Elsie (Decker) Jansen (1810 - 1871)

Born 6 Apr 1810 in Shawangunk, Ulster, New York, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Matthew Jansen — married 30 Oct 1834 in Shawangunk, Ulster, New York, United States

Died 28 Mar 1871 at age 60 in Ulster, New York, United States

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Biography

Else Decker was born on April 6, 1810 in Shawangunk, Ulster County, New York, United States. She was baptized at the Reformed Dutch Church in Shawangunk, the daughter of Johannes Cornelius Decker and Sarah Depuy.^[1]

She married Matthew Jansen on October 30, 1834 in Shawangunk.^[2] They had one child.

1. Egbert Jansen was born on June 5, 1840 in Shawangunk; baptized on March 1, 1841 at the Dutch Reformed Church in Shawangunk; died on April 16, 1841.^[3]

Elsie passed away at an age of sixty on March 28, 1871. She is buried in the Bruynswick Rural Cemetery in Wallkill, Ulster County, New York.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ "New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FDBX-ZWY : 11 February 2018), Elsie Decker, 06 Apr 1810; citing REFORMED DUTCH CHURCH,SHAWANGUNK,ULSTER,NEW YORK, reference ; FHL microfilm 17,922.
2. ↑ "New York Marriages, 1686-1980", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F64L-PMJ : 21 January 2020), Elsie Decker in entry for Matthew Jansen, 1834.
3. ↑ "New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FDBX-HFM : 14 February 2020), Elsie Decker in entry for Egbert Jansen, 1841.
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/101418496/elsie-jansen : accessed 22 April 2022), memorial page for Elsie Decker Jansen (6 Apr 1810–28 Mar 1871), Find a Grave Memorial ID Find A Grave: Memorial #101418496, citing Bruynswick Rural Cemetery, Wallkill, Ulster County, New York, USA ; Maintained by A Halabuda (contributor 47810019) .

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCWM-3Z1 : 18 February 2021), Elsie D Jansen in entry for Matthew Jansen, 1860.

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8K1-9K1 : 29 May 2021), Elsie Jansen in entry for Matthew Jansen, 1870.