He was born Jan Dekker (= Thatcher) in January 1852 in the small country village of Krabbendam, house number 139, in the former municipality Warmenhuizen, in the northwestern part of the Dutch western province Noord-Holland, the first of five children of the 30 years old farmer Jacob Dekker (1821 Zijpe - 1856 Krabbendam nr. 126) and Trijntje de Jongh (1828-1862), who were married in 1851 in Warmenhuizen. He was named after his grandfather Jan Jacobs Dekker.
On February 9, 1853 his brother Dirk Dekker was born in Krabbendam too, house nr. 126. See Find A Grave Memorial# 175911339. He was also a brother of Aagje (Agnes) Sprietsma Dekker, Find A Grave Memorial# 109538605, who was born on April 29, 1854 in also Krabbendam, house nr. 126.
About 1872 he emigrated to the USA.
About 1874 he married very probably in Cook County, Illinois, USA the two years younger Adriana Molenaar, who was also born in Krabbendam, house number 139, located in the Dutch western province Noord-Holland.
In June 1900 John Dekker (48 years old , born in January 1852 in Holland, immigrated in 1872, 25 years married, farmer), Edna Dekker (46, May 1854 in Holland, immigrated in 1874, 25 years married, mother of 2 deceased and 9 living children), their children Nelie (19, August 1881, Illinois, servent), Katie (17, March 1883, Illinois, servent), Mary (15, January 1885, Illinois, servent), Gracy (14, March 1886, Illinois), Edna (12, January 1888, Illinois), Agnus (11, December 1889, Illinois), Gurty (7, July 1893, Indiana), Jacob (5, October 1895, Indiana) and Jennie (3, November 1897, Indiana) were living at a rented farm in North Township (excl. East Chicago, Hammond & Whiting town), Lake County, Indiana. They lived very probably in what was since 1907 called the town of Munster, named for the Dutchman Jacob Monster aka Munster, who settled here in 1855 with some other Dutch immigrant families.
In June 1910 John Dekker (58, immigrated in 1872, farmer), his wife Adriana Dekker (56, Holland, immigrated in 1874, mother of 3 deceased and 8 living children), their children Agnes (20, Illinois), Jacob (14, Indiana) and Jennet (12, Indiana) were living on their own farm in Bloom Township [including the village of Lansing], about 30 miles south of Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.
On November 15, 1912 farmer John Dekker was killed in Lansing by a train at the age of 60 years. Here is an article from the November 16, 1912 Hammond Times newspaper.
LANSING FARMER DIES UNDER WHEELS
John Decker, a well-known resident of Lansing, Ill. was instantly killed yesterday afternoon when he was run down by a Pennsylvania switch engine. Decker was in Lansing on business and was walking down the Pennsylvania track when the switch engine backed down upon him, throwing his body beneath the wheels. His body was badly mangled and evidently death was instantaneous.
Undertaker Emmerling was called and the remains were taken to his home where funeral arrangements are being made.
Decker was a well-known farmer living near Lansing, and is survived by a wife and children.
He was buried in plot 3 of the Munster Christian Cemetery, Lake County, Indiana, just on the other side of Illinois' eastern border.
On October 21, 1915 his widow Adriana remarried in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois to the widower John Kostelyk, also born in the Dutch western province Noord-Holland.
Adriana died in October 1927 at the age of 73 years in Oak Glen, today a western district of Lansing, Cook County, Illinois and was buried next or close to her second husband John Kostelyk in plot R3 of Munster Christian Cemetery, Lake County, Indiana.
On February 9, 1853 his brother Dirk Dekker was born in Krabbendam too, house nr. 126. See Find A Grave Memorial# 175911339. He was also a brother of Aagje (Agnes) Sprietsma Dekker, Find A Grave Memorial# 109538605, who was born on April 29, 1854 in also Krabbendam, house nr. 126.
About 1872 he emigrated to the USA.
About 1874 he married very probably in Cook County, Illinois, USA the two years younger Adriana Molenaar, who was also born in Krabbendam, house number 139, located in the Dutch western province Noord-Holland.
In June 1900 John Dekker (48 years old , born in January 1852 in Holland, immigrated in 1872, 25 years married, farmer), Edna Dekker (46, May 1854 in Holland, immigrated in 1874, 25 years married, mother of 2 deceased and 9 living children), their children Nelie (19, August 1881, Illinois, servent), Katie (17, March 1883, Illinois, servent), Mary (15, January 1885, Illinois, servent), Gracy (14, March 1886, Illinois), Edna (12, January 1888, Illinois), Agnus (11, December 1889, Illinois), Gurty (7, July 1893, Indiana), Jacob (5, October 1895, Indiana) and Jennie (3, November 1897, Indiana) were living at a rented farm in North Township (excl. East Chicago, Hammond & Whiting town), Lake County, Indiana. They lived very probably in what was since 1907 called the town of Munster, named for the Dutchman Jacob Monster aka Munster, who settled here in 1855 with some other Dutch immigrant families.
In June 1910 John Dekker (58, immigrated in 1872, farmer), his wife Adriana Dekker (56, Holland, immigrated in 1874, mother of 3 deceased and 8 living children), their children Agnes (20, Illinois), Jacob (14, Indiana) and Jennet (12, Indiana) were living on their own farm in Bloom Township [including the village of Lansing], about 30 miles south of Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.
On November 15, 1912 farmer John Dekker was killed in Lansing by a train at the age of 60 years. Here is an article from the November 16, 1912 Hammond Times newspaper.
LANSING FARMER DIES UNDER WHEELS
John Decker, a well-known resident of Lansing, Ill. was instantly killed yesterday afternoon when he was run down by a Pennsylvania switch engine. Decker was in Lansing on business and was walking down the Pennsylvania track when the switch engine backed down upon him, throwing his body beneath the wheels. His body was badly mangled and evidently death was instantaneous.
Undertaker Emmerling was called and the remains were taken to his home where funeral arrangements are being made.
Decker was a well-known farmer living near Lansing, and is survived by a wife and children.
He was buried in plot 3 of the Munster Christian Cemetery, Lake County, Indiana, just on the other side of Illinois' eastern border.
On October 21, 1915 his widow Adriana remarried in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois to the widower John Kostelyk, also born in the Dutch western province Noord-Holland.
Adriana died in October 1927 at the age of 73 years in Oak Glen, today a western district of Lansing, Cook County, Illinois and was buried next or close to her second husband John Kostelyk in plot R3 of Munster Christian Cemetery, Lake County, Indiana.
He was born Jan Dekker (= Thatcher) in January 1852 in the small country village of Krabbendam, house number 139, in the former municipality Warmenhuizen, in the northwestern part of the Dutch western province Noord-Holland, the first of five children of the 30 years old farmer Jacob Dekker (1821 Zijpe - 1856 Krabbendam nr. 126) and Trijntje de Jongh (1828-1862), who were married in 1851 in Warmenhuizen. He was named after his grandfather Jan Jacobs Dekker.
On February 9, 1853 his brother Dirk Dekker was born in Krabbendam too, house nr. 126. See Find A Grave Memorial# 175911339. He was also a brother of Aagje (Agnes) Sprietsma Dekker, Find A Grave Memorial# 109538605, who was born on April 29, 1854 in also Krabbendam, house nr. 126.
About 1872 he emigrated to the USA.
About 1874 he married very probably in Cook County, Illinois, USA the two years younger Adriana Molenaar, who was also born in Krabbendam, house number 139, located in the Dutch western province Noord-Holland.
In June 1900 John Dekker (48 years old , born in January 1852 in Holland, immigrated in 1872, 25 years married, farmer), Edna Dekker (46, May 1854 in Holland, immigrated in 1874, 25 years married, mother of 2 deceased and 9 living children), their children Nelie (19, August 1881, Illinois, servent), Katie (17, March 1883, Illinois, servent), Mary (15, January 1885, Illinois, servent), Gracy (14, March 1886, Illinois), Edna (12, January 1888, Illinois), Agnus (11, December 1889, Illinois), Gurty (7, July 1893, Indiana), Jacob (5, October 1895, Indiana) and Jennie (3, November 1897, Indiana) were living at a rented farm in North Township (excl. East Chicago, Hammond & Whiting town), Lake County, Indiana. They lived very probably in what was since 1907 called the town of Munster, named for the Dutchman Jacob Monster aka Munster, who settled here in 1855 with some other Dutch immigrant families.
In June 1910 John Dekker (58, immigrated in 1872, farmer), his wife Adriana Dekker (56, Holland, immigrated in 1874, mother of 3 deceased and 8 living children), their children Agnes (20, Illinois), Jacob (14, Indiana) and Jennet (12, Indiana) were living on their own farm in Bloom Township [including the village of Lansing], about 30 miles south of Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.
On November 15, 1912 farmer John Dekker was killed in Lansing by a train at the age of 60 years. Here is an article from the November 16, 1912 Hammond Times newspaper.
LANSING FARMER DIES UNDER WHEELS
John Decker, a well-known resident of Lansing, Ill. was instantly killed yesterday afternoon when he was run down by a Pennsylvania switch engine. Decker was in Lansing on business and was walking down the Pennsylvania track when the switch engine backed down upon him, throwing his body beneath the wheels. His body was badly mangled and evidently death was instantaneous.
Undertaker Emmerling was called and the remains were taken to his home where funeral arrangements are being made.
Decker was a well-known farmer living near Lansing, and is survived by a wife and children.
He was buried in plot 3 of the Munster Christian Cemetery, Lake County, Indiana, just on the other side of Illinois' eastern border.
On October 21, 1915 his widow Adriana remarried in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois to the widower John Kostelyk, also born in the Dutch western province Noord-Holland.
Adriana died in October 1927 at the age of 73 years in Oak Glen, today a western district of Lansing, Cook County, Illinois and was buried next or close to her second husband John Kostelyk in plot R3 of Munster Christian Cemetery, Lake County, Indiana.
On February 9, 1853 his brother Dirk Dekker was born in Krabbendam too, house nr. 126. See Find A Grave Memorial# 175911339. He was also a brother of Aagje (Agnes) Sprietsma Dekker, Find A Grave Memorial# 109538605, who was born on April 29, 1854 in also Krabbendam, house nr. 126.
About 1872 he emigrated to the USA.
About 1874 he married very probably in Cook County, Illinois, USA the two years younger Adriana Molenaar, who was also born in Krabbendam, house number 139, located in the Dutch western province Noord-Holland.
In June 1900 John Dekker (48 years old , born in January 1852 in Holland, immigrated in 1872, 25 years married, farmer), Edna Dekker (46, May 1854 in Holland, immigrated in 1874, 25 years married, mother of 2 deceased and 9 living children), their children Nelie (19, August 1881, Illinois, servent), Katie (17, March 1883, Illinois, servent), Mary (15, January 1885, Illinois, servent), Gracy (14, March 1886, Illinois), Edna (12, January 1888, Illinois), Agnus (11, December 1889, Illinois), Gurty (7, July 1893, Indiana), Jacob (5, October 1895, Indiana) and Jennie (3, November 1897, Indiana) were living at a rented farm in North Township (excl. East Chicago, Hammond & Whiting town), Lake County, Indiana. They lived very probably in what was since 1907 called the town of Munster, named for the Dutchman Jacob Monster aka Munster, who settled here in 1855 with some other Dutch immigrant families.
In June 1910 John Dekker (58, immigrated in 1872, farmer), his wife Adriana Dekker (56, Holland, immigrated in 1874, mother of 3 deceased and 8 living children), their children Agnes (20, Illinois), Jacob (14, Indiana) and Jennet (12, Indiana) were living on their own farm in Bloom Township [including the village of Lansing], about 30 miles south of Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.
On November 15, 1912 farmer John Dekker was killed in Lansing by a train at the age of 60 years. Here is an article from the November 16, 1912 Hammond Times newspaper.
LANSING FARMER DIES UNDER WHEELS
John Decker, a well-known resident of Lansing, Ill. was instantly killed yesterday afternoon when he was run down by a Pennsylvania switch engine. Decker was in Lansing on business and was walking down the Pennsylvania track when the switch engine backed down upon him, throwing his body beneath the wheels. His body was badly mangled and evidently death was instantaneous.
Undertaker Emmerling was called and the remains were taken to his home where funeral arrangements are being made.
Decker was a well-known farmer living near Lansing, and is survived by a wife and children.
He was buried in plot 3 of the Munster Christian Cemetery, Lake County, Indiana, just on the other side of Illinois' eastern border.
On October 21, 1915 his widow Adriana remarried in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois to the widower John Kostelyk, also born in the Dutch western province Noord-Holland.
Adriana died in October 1927 at the age of 73 years in Oak Glen, today a western district of Lansing, Cook County, Illinois and was buried next or close to her second husband John Kostelyk in plot R3 of Munster Christian Cemetery, Lake County, Indiana.
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