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Notes for ROBERT R. DEAN:
1850 DE - see father's listing
1860 MI Wayne Romulus p133wr 12 Jul 1860 - both mulatto, both bDE
Robert Dean 27 farmer RE 900 PE 400, Anna 24
1870 MI Wayne Romulus Twp., P. 2, 15-14, 1 June 1870:
Dean Robert 36 M M Farmer 1200 500 DE, Angeline 33 F M , PA, Arvilla 3 F M MI
1880 MI Wayne Romulus p1wr p338st 1 Jun 1880 - all mulatto
Dean Robert 46 farmer bDE pbDE, Angeline wife 43 keeping house bPA pbDE, Arvilla dau 13 bMI fbPA[sic] mbDE[sic]
Next door to widowed mother and brother Lewis. Arvilla is not their daughter, but their niece, dau of James H Dean, Angeline's brother.
1900 MI Wayne Romulus p2Awr 4 Jun 1900 - all black
Dean Robert 66 bJan 1834 widower bDE pbDE farmer owns farm no mortgage, Perkins Wesley nephew 27 bJun 1872, 27 mar 3y bMI pbDE farmer rents, Arvila niece 33 bMar 1867 mar 3y 1 child 1 living bMI fbPA mbMI, Hazel M x [sic] 1 bJun 1898
1910 MI Wayne Romulus p5Bwr p115Bst 22 Apr 1910 - all mulatto
Dean Robert R 75 widower bDE pbDE farmer, Elizabeth sister 70 widow bDE pbDE housekeeper, Myra g-dau bMI pbMI
Next door to Lewis Dean mul 65 bDE, single and living alone.
Apparently, James H. Dean (relationship to Robert mainly by marriage) lost his first wife, Elva A. Fargo Dean, shortly after their daughter Arvilla was born. At that time, James put Arvilla in the care of Robert Dean and his wife Angeline. We have sought for the relationship between James and Robert that would indicate sufficient closeness to justify this trust. Having found no way to connect Robert and James, Joseph Romeo came up with 1850 Delaware census records where Angeline might be James' sister, though the name is Angelica and the family tie is tenuous. The ages match, the surnames are all spelled Dean, and the three children are all in the same location. The tie is tenuous because the children are not all in the same household and none of the three we have found are living with the father George. We presume this is because George and /or wife Sarah Durham may have died by 1850. This is speculation, we are seeking more documentation.
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