John Robert DeckerAge: 77 years1874–1951
- Name
- John Robert Decker
- Given names
- John Robert
- Surname
- Decker
 Birth | May 10, 1874 |
 Military service | Spanish American War Agency: E Company, 2nd Unit (Inf.), Memphis, TN |
 Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 3 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 23 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
 Marriage | Clara Vashti Ellis — View this family about October 15, 1910 (Age 36 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 41 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 42 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 43 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
 Census | January 2, 1920 (Age 45 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 55 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Census | April 1, 1930 (Age 55 years) |
| Death of a wife | Clara Vashti Ellis 1938 (Age 63 years) Address: 2602 Autumn |
| Burial of a wife | Clara Vashti Ellis April 4, 1938 (Age 63 years) Address: Plot: Section B Single (West part of Section B) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Forest Hill Cemetery |
| Census | April 3, 1940 (Age 65 years) Note: Ginger & Homer are in both Elsie & J.R, Decker Households -b |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 67 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Census | April 1, 1950 (Age 75 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 75 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 71 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
 Death | June 13, 1951 (Age 77 years) Address: Binghamton |
 Burial | June 15, 1951 (2 days after death) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Memphis National Cemetery |
| Identification number | 9HCS-877 Type: FamilySearch |
| Family with Clara Vashti Ellis |
| himself |
John Robert Decker Birth: May 10, 1874 — Mississippi, United States Death: June 13, 1951 — Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
| wife |
Clara Vashti Ellis Birth: December 27, 1869 44 34 — Bartlett, Shelby, Tennessee, United States Death: 1938 — Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: about October 15, 1910 — Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
| James Sterling Lockridge + Clara Vashti Ellis |
| wife’s husband |
James Sterling Lockridge Birth: December 1846 51 27 — Mississippi, United States Death: March 1, 1910 — Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
| wife |
Clara Vashti Ellis Birth: December 27, 1869 44 34 — Bartlett, Shelby, Tennessee, United States Death: 1938 — Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: April 15, 1890 — Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years step-daughter |
Clara Virginia “Daisy” Lockridge Birth: September 12, 1893 46 23 — Cotton Plant, Woodruff, Arkansas, United States Death: April 22, 1982 — Warner Robins, Houston, Georgia, United States |
| W N Bond + Clara Vashti Ellis |
| wife’s husband |
W N Bond Death: |
| wife |
Clara Vashti Ellis Birth: December 27, 1869 44 34 — Bartlett, Shelby, Tennessee, United States Death: 1938 — Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: November 21, 1888 — Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
No family available
| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - John Robert Decker - Household
322 Vassar Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee
Clara should have been 50 not 44? -b | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - John R. Decker - Household
Dist. 4 Ward 38, Autumn Cove Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - John Robert Decker - Household
2602 Autumn Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee
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| Census | Ginger & Homer are in both Elsie & J.R, Decker Households -b | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1950 United States - Census transcript - Clara Virginia “Daisy” Lockridge - Household
2602 Autumn Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee
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