I keep finding information about various (?) Hiram Deans but cannot place them in [what little I know of] my family of Daniel Matthew DEAN who d in St. Thomas, Elgin, Ontario, CAN in 1846/7. Can anyone identify the following Hiram Dean for me - who were his parents; what is his lineage? >From the Surrogate Court files on the Elgin County [Ont., CAN] web-site: Dean, Hiram; residence: South Dorchester Date: Sep 10, 1889 [file no. follows] Executors: Peter Charlton & John Wilson, both farmers of So. Dorchester Wife: Judy Dean Children: Marilla Wooley, w/o Hiram Ellen Wilson, w/o John H. Laura Syples, w/o John Elizabeth Udell, w/o Almond Joseph, Hopkins, Silas, William Dean [sons ?] Marella Downing, grand-daughter, w/o William Grand-son Hiram Wilbert Dean ****************************** >From the surname card file at the St Thomas Public Library which I received several years ago: DEAN, MARILLA: 22, of S. Dorchester, daughter of Hiram & Elizabeth; marris Hiram Wooly of Dorchester on Nov 25 1868 by Rev. James W. Yokain. MS 248 [Marriage Records Ont] Reel 6 [1865-1869] Elgin County p. 89 *********************************** Olive Hoffman Indianapolis