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Martha <I>Rothrock</I> Decker

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Martha Rothrock Decker

Birth
Derry Township, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
28 Jan 1920 (aged 80)
Armagh Township, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Milroy, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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Martha Rothrock was the 11th? of 16 known children of Zachariah Rothrock (1792-1876) and Mary Moore (1799-1849), who married c1819 in presumably Pennsyvania. After Mary died, Zachariah remarried to Sarah Buchanan (1796-1876) but had no known additional children.

Martha first married to Samuel (or Samuel George?) Fillman (1835-1865). Martha and Samuel were the parents of four known children, namely:

1. Mary E. Fillman Aurandt (1860-1942)
2. George W. Fillman (1861-1916)
3. Jane "Jennie" Arreta Fillman Cook (1862-1937)
4. Henry Fillman (1865-???)

After Samuel died, Martha remarried to Thomas P. Decker (1828-1893) on 04 Jun 1867 at Lewistown, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania. Martha and Thomas were the parents of seven known children, namely:

5. Laura Decker (c1868-???)
6. Emma Esther Decker Everly (1870-1945)
7. Nathan Decker (1873-???)
8. Ellen "Ellie" Catherine Decker Kibe (1875-1961)
9. Daniel Walter Decker (1876-1966)
10. Nelson J. Decker (1880-1889)
11. Beulah E. P. Decker (1884-1885)

The following child is often named in the listing of child, possibly a child of an earlier marriage of Thomas:

12. Curtin M. Decker (1857-1883)

When Martha died, she was said to be survived by six living children. Does any one know who the sixth living child was? This 6th child who was living in 1920 was deceased by the time Jane "Jennie" Fillman Cook died in 1937.

Links to Martha's parents, her second known husband, six of her twelve known children and six of her fifteen known siblings are included below.
Martha Rothrock was the 11th? of 16 known children of Zachariah Rothrock (1792-1876) and Mary Moore (1799-1849), who married c1819 in presumably Pennsyvania. After Mary died, Zachariah remarried to Sarah Buchanan (1796-1876) but had no known additional children.

Martha first married to Samuel (or Samuel George?) Fillman (1835-1865). Martha and Samuel were the parents of four known children, namely:

1. Mary E. Fillman Aurandt (1860-1942)
2. George W. Fillman (1861-1916)
3. Jane "Jennie" Arreta Fillman Cook (1862-1937)
4. Henry Fillman (1865-???)

After Samuel died, Martha remarried to Thomas P. Decker (1828-1893) on 04 Jun 1867 at Lewistown, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania. Martha and Thomas were the parents of seven known children, namely:

5. Laura Decker (c1868-???)
6. Emma Esther Decker Everly (1870-1945)
7. Nathan Decker (1873-???)
8. Ellen "Ellie" Catherine Decker Kibe (1875-1961)
9. Daniel Walter Decker (1876-1966)
10. Nelson J. Decker (1880-1889)
11. Beulah E. P. Decker (1884-1885)

The following child is often named in the listing of child, possibly a child of an earlier marriage of Thomas:

12. Curtin M. Decker (1857-1883)

When Martha died, she was said to be survived by six living children. Does any one know who the sixth living child was? This 6th child who was living in 1920 was deceased by the time Jane "Jennie" Fillman Cook died in 1937.

Links to Martha's parents, her second known husband, six of her twelve known children and six of her fifteen known siblings are included below.


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