Brief Life History of Joseph Henry
When Joseph Henry Dean was born on 16 October 1855, in Taunton, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, his father, Joseph Dean, was 24 and his mother, Catherine Knott, was 31. He married Sarah Allen Arnold on 11 October 1876, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Shelley Election Precinct 1, Bingham, Idaho, United States in 1940 and Shelley, Bingham, Idaho, United States in 1940. He died on 2 November 1947, in Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Jos H Dean in entry for Elisabeth C Dean, "Hawaii, Births and Baptisms, 1843-1909"
- Joseph Henry Dean, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- J. H. Dean in entry for V. F. Dean and Leah Dean, "Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1950"
Spouse and Children
1855–1947 Male
1854–1932 Female
Children (12)
1877–1936 Female
1879–1948 Male
1880–1882 Female
1882–1968 Female
1884–1889 Male
+7 More Children
Parents and Siblings
1831–1895 Male
1824–1897 Female
Siblings (5)
1855–1947 Male
1857–1858 Male
1860–1860 Female
1864–1942 Male
1866–1915 Female
World Events (8)
1863
Age 8
1873 · Settlers arrived in Vernal
Age 18
1880 · Uintah County was established
Age 25
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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