Katharina (Leiker) Dechant
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Katharina Elisabeth (Leiker) Dechant (1852 - 1907)

Katharina Elisabeth "Anna" Dechant formerly Leiker
Born in Obermonjou, Samara province, Russian Empiremap
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married after 1869 in Obermonjou, Russiamap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 55 in Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas, United Statesmap
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Biography

Katharina (Leiker) Dechant has German Roots.
Volga German
Katharina (Leiker) Dechant was a Volga German.

Katharina was born in 1852, daughter of Nicholas Leiker and Gertrude Viedu.

Emigrated from Russia about 1879 with first 3 children and 2 daughters Mary and Catherine of Carl's first wife Margaret, had 7 (8?) more children in USA.

2nd wife of John Carl Dechant

Children:

Memorial

Burial:

St. Francis Cemetery,
Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas
Find A Grave: Memorial #27988796 with headstone photo

She passed away in 1907.

Sources


  • "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMTJ-TPY : accessed 7 October 2019), Katharina Dechant in household of Karl Dechant, Freedom & Victoria Townships, Ellis, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 19, sheet 2A, family 16, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,479.
  • Saint Francis Parish, Munjor, Kansas 1876-1976 booklet (has name as Catherine)
  • The descendants of Johann George & Anna Elisabeth (Velte) Leicker by Anthony J. Leiker, Lubbock, TX, ©2000. [1]

See also:

  • FindAGrave memorial, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27988796/katharina-elizabeth-dechant: accessed 29 August 2022), memorial page for Katharina Elizabeth Leiker Dechant (5 May 1852–31 Jul 1907), Find a Grave Memorial ID 27988796, citing Saint Francis Cemetery, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas, USA; Maintained by Russ Gunther KT CH (contributor 48350514). St. Francis Cemetery, Munjor, KS (headstone engraved name as Katharina)




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Leiker-124 and Leiker-11 appear to represent the same person because: Duplicate same person
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