This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Encanto59 Surnames: Dean, Thomnpson Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.thompson/17355/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Looking for descendants of/more information on a William DEAN born 19 Sept. 1799 to Daniel Matthew Dean and wife Elisabeth (---) in Canada, not yet sure where; the first year I find Daniel and family is in the Bay of Quinte Records for 1804 and William was age 5. His exact date of birth is in a Hilliker Family Bible as one of the children of Daniel Dean: William Dean b. Sept 19th 1799. I am trying to confirm if this son William is the one who married a Phoebe Thompson in Bellevue, Hastings County, Ontario, Can. in 1822, in St. Thomas Anglican Church, Bellevue, Hastings, Ontario. Children found for them on census reports are: Ira b. abt.1826; Andrew Daniel b. 1828; Jane abt. 1830; Sidney abt. 1832; Mary Ann abt. 1836; Marilla abt. 1842 and Margaret abt. 1846. The names certainly fit most of what we know now about Daniel Matthew Dean and some of his other lines of descendants; but need some kind of proof/documentation... It seems that the name Ira was important to William and his descendants; it was used many times over, more so in fact than the name Daniel. It was also the middle name of one of the sons of William's father (?)Daniel Matthew Dean, who was named John Ira Dean. It could be a good clue to the (still) unsolved Dean ancestry; I have still not been able to go further back than Daniel Matthew Dean after so many years of searching. William Dean was deceased before the 1851 Canadian census; wife Phoebe (Pheba as transcribed by Ancestry) was a widow. Their son Ira T., born 1825, was in Mason Twp., Cerro Gordo County, Iowa in 1870; 1880 and 1900. Ira T. Dean had a wife Mary C.; born 1839 in Michigan . According to 1900 census for Iowa, Ira T. immigrated to the US 1860; was naturalized. If anyone can offer any useful information whether or not you are a descendant, it will be greatly appreciated. Especially if it is documented... Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.