Brief Life History of Wilber Henry
When Wilber Henry Dean was born about 1870, in Missouri, United States, his father, John Dean, was 30 and his mother, Ellen E Firkens, was 28. He lived in Clinton, Missouri, United States in 1870 and Spangle, Spokane, Washington, United States in 1880.
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- Will Dean, "United States Census, 1870"
- Legacy NFS Source: Wilber Henry Dean - Government record: birth-name: Wilber Henry Dean
- Wilber Henry Dean in household of John Dean, "United States Census, 1880"
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1872
Historical Boundaries 1872: Stevens, Washington Territory, United States 1879: Spokane, Washington Territory, United States 1889: Spokane, Washington, United States
1889 · Washington Becomes a State
On November 11, 1889, Washington Territory became Washington State the 42nd state to enter the Union. The state was named in honor of George Washington.
1901 · Assassination of Mckinley
President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.
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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