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Brothers Harry Dean and James Robert Dean - Royal Naval Reserve, H.M.S. Indefatigable

Brothers S tokers Harry Dean and James Robert Dean - Royal Naval Reserve, H.M.S. Indefatigable Family Background and Early Life Harry Dean Thomas Dean  and  Mary Elizabeth Newcombe marriage certificate All Saints’ Church, Llansamlet, Swansea Harry Dean was born in 1893 in Swansea , the youngest son of Thomas Dean and Mary Elizabeth Newcombe , who were married in 1876 at All Saints’ Church, Llansamlet, Swansea . 1901 Census The Dean family were living at 1 Canaan Row, Kilvey, Swansea , at the time of the 1901 Census . Thomas Dean (51), born in Wiltshire, was employed as a caterer at the copper works , while his wife Mary Elizabeth (48) managed the household. Their children were George (22), a labourer at the copper mill; James Richard (20), a railway labourer; David John (17), a tinsmith; William Newcombe (14), a grocer’s porter; and Harry who was recorded Henry  (8). 1911 Census Thomas Dean died in 1904 , and by the 1911 Census the family had moved to 10 Wi...

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