella Euphine DECKER was born 27 June 1897, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Silas was 38 years old.

1898 - April 25 – Spanish-American War: The United States declares war on Spain

1898 - December 10 – The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Spanish-American War.

1900 Death of Spouse/Partner
Eleanor L "Ella" WELCH died 28 November 1900, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - William McKinley, the 25th president of the United States, was shot on the grounds of the Pan-American Exposition in the Temple of Music in Buffalo, New York, on September 6, 1901, six months into his second term. He was shaking hands with the public when an anarchist, Leon Czolgosz, shot him twice in the abdomen. Theodore Roosevelt becomes President of the United States.

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1904 - June 28 - U.S. begins construction of Panama Canal.

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1909 - William Howard Taft becomes President of the United States

1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic

1913 - The assembly line is invented (Henry Ford, United States)

The bra is invented (Mary Phelps Jacob, United States)

1913 - Woodrow Wilson becomes President of the United States

1913 - October 31 – The Lincoln Highway, the first automobile road across the United States, is dedicated

1915 - January 25 - First United States coast-to-coast long-distance telephone call

1917 - March 2 – The enactment of the Jones Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.

1917 - April 6 – WWI: The United States declares war on Germany

1918 - March 19 – The United States Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time

1919 - June 4 – Women's rights: The United States Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which would guarantee suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification