William Decker: Waterloo Region Generations

Generation: 1

William Decker was born 29 May 1851, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Isaac Smith Decker and Sarah Eliza Hunt); died 1926.

Other Events:

Honoured: Decker, , Manitoba; Decker, Manitoba named in his honour
Eby ID Number: Waterloo-27134

Notes:

Memorable Manitobans: William H. Decker (1851-1926)
Farmer, municipal official.

Born at Waterloo, Ontario on 29 May 1851, son of Isaac S. Decker (?-1876) and Sarah Hunt (?-1885), he attended schools of Lambton County until the age of 18 years, after which time he worked on the family farm. In 1873, he began working as a carpenter on the Grand Trunk Railway, coming to Manitoba in 1881 and taking up a farm in the western part of the province. In addition to growing crops, he raised horses, cattle, and swine. When the Canadian Northern Railway constructed a line through the region, it purchased forty acres of Decker's land to establish a station and townsite that they named Decker in his honour. On 7 October 1879, he married Martha Alice Frankland (1856-1945), daughter of Robert Frankland and Elizabeth Gofton, at Peterborough, Ontario. They had seven children: Herbert J. Decker (?-?), Frederick Walter Decker (1883-?, husband of Annie G. McConnell), Naomi Sarah Decker (1885-?, wife of Frederick L. Cook), Mabel Decker (1886-?, wife of Frederick Wyatt), Robert Scenica Decker (1889-?), Albert Lemual Decker (1891-?, husband of Myrtle I. Sunley), and Lily May Decker (1896-?). He served as Reeve for the Rural Municipality of Hamiota (1915-1916) and Secretary-Treasurer of the Ethel School District. He was a member of the IOOF. He died in 1926.

Sources:
Birth, marriage and death registrations, Manitoba Vital Statistics.

The Story of Manitoba by F. H. Schofield, Winnipeg: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1913.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 3 January 2016

Goldsborough, G. (2019). Memorable Manitobans: William H. Decker (1851-1926). Mhs.mb.ca. Retrieved 9 June 2019, from https://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/decker_wh.shtml

Generation: 2

2.	Isaac Smith Decker was born 1808, , Ontario, Canada; died 23 Dec 1874, Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada. Other Events: Eby ID Number: Waterloo-11085 Isaac — Sarah Eliza Hunt. Sarah was born 1810, , Ireland; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Sarah Eliza Hunt was born 1810, , Ireland; died Yes, date unknown.

Other Events:

Name: Sarah Eliza Decker
Eby ID Number: Waterloo-27127

Children:

David Wellington Decker was born 28 May 1834, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 3 Feb 1899, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
Margaret Decker was born 1838, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
Richard Decker was born CA 1838, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 3 Jul 1846, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
Isaac L. Decker was born 1840, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
Sarah Decker was born 1841, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
George Decker was born 1844, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
Sarah Ann Decker was born 26 Apr 1844, Beverly Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada; died 20 Sep 1919, North Bay, Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada.
Robert Decker was born 1847, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
1. William Decker was born 29 May 1851, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1926.