Marie (Decker) Underwood (1895 - 1985)

Born 20 Oct 1895 in Madison Co., Indiana, USA

Ancestors

Wife of Elmer Rodolphus Underwood — married 16 Sep 1922 in Washington City, District Of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA

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Biography

Marie Decker was born in 1895. She was the daughter of Alfred Decker and Josephine Nevins.

1900 census -- Pendleton, Madison Co., Indiana, USA

Alfred Decker, head, male, white, born Sept 1865, age 34, married 8 years, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio, barber, rent house; Josephine Decker, wife, female, white, born Jun 1866, age 33, marreid 8 years, 3 children/2 living, born Indiana, father born Indiana, mother born Indiana; Gladys Decker, daughter, female, white, born Oct 1892, age 7, single, attended school, born Indiana, father born Ohio, mother born Indiana; Marie Decker, daughter, female, white, born Oct 1895, age 4, single, born Indiana, father born Ohio, mother born Indiana; ^[1]

1910 census -- Union Twnp., Union Co., Indiana, USA

Josephine Decker, head, female, white, age 43, widow, 3 children, 2 living, born Indiana, father born Indiana, mother born Indiana, own free house; Gladys Decker, daughter, female, white, age 17, single, born Indiana, father born Indiana, mother born Indiana, attended school; Marrie Decker, daughter, female, white, age 14, single, born Indiana, father born Indiana, mother born Indiana, attended school; ^[2]

1920 census -- Washington, DC

Marie Decker, boarder, female, white, age 24, single, born Indiana, father born Ohio, mother born Indiana, clerk US Government.^[3]

She married Elmer Underwood 16 September 1922 in Washington, DC. ^[4]

1930 census -- Forest Park, Cook Co., Illinois, USA

Elmer Underwood, head, rent $50, male, white, age 33, married, first married @ 26, born Indiana, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio, dairy salesman; Marie Underwood, wife, female, white, age 34, married, first married @ 26, born Indiana, father born Ohio, mother born Indiana, file clerk office^[5]

1940 census -- Forest Park, Cook Co., Illinois, USA

Elmer R Underwood, head, informant, male, white, age 45, married, 4 years high school education, born Indiana, same place 1935, mail clerk railway post office; Marie Underwood, wife, female, white, age 45, married, 4 years high school education, born Indiana, Phyllis E Underwood, daughter, female, white, age 9, single, attended school, 2nd grade education, born Illinois, same place 1935^[6]

She died in December 1985.^[7]She is buried in Forest Home Cemetery in Forest Park, Illinois.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M9MM-JNW : accessed 4 October 2015), Marie Decker in household of Alfred Decker, Fall Creek Township Pendleton town, Madison, Indiana, United States; citing sheet 1A, family 11, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,386.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MKR5-67Y : accessed 4 October 2015), Marrie Decker in household of Josephine Decker, Union, Union, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 161, sheet 13A, family , NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,394.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MNLY-Y7Y : accessed 4 October 2015), Marie Decker in household of Catherine Murphy, Washington, Washington, District of Columbia, United States; citing sheet 7B, family 84, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,211.
4. ↑ "District of Columbia Marriages, 1811-1950", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XL9S-DTG : accessed 4 October 2015), Elmer R Underwood and Marie Decker, 1922.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XSTP-1S6 : accessed 4 October 2015), Marie Underwood in household of Elmer Underwood, Proviso, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 2304, sheet 8A, family 150, line 14, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 506; FHL microfilm 2,340,241.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KW48-FR5 : accessed 4 October 2015), Marie Underwood in household of Elmer R Underwood, Forest Park, Proviso Township, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 16-411, sheet 16B, family 389, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 786.
7. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/J187-4ZF : accessed 4 October 2015), Marie Underwood, Dec 1985; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
8. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVKY-B8MF : accessed 4 October 2015), Marie D Underwood, 1985; Burial, Forest Park, Cook, Illinois, United States of America, Forest Home Cemetery; citing record ID 52591839, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.