At the time of their marriage Henry was noted as a “house painter”.

The 1851 Census recorded:
2 Coast Guard Row, Mousehole, Cornwall:
Thomas Deason, head (of household), married, age: 42 years, occupation: Coast Guard, born: Tresco, Isles of Scilly
Ann Deason, wife, married, age: 39 years, occupation: Coast Guard’s wife, born: Tresco, Isles of Scilly
Edwin Deason, son, age: 12 years, occupation: scholar, born: Falmouth, Cornwall
Elizabeth Deason, daughter, age: 11 years, occupation: scholar, born: Penberth, Cornwall
Mary Deason, daughter, age: 9 years, occupation: scholar, born: Penberth, Cornwall
Phillippa C Deason, daughter, age: 7 years, occupation: scholar, born: Penberth, Cornwall
Thomasine Deason, daughter, age: 5 years, occupation: scholar, born: Penberth, Cornwall
Sarah Deason, daughter, age: 2 years, occupation: at home, born: Mousehole, Cornwall
John Deason, son, age: 2 months, occupation: at home, born: Mousehole, Cornwall
Mary Ellis, visitor, married, age: 40 years, occupation: mariner’s wife, born: Tresco, Isles of Scilly.

At the time of their marriage in 1870, Philippa was noted as a “spinster”, of South St [Bermondsey], father: Thomas Deason, a “Coast Guard” and Henry a “bachelor” and “painter’, of South St [Bermondsey], father: Henry Keon, deceased. They were married by Rev J C Tattersall, witnesses: Edwin Deason and Rachel [surname unclear], both Philippa and Henry signed their names.

The 1871 Census recorded:
100 Cottenham Rd, Islington, London:
Henry A Keon, head (of household), married, age: 22 years, occupation: painter, born: Middlesex
Phillippa Keon, wife, age: 24 years, occupation: none stated, born: Cornwall

At the time of daughters, Minna and Florence’s baptisms in 1878 the family was living at 26 Ellenboro Rd, Islington, London and father Henry noted as a “decorator”.

The 1881 Census recorded:
26 Ellenboro Rd, Islington, London:
Henry Keon, head (of household), married, age: 35 years, occupation: house painter, born: Holborn
Phillipa Keon, wife, married, age: 35 years, occupation: none stated, born: Cornwall
Henry Keon, son, age: 9 years, occupation: none stated, born: Islington
Florence Keon, daughter, age: 3 years, born: Islington
Rosetta Keon, daughter, age: 1 year, born: Islington

At the time of daughter Elizabeth’s baptism in 1883 the family was living at 17 Ellenboro Rd, Islington, London and father Henry noted as a “painter”.

The 1891 Census recorded:
137 Marlborough Rd, Islington, London:
Henry A Keon, head (of household), married, age: 45 years, occupation: house painter, born: Holborn
Philippa Keon, wife, married, age: 45 years, occupation: none stated, born: Cornwall
Henry T Keon, son, single, age: 19 years, occupation: lamp lighter, born: Holloway, London
Rosetta Keon, daughter, age: 11 years, occupation: none stated, born: Tottenham, [London]
Elizabeth J Keon, daughter, age: 8 years, occupation: none stated, born: Holloway, London

The 1901 Census recorded:
5 Nicholay Rd, Islington, London:
Philippa Keon, head [of household], married, age: 55 years, occupation: charwoman, born: Cornwall
Florence E Keon, daughter, single, age: 23 years, occupation: tin-foil factory worker, born: London, Islington
Lizzie J Keon, daughter, single, age: 18 years, occupation: occupation: tin-foil factory worker, born: London, Islington
Rosetta Keon, daughter, single, age: 21 years, occupation: domestic servant, born: Tottenham, London
Note: Henry Keon not at home at time of Census – Philippa noted as/‘married’.


Acknowledgements:
• Phill Deason, Isles of Scilly, Cornwall, England
• Rick Smith, Launceston Tasmania, Australia
• Duff family researchers, UK

