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Stientje “Christina” <I>Decker</I> Schmith

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Stientje “Christina” Decker Schmith

Birth
Germany
Death
22 Jun 1885 (aged 28)
Archer County, Texas, USA
Burial
Bowman, Archer County, Texas, USA
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Stientje was one of nine children born to Röttger Decker and wife Amke Claaßen. She was born in Eversmeer, Ostfriesland, Germany. She married Frederick W. Schmith on March 12, 1878 in Gilman, Illinois. He was a farmer. They had three children: Louisa; Rodolphus; Frederick, Jr. She died in Bowman and was the first person to be buried in the Bowman Cemetery.
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Church record:
Stientje Decker, Tochter des Colonisten Röttger Galts Decker und dessen Ehefrau Amke Claaßen Freese zu Eversmeer, wurde geboren am 5. Juni (1857) des Abends um Uhr und den 12. Juli getauft. - Taufpaten: Ulrich Eden Freese, Warfsmann und Colonist zu Eversmeer, Stientje Eden Freese, Witwe des Warfsmannes Gerd Harms Gerdes zu Eversmeer.

Translation:
Stientje Decker, daughter of the colonist Roettger Galts Decker and his wife Amke Classen Freese of Eversmeer, was born on June 5th 1857 in the evening and was baptized on July 12th. Godparents (or witnesses): Ulrich Eden Freese, Shipyard worker and colonist of Eversmeer; Stientje Eden Freese, widow of shipyard worker Gerd Harms Gerdes of Eversmeer.
Stientje was one of nine children born to Röttger Decker and wife Amke Claaßen. She was born in Eversmeer, Ostfriesland, Germany. She married Frederick W. Schmith on March 12, 1878 in Gilman, Illinois. He was a farmer. They had three children: Louisa; Rodolphus; Frederick, Jr. She died in Bowman and was the first person to be buried in the Bowman Cemetery.
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Church record:
Stientje Decker, Tochter des Colonisten Röttger Galts Decker und dessen Ehefrau Amke Claaßen Freese zu Eversmeer, wurde geboren am 5. Juni (1857) des Abends um Uhr und den 12. Juli getauft. - Taufpaten: Ulrich Eden Freese, Warfsmann und Colonist zu Eversmeer, Stientje Eden Freese, Witwe des Warfsmannes Gerd Harms Gerdes zu Eversmeer.

Translation:
Stientje Decker, daughter of the colonist Roettger Galts Decker and his wife Amke Classen Freese of Eversmeer, was born on June 5th 1857 in the evening and was baptized on July 12th. Godparents (or witnesses): Ulrich Eden Freese, Shipyard worker and colonist of Eversmeer; Stientje Eden Freese, widow of shipyard worker Gerd Harms Gerdes of Eversmeer.

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