Frederick Thomas Dean (1889 - 1988)

Born 6 Feb 1889 in Surat, Queensland, Australia

Ancestors

Husband of Emma (Hayward) Dean — married 17 Oct 1917 in Brisbane, Queensland, Toowoomba

Died 1 Aug 1988 at age 99 in Queensland, Australia

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Biography

Frederick Thomas Dean was born in Surat, Queensland, Australia on 6th February 1889, the third child and second son of Alfred Dean and Louisa Sarah (Jones) Dean.^[1] Eventually he was to have eight siblings, three brothers and five sisters^[2] and they lived on a property named "Oaklyn" that their father had selected near Surat. After attending Surat State School, he worked at several jobs around the district and on his father's property, before making his way to Brisbane to work.^[3]

On 17th October 1917, in Clayfield, Fred married Emma Hayward.^[4] The moved to Toowoomba where Fred worked on a horse-drawn delivery cart, and then at The Darling Downs Bacon Factory. Some time later, they moved to Stanthorpe to work in the fruit industry, before moving back to Surat. Fred built a home for the family out of round bush timber and galvanized iron with a dirt floor.^[3]

Fred and Emma had five boys, the first three born in Toowoomba, the fourth in Stanthorpe, and the fifth in Surat:

1. Frederick Alfred Dean (1918-1992)
2. Robert William Dean (1919-2012)
3. Ronald Edward Dean (1921-2010)
4. Colin James Dean (1922-2011)
5. Noel Thomas Dean (1927-1995)

In 1932, Fred bought into a property near Roma called "Penrose" and they stayed there for a year. He made enough money to come back to Surat and buy "Ashton Grove" two miles from town, and later the next door property "Roslyn" which gave him 1600 acres of first class land and enough sheep to earn a good living.^[3]

During the 1939-1945 war, the four older boys joined the armed forces, leaving Fred, Emma and Noel to run the property for four years.^[3][5]

Sometime later, Fred bought "Lynrock" and went into partnership with Bob and Ron. At some point they moved into the township of Surat, but shortly thereafter, Emma's health began to suffer and she went into an 'old people's home' in Toowoomba where she died in 1967. Fred sold the house in Surat and went to live with his sister in Kingston for some years, then to Toowoomba for a while, then to Redcliffe to live in one of Ron's flats. He spent his final years in the Buffalo Memorial Home for the Aged at Redcliffe. In 1985, at the age of 96, he could still walk without the aid of a walking stick, and still had a good memory. He had thirteen grandchildren and nineteen great-grandchildren at that time.^[3]

Fred died on 1st August 1988, at the age of 99 years,^[6] and is buried in the Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery.^[7][8]

Dean and Hayward Intermarriages

In 1913, Fred's cousin Arthur Collins had married Emma's sister Alice. In 1917, Fred and Emma married. In 1929, Fred's brother Irving married Emma's sister Jessie, a double in-law marriage. In 1937, a further link between the two families occurred when Fred's brother Alfred married Emma's niece Mabel Cole.

Sources

1. ↑ Queensland Government, Family History Research: Birth registration number: 1889/C/76; Name: Frederick Thomas Dean; Date of Birth: 06/02/1889; Father: Alfred Dean; Mother: Louisa Sarah Jones
2. ↑ Noted as a sibling on the Birth Certificate of Edna Dorothy Dean, Registration 1907/C/3094, Queensland Government Department of Births, Deaths and Marriages. Personal copy in the files of Wendy Scott. Frederick was 17 at the time of Edna's birth in 1906.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4} "The Alfred Dean Family" written by Fred A Dean 19 Dec 1984, a copy of which is in the files of Wendy Scott
4. ↑ Queensland Government, Family History Research: Marriage registration number: 1917/B/20727; Date of Marriage: 17/10/1917; Name: Frederick Thomas Dean; Spouse: Emma Hayward
5. ↑ Four Deans from Surat enlist:
   • A.I.F. & R.A.A.F. ENLISTMENTS (1942, November 13). Western Star and Roma Advertiser (Qld. : 1875 - 1948), p. 6. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
   • On home leave: SURAT (1942, November 19). Balonne Beacon (St. George, Qld. : 1909 - 1954), p. 6. Retrieved January 15, 2022
     and farwelled: SURAT (1942, November 27). Western Star and Roma Advertiser (Qld. : 1875 - 1948), p. 5. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
6. ↑ Queensland Government, Family History Research: Death registration number: 1988/6868; Name: Frederick Thomas Dean; Date of Death: 01/08/1988; Date of birth: 1889; Father: Frederick Alfred Dean; Mother: Louise Jones
7. ↑ Toowoomba Region Cemeteries search
   [ http://www.tr.qld.gov.au/facilities-recreation/cemeteries/deceased-search ]
   Last Name: Dean
   Given Name: Frederick
   Date of Death: 1 August 1988
   Age at death: 99 Years
   Cemetery: Drayton & Toowoomba Cemetery
   Interment Number: CE11-006-0042
8. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 21 July 2022), memorial page for Frederick T Dean (1889–1 Aug 1988), Find A Grave: Memorial #149326896, citing Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery, Toowoomba, Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia; Maintained by jlong (contributor 48741020).