References:
Births & baptisms:
• Greg Campbell, 2005–2009, Listing of Deason Births & Baptisms in Cornwall (ref – D_Doc_#101)
• Ancestry.com, 2006, England and Wales, Birth Index: 1837-1983, extract for Deason, Cornwall, 13 January 2006 (ref – D_Doc_#101a)
• www.familysearch.org, 2005, International Genealogical Index Parish Birth & Baptismal index, extract for Deason, Cornwall, 21 October 2005 (ref – D_Doc_#101b)
• www.conwalleng.com, 2005, Cornwall Parish Register Index – Baptisms, extract for Deason, Cornwall, 8 October 2005, for Deason (ref – D_Doc_#101c)
• Greg Campbell, 2006, Extract of Deason births/baptisms from Duff Family Research (2006) (ref – D_Doc_#139)
• R M Baxter, 1975, Baptisms – Deason, Scilly Isles (ref – D_Doc_#149)
• Cornwall On-line Census Project, 2008, Cornwall Parish Register Index – Baptisms Pre & Post 1813, extracts for Deason & Deeson, June 2008 (ref – D_Doc_#212)
• Cornwall On-line Parish Clerk, Baptisms – Cornwall – 1755-1900, extract for Deason, June 2008 (ref – D_Doc_#224)
• General Register Office (UK), 1838, Index to Births registered October, November, December, p 172 (ref – D_Doc_#424)
• General Register Office (UK), 1841, Index to Births registered April, May, June, p 78 (ref – D_Doc_#425)
• General Register Office (UK), 1843, Index to Births registered July, August, September, p 319 (ref – D_Doc_#426)
• General Register Office (UK), 1844, Index to Births registered October, November, December, p 323 (ref – D_Doc_#427)
• General Register Office (UK), 1847, Index to Births registered January, February, March, p 360 (ref – D_Doc_#428)
• General Register Office (UK), 1849, Index to Births registered January, February, March, p 378 (ref – D_Doc_#429)
• General Register Office (UK), 1851, Index to Births registered January, February, March, p 943 (ref – D_Doc_#430)
• General Register Office (UK), 1852, Index to Births registered April, May, June, p ? (ref – D_Doc_#431)
• General Register Office (UK), 1854, Index to Births registered January, February, March, p ? (ref – D_Doc_#432)
• General Register Office (UK), 1867, Index to Births registered July, August, September, p 122 (ref – D_Doc_#439)
• General Register Office (UK), 1870, Index to Births registered July, August, September, p 124 (ref – D_Doc_#440)
• General Register Office (UK), 1856, Index to Births registered January, February, March, p 7 (ref – D_Doc_#446)
• Ancestry.com, 2011, England & Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906, extract for Eva Rebecca Deason (ref – D_Doc_#447)
• General Register Office (UK), 1895, Index to Births registered April, May, June, p 148 (ref – D_Doc_#457)
• General Register Office (UK), 1882, Index to Births registered October, November, December, p 397 (ref – D_Doc_#485)
• St Mary’s, Anglican church, Hornsey Rise, London, 1878, Baptismal entry for Minna & Florence Ellen Keon, 29 September 1878, p 46 (ref – D_Doc_#489)
• St Mary’s, Anglican church, Hornsey Rise, London, 1883, Baptismal entry for Elizabeth Jane Keon, 4 April 1883, p 17 (ref – D_Doc_#490)
• General Register Office (UK), 1873, Index to Births registered April, May, June, p 283 (ref – D_Doc_#491)
• General Register Office (UK), 1875, Index to Births registered October, November, December, p 286 (ref – D_Doc_#492)
• General Register Office (UK), 1877, Index to Births registered October, November, December, p 304 (ref – D_Doc_#493)
• General Register Office (UK), 1879, Index to Births registered October, November, December, p 294 (ref – D_Doc_#494)
• General Register Office (UK), 1882, Index to Births registered October, November, December, p 297 (ref – D_Doc_#495)
• General Register Office (UK), 1884, Index to Births registered October, November, December, p 409 (ref – D_Doc_#496)
• General Register Office (UK), 1892, Index to Births registered April, May, June, p 421 (ref – D_Doc_#497)
• St Mary’s, Anglican church, Hornsey Rise, London, 1895, Baptismal entry for Florence Emily Keon, 26 May 1895, p 86 (ref – D_Doc_#498)
• General Register Office (UK), 1889, Index to Births registered July, August, September, p 403 (ref – D_Doc_#500)
• General Register Office (UK), 1897, Index to Births registered January, February, March, p 321 (ref – D_Doc_#501)
Marriages:
• Greg Campbell, 2005–2009, Listing of Deason Marriages in Cornwall (ref – D_Doc_#102)
• Ancestry.com, 2004 & 2006, England and Wales, Marriage Index: 1837-1983, extract for Deason, Cornwall, 7 May 2004 & 13 January 2006 (ref – D_Doc_#102a)
• www.familysearch.org, 2005 & 2007, International Genealogical Index Parish Marriage index, extract for Deason, Cornwall, 21 October 2005 & 29 May 2007 (ref – D_Doc_#102b)
• www.conwalleng.com, 2005, Cornwall Parish Register Index – Marriages, extract for Deason, Cornwall, 8 October 2005, for Deason (ref – D_Doc_#102c)
• Greg Campbell, 2006, Extract of Deason marriages from Duff Family Research (2006) (ref – D_Doc_#140)
• