Person:John Dean (89)

John Dean was born on 19th October 1820 and baptised the following month at Great Gaddesden in Hertfordshire. He was the son of a straw plaiter called Elizabeth Dean, formerly Hobbs, and her husband James Dean, a labourer.

John's father died in 1840.

The 1841 census finds John working as an agricultural labourer at Southing Farm in Great Gaddesden, near to where his mother was living on Gaddesden Row.

On 25th October 1845, aged 25, John married Elizabeth Mead at Great Gaddesden. They went on to have three children together at Great Gaddesden between 1846 and 1854. The 1851 and 1861 censuses each find John and Elizabeth living on Gaddesden Row in Great Gaddesden, with John working as an agricultural labourer and Elizabeth as a straw plaiter.

John's mother died in 1866.

The 1871, 1881, and 1891 censuses all find John and Elizabeth living at Bunker's Cottages in Great Gaddesden. In 1881 John was described as a gardener.

Elizabeth died in 1895, aged 72.

The 1901 census finds John living with his daughter Ann and her husband and children at Wesley Road in Hemel Hempstead, the town just south of Great Gaddesden. He was described as a gardener.

John died in 1907, aged 86 or 87.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Baptisms register, in Church of England. Great Gaddesden Parish Registers. (Hertford: Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies).

   BAPTISMS solemnized in the Parish of Great Gaddesden in the County of Hertford in the Year 1820
   No.	When Baptized	Child's Christian Name	Parent's Name		Abode	Quality, Trade, or Profession	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   			Christian	Surname
   372	Nov[ember] 19	John son of	James & Elizabeth	Dean born Oct[obe]r 19	G[reat] Gaddesden	Laborer	J.B. Bingham

2. ↑ England. 1841 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class HO107; Piece 441; Book 2; Folio 19; Page 11, 6 Jun 1841.

   Address: Southing Farm, Great Gaddesden, Hertfordshire
   George Hoar, male, 50 [1786-91], Farmer, born in county
   Ann Hoar, female, 45 [1791-6], not born in county
   Edward Hoar, male, 20 [1816-21], born in county
   Mary Hoar, female, 75 [1761-6], Ind[ependent], born in county
   Easter Pike, female, 20 [1816-21], F[emale] S[ervant], born in county
   Charles Buckthorne, male, 20 [1816-21], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], born in county
   Tho[ma]s Hayes, male, 15 [1821-6], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], born in county
   John Dean, male, 20 [1816-21], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], born in county

3. ↑ England. 1851 Census Returns for England and Wales. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class HO107; Piece 1715; Folio 446; Page 4, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: Gaddesden Row, Great Gaddesden, Hertfordshire
   John Deane, head, married, male, 31 [1819/20], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], b. Great Gaddesden, Hertfordshire
   Elizabeth Deane, wife, female, 30 [1820/1], Straw Platter, b. Flamstead, Hertfordshire
   Geo[rge] Deane, son, male, 5 [1845/6], b. Great Gaddesden, Hertfordshire
   Ann Deane, daughter, female, 4mo [1850], b. Great Gaddesden, Hertfordshire

4. ↑ England. 1861 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG9; Piece 840; Folio 22; Page 13, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: Gaddesden Row, Great Gaddesden, Hertfordshire
   John Dean, head, married, male, 40 [1820/1], Farm Labourer, b. Great Gaddesden, Hertfordshire
   Elizabeth Dean, wife, married, female, 38 [1822/3], Straw Plaiter, b. Flamsted, Hertfordshire
   George Dean, son, unmarried, male, 16 [1844/5], Farm Labourer, b. Flamsted, Hertfordshire
   Ann Dean, daughter, unmarried, female, 11 [1849/50], b. Great Gaddesden, Hertfordshire
   Eliza Dean, daughter, unmarried, female, 6 [1854/5], b. Great Gaddesden, Hertfordshire

5. ↑ England. England and Wales. 1871 Census Schedules. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG10; Piece 1388; Folio 23; Page 15, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: Bunkers Cottage, Great Gaddesden, Hertfordshire
   John Dean, head, married, male, 49 [1821/2], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], b. Great Gaddesden, Hertfordshire
   Elizabeth Dean, wife, married, female, 48 [1822/3], Straw Plaiter, b. Flamstead, Hertfordshire
   Eliza Dean, daughter, unmarried, female, 16 [1854/5], Straw Plaiter, b. Great Gaddesden, Hertfordshire

6. ↑ England. 1881 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands: . (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG11; Piece 1445; Folio 16; Page 3, 3 Apr 1881.

   Address: Bunkers Cottages, Great Gaddesden, Hertfordshire
   John Dean, head, married, male, 60 [1820/1], Gardener, b. Great Gaddesden, Hertfordshire
   Elizabeth Dean, wife, married, female, 57 [1823/4], b. Flamstead, Hertfordshire

7. ↑ England. 1891 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG12; Piece 1125; Folio 15; Page 3, 5 Apr 1891.

   Address: 24 Bunker's, Great Gaddesden, Hertfordshire
   John Dean, head, married, male, 70 [1820/1], Agricultural Laborer, employed, b. Great Gaddesden, Hertfordshire
   Elizabeth Dean, wife, married, female, 67 [1823/4], b. Flamstead, Hertfordshire

8. ↑ England. England. 1901 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG13; Piece 1325; Folio 33; Page 20, 31 Mar 1901.

   Address: Wesley Road, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
   William Brandom, head, married, male, 53 [1847/8], Machine Fitter, worker, b. Great Gaddesden, Hertfordshire
   Ann Brandom, wife, married, female, 50 [1850/1], b. Great Gaddesden, Hertfordshire
   Florence A. Brandom, daughter, single, female, 19 [1881/2], Dressmaker, worker, b. Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
   Horace W. Brandom, son, single, male, 14 [1886/7], b. Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
   Elsie M. Brandom, daughter, single, female, 12 [1888/9], b. Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
   John Dean, father in law, widower, male, 80 [1820/1], Gardener, worker, b. Great Gaddesden, Hertfordshire

9. ↑ Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   d. John DEAN, June Quarter 1907, Hemel Hempstead Registration District, Volume 3a, page 406, aged 86 [1820/1]
   d. John DEAN, December Quarter 1907, Hemel Hempstead Registration District, Volume 3a, page 415, aged 87 [1819/20]

   Two equally plausible deaths, which both happen to be in 1907. One is presumably this John, the other a very similarly aged John who also happened to live in Great Gaddesden. The other John married a Harriet Draper in 1855, and his marriage record gives his father's name as William, enabling the two to be differentiated through the censuses. It appears that both died during 1907, but the certificates would need to obtained to try and establish which death is which.