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William Dean 1808–1885 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: abt 1808

Birth Location: Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1885

Death Location: Pennsylvania, USA

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Spouse(s): Elizabeth Seddinger

Children(s): Catherine Dean, George Dean, Emily Dean, Joseph Dean, William Dean, Sarah Dean, James Dean

The story of William Dean began in 1808 in Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom. In 1850, William Dean resided in Aston, Delaware, Pennsylvania, USA. William Dean married Elizabeth Seddinger, and had children including Catherine Dean, Emily H Dean, George C Dean, James P Dean, Joseph L Dean, Sarah E Dean, William Hibbert Dean. William Dean passed away in 1885 in Pennsylvania, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of William Dean began in 1808 in Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom.
  • In 1850, William Dean resided in Aston, Delaware, Pennsylvania, USA.
  • William Dean married Elizabeth Seddinger, and had children including Catherine Dean, Emily H Dean, George C Dean, James P Dean, Joseph L Dean, Sarah E Dean, William Hibbert Dean.
  • William Dean passed away in 1885 in Pennsylvania, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Seddinger
1821–
Birth Location: Pennsylvania, USA
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Children(s)

Catherine Dean
1842–1898
Birth Location: Pennsylvania
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George Dean
1853–
Birth Location: Pennsylvania
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Emily Dean
1857–1938
Birth Location: Pennsylvania
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Joseph Dean
1859–
Birth Location: Pennsylvania
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William Dean
1838–1912
Birth Location: Rockdale, Delaware, Pennsylvania, USA
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Sarah Dean
1845–1905
Birth Location: Pennsylvania
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James Dean
1843–
Birth Location: Pennsylvania
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William Dean's Ancestors

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William Dean
1808–1885
Birth Place: Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
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Great-Grandparents
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William Dean's Descendants

