Horace Dean

Brief Life History of Horace

When Horace Dean was born on 6 January 1799, in Owego, Tioga, New York, United States, his father, Perez Dean, was 22 and his mother, Keziah Stafford, was 17. He married Ruth Tisdale about 1819, in Clinton Township, Lincoln, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 11 November 1866, in Thornhill, York, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 67, and was buried in Thornhill, York, Ontario, Canada.

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Family Time Line

Horace Dean
1799–1866
Ruth Tisdale
1803–1861
Marriage: about 1819
Ephraim William Dean
1823–1903
Sarah Emily Dean
1825–
Frances Amanda Dean
1825–1868
Perez E Dean
1827–1896
William Warren Dean
1830–1905
Dean
1838–1838
Horace Dean
1842–1906

Sources (11)

  • Canadian Census
  • H Dean, "Ontario, County Marriage Registers, 1858-1869"
  • Horace Dean, "Find A Grave Index"

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World Events (8)

1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.

1803

France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

Name Meaning

English: topographic name from Middle English dene ‘valley’ (Old English denu), or a habitational name from any of several places in various parts of England named Dean or Dene from this word.

English: nickname or occupational name for the servant of a dean or nickname for someone thought to resemble a dean. A dean was an ecclesiastical official, the head of a chapter of canons or a church official with jurisdiction over a sub-division of an archdeaconry. Though no doubt some deans had illegitimate children, they were officially celibate, and in the main the surname is probably a nickname in origin, similar to Bishop , Prior , Priest , and Monk . The Middle English word deen, dien, dein, is a borrowing of Old French d(e)ien, doien from Latin decanus (originally a leader of ten men, from decem ‘ten’), and thus is a cognate of Deacon .

English: from the Middle English personal name Deyne (or Dene) a rhyming pet form of Reynald (see Reginald ).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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