Carl DECHER (1840-1919) and Dina HANTELMANN (1842-1894) Records
Charles and Dina are major relatives in my line (Paternal Great Great Grandparents)
This page was started in June, 2006.
Please let me know if you have information to add. Chris Russell
PARENTS             PARENTS
Family Group Sheet (not done yet)
Sister, Katherine Decher Doerr, Obituary, 1903 (Courtesy, Don Darrow)
Carl and Dina Decher, C. 1885      
Decher Homestead in Ohmes, Germany
Carl Decher Passenger Listing, 1855, Part 1     Part 2 (Courtesy, Larry Decker, IA)     Translation (Joerg Rochlitzer)
Carl Decher, Reference Letter, 1855 (Soon to be translated!) (Courtesy Larry Decker)
Carl Decher 1st Communion Card, 1854, Part 1     Part 2 (Courtesy, Larry Decker, IA)     Close-up     Translation (Joerg Rochlitzer)
Grandson, Lawrence Decker, 1918
Decher Extended Family, C. 1920
Great grandson, Larry Decker, 2008
Picture of Ohmes, Germany, Birthplace of Carl Decher
Map of Ohmes, Germany, Birthplace of Carl Decher
Cascade Township Plat Map, 1874
Peru Township Plat Map, 1874
Dubuque, View in 1872
Carl Decher 1879 Stone House, Sherrill     House with Larry Decker, Great grandson Carl Decher Stone House, Sherrill
Pictures of Carl Decker Homestead near Sherrill, Iowa (April 2008):
Looking East     From Barn     Decker Farm down the road     View 3     Tree Grove     View 5     View 6
Pictures of Buildings on Carl Decker Homestead:
Original House, 1860s     Barn Dances!     Barn Museum     Schoolhouse on SW side     Pumphouse     Frank Decker Still
Sherrill Churches, 1880s     St. Peter and Paul Church, 2008     Church Cemetery    
Jefferson Township Plat Map, 1906
Peru Township Plat Map, 1906
Vital Records
Dina Hantelmann, Ship Passage, 1845, page 1 (see next page)
Dina Hantelmann, Ship Passage, 1845, page 2
Carl Decher and Ancestor's Birth Records, Ruhlkirchen, Germany
Charles and Dina Marriage Record, 1863
Charles Decker, Atlas Reference
Dina Hantelmann Decker, Obituary, 1894
Dina Hantelmann Decker, Burial, 1894, St. Mathew's Lutheran Cemetery    
Cemetery Stone    
Closeup
Carl Decher, 1919, St. Peter and Paul Catholic Cemetery    
Cemetery Stone    
Closeup
Census Records: Charles Decher and Dina Hantelmann
Before 1848, the Hantelmann's were in Hanover, Germany
1850 Census, (Dina) District 7, Dubuque County, Iowa
1860 Census, (Dina) Peru Township, Dubuque Co, Iowa
Charles Decker 1860 Census, Missing--Arrived in US 1855
1870 Census, (Charles/Dina) Jefferson Township, Dubuque Co, Iowa
1880 Census, Jefferson Township, Dubuque Co, IA
1885 Census, Jefferson Township, Dubuque Co, Iowa
1900 Census, (Carl) Jefferson Township, Dubuque Co, Iowa
1905 Census, (Carl) Jefferson Township, Dubuque Co, Iowa
1910 Census, (with Son, Frank)Jefferson Township, Dubuque Co, Iowa
1915 Census, Spechts Ferry, Dubuque Co, Iowa
   Louisa         August           John             Rosa           Louis         Katherine           Frank