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William Dean (abt 1808–1885) m. Elizabeth Seddinger (abt 1821–)
  1. 1. Catherine Dean 1842–1898 m. Lewis (P.) Riggins 1831–1897
    1. 1. William (Dean) Riggins 1862–1946 m. Mary (Caldwell) Ottey 1864–1951
      1. 1. Horace (Phineas Riggins) Sr 1883–1951 m. Bertha (Rebecca) Wilson 1889–1929 m. Ruth (Dubois) Boyer 1901–1975
        1. 1. Mildred (Mae) Riggins 1911–1971 m. Frank (Charles Moroney) Sr. 1898–1974
        2. 2. Horace (Phineas Riggins) Jr 1907–1971 m. Rebecca (F) Green 1907–2003
        3. 3. Helen (Margaret) Riggins 1909–1989 m. Norman (Wade) Detwiler 1902–1988
        4. 4. George (William) Riggins 1912–1977 m. Marie (Theresa) Dawson 1903–1985
        5. 5. Myrtle (R.) Riggins 1920–2017 m. Wilbur (Elroy) Butterman 1894–1973
        6. 6. Bertha (Anna) Riggins 1921–2015 m. Horace (W. "Bill") Hufford 1917–1994 m. William (Francis) Megonigal 1921–1983
        7. 7. Pearl (Elizabeth) Riggins 1908–1908
        8. 8. Howard Riggins 1922–1951
      2. 2. Frank (R.) Riggins 1885–1972 m. Phoebe (May) Wilson 1883–1946
        1. 1. Elizabeth (Harvey) Riggins 1911–2000 m. Paul (Manning) Ford 1909–2004
        2. 2. Francis (Wilson) Riggins 1914–1993 m. Thelma (Jane) Keene 1917–2013
        3. 3. Clyde (Walker) Riggins 1916–1997 m. Mary (M.) Seiter 1916–2009
        4. 4. Lewis (Barton) Riggins 1919–2003 m. Hazel (L.) Fisher 1925–2008
        5. 5. Blanche (Eleanor) Riggins 1920–2007 m. Chester (B.) Myers 1914–1971
        6. 6. Howard (Earl) Riggins 1925–2015 m. Doris (Pauline) McCarter 1929–2010
        7. 7. Mary (Rebecca) Riggins 1909–1918
      3. 3. Eva (L.) Riggins 1887–1970 m. John (Hurlock) Clayton 1888–1950
        1. 1. John (Hurlock Clayton) Jr 1914–1990
        2. 2. Edgar (Ralph) Clayton 1925–2006
        3. 3. Mary (Ella) Clayton 1915–2003
        4. 4. George (Sharpless) Clayton 1921–2002 m. Susan (Spencer) Dawkins 1924–2012
      4. 4. William (Thomas) Riggins 1888–1944 m. Maria (Jane "Maizie") Crosby 1889–1914 m. Elizabeth (A.) Doyle 1863–1938 m. Minnie (Viola) Smeigh 1900–1998
        1. 1. Regina (Audrey) Riggins 1911–1984 m. Harvey (Buck) Krauss 1906–1984
        2. 2. Francis (T) Riggins 1911–1979 m. Bertha (Elizabeth) Parker 1912–1970
        3. 3. William (David) Riggins 1912–1987
        4. 4. Elma (Catherine) Riggins 1914–2001 m. Albert Patterson 1904–1981
      5. 5. Charles (Augustus) Riggins 1891–1969 m. Marguerite (M.) Chandler 1904–1946 m. Florence (B) Berkey 1893–1963
        1. 1. Eleanor (Marie) RIGGINS 1922–1922
        2. 2. Elmer (Chandler) RIGGINS 1929–2012
        3. 3. Charles (E) RIGGINS 1913–1994
        4. 4. Lawrence Riggins 1928–1998
        5. 5. Leslie (R) RIGGINS 1915–1968
        6. 6. Clifford (O) RIGGINS 1918–1926
        7. 7. Elizabeth ((Betty Jane)) RIGGINS 1930–2007
        8. 8. Eleanor (May) RIGGINS 1933–2006
        9. 9. Anna (Marguerite) Riggins 1925–2014 m. James (Arthur) Billings 1914–1977
      6. 6. Mary (R.) Riggins 1894–1975 m. Charles (Phillip) Longgood 1889–1944
        1. 1. Dorothy (Elma) Longgood 1919–2013 m. Charles (Leroy) Miller 1916– m. John (Buel) Plybon 1913–
      7. 7. Catherine (Dean) Riggins 1896–1983 m. Ernest (William Wilimzig) Sr 1894–1955
        1. 1. Ernest (William) Wilimzig 1919–2006 m. Elsie (Mae) Good 1918–2006
      8. 8. Daisy (Anna) Riggins 1898–1981 m. William Hooker 1893–1968
        1. 1. William (David) Hooker 1920–2005 m. Helen (Mathilda) Szemanek 1921–1996
        2. 2. Edwin (Charles) Hooker 1924–1936
      9. 9. Elma (C) Riggins 1915–
    2. 2. John (R) Riggins 1866– m. Clara Garton 1868– m. Eliza Kiltoureeder 1866– m. Alice Rambeau 1860–1910
      1. 1. William (Ralph) Riggins 1900–1929 m. Bertha Bruneski 1906–2000
        1. 1. Alberta (May) Riggins 1928–1974
      2. 2. Catharine (Y) Riggins 1884–1965 m. George (Glenn) Walters 1888–1952
        1. 1. Thomas (W) Walters 1905–1982 m. Audrey (Neochia) McClyment 1907–
        2. 2. James (Howarth) Walters 1909–
        3. 3. Mallie (A) Walters 1916–
      3. 3. Mabel Riggins 1887–1945 m. Matthew Vance 1900–
    3. 3. Franklin (Black) Riggins 1867–1952
      1. 1. Merwyn (Hibbard) Riggins 1909–2001 m. Lillian Christopher 1911–1979
        1. 1. Ruth Riggins 1931–2013
        2. 2. Merwyn (Herbert Riggins) II 1933–2004
      2. 2. Alberta (D) Riggins 1892–1978
        1. 1. John (Raymond) Trost 1924–1997 m. Elizabeth (Irene (Betty)) Crowley 1925–2014
      3. 3. Elsie (M) Riggins 1896–1994 m. Warren (F.) Guss 1897–1965
        1. 1. Warren (Francis Guss) Jr. 1919–2006 m. Adelia (M) Guss 1918–1996
        2. 2. Edythe (Ann) Guss 1942–2019
        3. 3. Marjorie Guss 1924–2005 m. Hans (R.) Kurash 1925–2015
        4. 4. Harold (Robert) Guss 1921–2002 m. Dorothea (Emma) Rein 1923–1975
      4. 4. John (Calvin) Riggins 1905–1970 m. Mildred (E) Burris 1912–2004
        1. 1. Patricia (M) Riggins 1935–1940
        2. 2. Janet (Louise) Riggins 1933–2009
        3. 3. Raymond Riggins 1937–1990
        4. 4. Kenneth Riggins 1941–2007 m. Jenny (Mae) Hastings 1941–2006
        5. 5. Charlotte Riggins 1931–1936
        6. 6. Leroy Riggins 1937–1937
        7. 7. Donald Riggins 1937–1937
        8. 8. John (Calvin Riggins) Jr 1926–1979
    4. 4. Lidie Riggins 1876–1950 m. Emory Walls 1866–
      1. 1. Norman (Alva) Walls 1892–1950
        1. 1. Adeline (Helen) Walls 1922–2012 m. William (Lehman) Dix 1918–1998
  2. 2. George (C) Dean 1853–
  3. 3. Emily (H) Dean 1857–1938 m. William Rutland 1845–
    1. 1. Richard (Penn) Rutland 1875–1946
  4. 4. Joseph (L) Dean 1859– m. Mary (E.) Dean 1860–
    1. 1. Lilley (M.) Dean 1880–
  5. 5. William (Hibbert) Dean 1838–1912 m. Catherine Smith 1838–1918
    1. 1. Elizabeth (Catherine) Graul 1859–1932
    2. 2. Sallie (L.) Foreaker 1861–1947
    3. 3. Catherine Salmons 1876–1955
  6. 6. Sarah (E) Dean 1845–1905
    1. 1. Susan (M) Stanley 1874–1913 m. Marthias (P.) Vercoe 1874–
      1. 1. Carl (Stanley Vercoe) Sr 1897–1963
        1. 1. Carl (Stanley Vercoe) Jr 1922–1944
      2. 2. Howard (Francis) Vercoe 1898–1988 m. Edith Vercoe 1899–
        1. 1. Eleanore Vercoe 1924–
      3. 3. Viola (Vivian) Vercoe 1908–
  7. 7. James (P.) Dean 1843– m. Kate (L.) Dean 1842–
    1. 1. William (C) Dean 1868–
    2. 2. Henry (W.) Dean 1873–
    3. 3. Edwin (R.) Dean 1875–
    4. 4. Lillian (L.) Dean 1878–
    5. 5. Frank (C.) Dean 1880–

