Allan Charles Deane (1870 - 1925)

Born 10 Apr 1870 in Stepney, South Australia, Australia

Ancestors

Husband of Elsie Margaret Clezy — married 8 Jun 1916 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Died 20 Nov 1925 at age 55 in Crystal Brook, South Australia, Australia

Biography

Allan Deane was born in 1870 at Stepney, South Australia with baptism on 6 Nov 1870 at Norwood, South Australia. Both Stepney and Norwood are suburbs of Adelaide.

His baptism record showed the first name spelled "Allan" but his obituary in 1925 showed "Allen", also shown on his wife's burial plaque in 1965. Which spelling did he use during his lifetime?

He married Elsie Margaret Clezy in 1916 and they had a daughter, Helen Clezy Deane, born in 1920.

Allan or Allen died in 1925. An obituary said:

DEANE.—On the 20th November, at Crystal Brook, Allen Charles, beloved husband of Elsie M. Deane, and eldest son of the late Inspector Deane and Elizabeth Deane, 28 Oxford terrace, Unley. ^[1]

Peter Steele Clezy in his book The Old Partnership wrote that;

"Elsie Clezy married Allen Deane who for some time was Staton Master at Wolseley [South Australia] which is south east of Adelaide and due north of Mount Gambier, and very near the Victorian border.

"Allen died at the end of 1925 after suffering an appendical attack which developed into peritonitis. At the time of his death, Allen was Station Master at Crystal Brook which is just south of Port Pirie. Elsie and Allen had one child, Helen Clezy Deane, who was just a little girl when her father died."

Sources

1. ↑ The Register (Adelaide, SA : 1901 - 1929) Mon 23 Nov 1925

• South Australia BDM - Birth Reg #84/225 - Marriage Reg #267/755 - Death Reg #483/205

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 20 May 2016, 12:10), entry for Allan Charles Deane(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LZKB-8G7); contributed by various users.

• Peter Steele Clezy, The Old Partnership, Sydney, 2002