Frank Poyser Dean

Frank was the son of Frederick and Georgina Dean; his service record gives his place of birth as the parish of St Saviour's, Nottingham (Meadows). The Register of Births Index gives the date of registration of Frank's birth as Oct/Nov/Dec 1884 and the 1901 census gives his age as 16, although the Royal Marine records give his date of birth as 3 October 1883. Frank may have deliberately given an earlier date of birth when he joined the RMLI in July 1901 - if born in 1884 he would have been only 16 years old whereas if born in 1883 he would have been 18 years old within a few months of joining. Frederick Dean married Georgina Poyser (b. abt. 1860, London) in Nottingham in 1881 (Oct/Nov/Dec) and according to the 1911 census they had been married for 29 years and had had ten children born alive of who only eight were still living at the time of the census. Nine children were named on the census between 1891 and 1911; Augusta Elizabeth, George Edmund Frederick, Frank Poyser, Grace Marion/Marion Grace, William Henry (b. 1888, d. 1891), Annie Edith, Georgina Frances, John Alexander and Reginald William (b. 12 Sept 1901). All the children were born in Nottingham. In 1891 Frederick (49), a painter and paperhanger (own account), and Georgina (30) were living at 18 High Cross Street, Nottingham, in the parish of St Mary's. They had six children: Augusta (9), George (7), Frank (6), Grace (4), William (3, d. 1891 J/A/S) and Annie. Also in the household was Georgina's mother, Hannah Poyser (62, b. Turnditch, Derbys). By 1901 they were living at 20 High Cross Street; their seven children were at home on the night of the census; Augusta (18), George (17, painter and paperhanger), Frank (16), Annie (11), Georgina (9), John (5) and Marion (2). Frank joined the Royal Marine Light Infantry several months later on 15 July 1901. He married Ada Burns in Nottingham five years later in 1906 (registered Oct/Nov/Dec). Frederick and Georgina had moved to 15 Bond Street, Sneinton, by 1911. Frederick, now 69, was still working as a painter and decorator and his wife was a dresser at the theatre. Frederick incorrectly included his daughter, Augusta ('actress'), and Frank ('Royal Marine'), in the census but then deleted their names as both had left home. Augusta has not yet been traced on this census, but Frank was serving in China. Six of their other children though were at home on the night of the census; George (lamplighter), Annie (lace hand), Georgina (curtain hand), John (pawnbroker), Marion and Reginald (9). Frank and Ada, were living at 1 Radnor Street, Nottingham at the time of his death. Their two year-old child, Allan Leon Dean, died on 19th November 1918; an obituary was published in the Nottingham Evening Post on 20th November 1918 : “DEAN. - November 19th, Allan Leon, the beloved child of the late Sergt. F. P. Dean, R.M.L.I., and Ada Dean, 1, Radnor-street, aged 2 years.” Frank's mother, Georgina, died in 1925 (registered Dec) aged 65, and his father, Frederick, in 1927 (registered June) aged 82.

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