William Dean's Timeline

7 Records

1808
abt 1808
Birth of William Dean in Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
1850
1850
Age 42
William Dean resided here in Aston, Delaware, Pennsylvania, USA
Aston, Delaware, Pennsylvania, USA
1855
1855
Age 47
William Dean resided here in Hastings, Oswego, New York, USA
Hastings, Oswego, New York, USA
1860
1860
Age 52
William Dean resided here in Aston, Media, Delaware, Pennsylvania, USA
Aston, Media, Delaware, Pennsylvania, USA
1870
1870
Age 62
William Dean resided here in Conshohocken, Plymouth Meeting, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA
Conshohocken, Plymouth Meeting, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA
1880
1880
Age 72
William Dean resided here in Conshohocken, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA
Conshohocken, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA
1885
1885
Age 77
Death of William Dean in Pennsylvania, USA
Pennsylvania, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: abt 1808
    Event Place: Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: New York, U.S., State Census, 1855

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: Jun 6, 1832
    Event Place: New York, New York
    Record Source: New York, Passenger and Immigration Lists

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1850
    Event Place: Aston, Delaware, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: 1850 United States Federal Census, Year: 1850; Census Place: Aston, Delaware, Pennsylvania; Roll: 776; Page: 51b

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1855
    Event Place: Hastings, Oswego, New York, USA
    Record Source: New York, U.S., State Census, 1855

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1860
    Event Place: Aston, Media, Delaware, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: 1860 United States Federal Census, Year: 1860; Census Place: Aston, Delaware, Pennsylvania; Roll: M653_1105; Page: 2; Family History Library Film: 805105

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1870
    Event Place: Conshohocken, Plymouth Meeting, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: Conshohocken, Montgomery, Pennsylvania; Roll: M593_1378; Page: 213A

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1880
    Event Place: Conshohocken, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Conshohocken, Montgomery, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1159; Page: 327A; Enumeration District: 041

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Place: Liverpool
    Record Source: New York, Passenger and Immigration Lists

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Place: Liverpool, England
    Record Source: New York, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957, Year: 1832; Arrival: New York, New York, USA; Microfilm Serial: M237, 1820-1897; Line: 25; List Number: 373

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1885
    Event Place: Pennsylvania, USA
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