Herman J. Decker c.1900

Post by **daggers** » 14 Dec 2010 14:20

Can anyone help with an address and occupation of this Liverpool [or district] resident who served as an officer in the Lancashire Volunteer Artllery [forerunners of the Territorials] from around 1900 and is likely to have lived in south Liverpool. His unit was based in Garston until WW1 broke out.
Daggers

Post by **MaryA** » 14 Dec 2010 14:43

Using the free index to the most recent census, you can enter the reference RD454 and in the Other Members of the Household boxes enter Herman Decker and the family show up in Toxteth Park.

I'm using this as an exercise in trying to match up families with the new Summary Books available on Ancestry. There appear to be 7 people in the house, 2 males and 5 females. There are a number of Decker males (presumably all Heads of household) in Toxteth Park, however only one is listed as having these precise numbers, so I tried the address 9 Marmion Road and it brought up all the listing of those I believed to be in the family.

Try it! But sorry I don't know of any way of discovering the occupation without purchasing the image.

PS Not sure that he and Maud married!

Post by **Hilary** » 14 Dec 2010 14:55

Ancestry

Herman Joseph Decker Dec Q 1871 West Derby

1881 census 2 Ivanhoe Road Toxteth Park
witrh mmother Sophie wife of merchant. She was born Moscow3 Russia naturalised BS

1891 same address with parents Thomas and Sophie he also bn Russia and NBS

Shipping Lists there are a numebr of these

1920 arriving Liverpool from New York 27 April

Herman J Decker cotton merchant wife wife Maud and children Chloe 13, Maud 11, Sophie 8 and Herman J 16

Address looks like 1 Mannion Road Liverpool

Hilary
Ed Officer

Post by **Hilary** » 14 Dec 2010 15:00

Herman Decker's father Hermann has naturalisation papers listed on the National Archives catalogue in 1862.

Hilary
Ed Officer

Post by **daggers** » 14 Dec 2010 15:27

Mary and Hilary
As usual, very prompt replies! Thanks very much to both of you. Not surprised that 'cotton merchant' should appear, and an immigrant background, too, as many were. Such was our city's pull for enterprising people in those far-off days.
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Post by **PJLong** » 20 Dec 2010 09:34

Hi Daggers, as usual I'm way behind the original post! Do you have details for the family on the 1911 - or do you not need them?

Pauline.

Post by **Tina** » 20 Dec 2010 10:05

Hi Daggers

1894 Kellys/Gores Directory
Decker Hermann Manager for Chindows & Sons, Alexy & Gerasim Iwan, Russian Importers 8 Inner Temple at 24 Dale St.
Res 2 Ivanhoe Rd

Tina

Added
I did go through all the Temples off Dale St in 1911 couldn't find any link to the above, I did have a lovely cuppa in the Kardomah

Post by **daggers** » 20 Dec 2010 10:16

Pauline
All sorted now, thanks.
Tina
Did you have a game of chess there with your coffee, or did they only play in the K in Bold Street?
Those were the days when Russians were traders, not 'oligarchs' and football club owners.
D

Post by **PJLong** » 20 Dec 2010 10:20

Here you go just in case:

9 Mannion Road, Sefton Park.

Hermann Joseph Decker Jr 39 Married 8 years Cotton merchant (Importer raw) own account Lancashire Liverpool

Maud Decker 32 .....U.S. America
Herman Joseph Decker son 6 school ....U.S. America
Chloe Emily Decker daughter 5 ....U.S. America
Maud decker 2 Lancashire Liverpool
Mary Hughes servant 24 cook Anglesey
Clara Cordan 21 servant housemaid Lancashire Liverpool

Post by **daggers** » 20 Dec 2010 10:43

Mannion Road - possibly Marmion? close to Waverley, Ivanhoe etc. etc
D

Post by **PJLong** » 20 Dec 2010 10:49

Yep...that's the one (always seems clearer when I have the specs on!)

Post by **MaryA** » 20 Dec 2010 13:06

That would seem to explain why there was no marriage to be found in England.

Post by **PJLong** » 20 Dec 2010 13:26

Hmmm, is that his Dad on the probate list?