Born 12
November 1889 at Kingston, Ulster County, New York
Died 28
October 1961 at Buffalo, Erie County, New York
Dorothy was
the first of two children born to William More Decker and Margaret Elizabeth
“Bessie” Smith Decker. The family relocated to Buffalo in
1897 where her father was first a physician and later the owner of Hygeia
Nursing Bottle Company. Dorothy graduated from Buffalo Seminary in 1908 and, in
October of the same year, enrolled at National Park Seminary at Forest Glen,
Maryland. Dorothy was married (?) first about 1911 to a Mr. Trantman (or
Trautman). The marriage ended before 1915. Dorothy and Mr. Trantman were the
parents of one child, Margaret Elizabeth Trantman (later Ganson). Dorothy
married next to Howard Hutchinson Ganson on 14 February 1921 at Buffalo. They
made their home at Buffalo, first at 897 Delaware Avenue and later at 90 Bryant Street.
Dorothy was the treasurer of Hygeia Nursing Bottle Company and her husband was
the secretary and later a vice-president of the same company. In 1945, they
purchased a home at Wanakah, New York. Wanakah is a hamlet in the town of
Hamburg and a part of the Buffalo-Niagara Metropolitan area. Her husband died
in 1949 and Dorothy’s last known residence was at 13 Mayfair Lane at Buffalo. Dorothy
and Howard were the parents of four children; Howard Hutchinson Ganson Jr.,
Allison Bathgate Ganson, Dorette Stevens Ganson, and Audrey Decker Ganson.
Dorothy is buried next to her husband in a Ganson family plot in Forest Lawn
Cemetery at Buffalo. She is John More Association Jonas line cousin #44131 and
my third cousin twice removed.
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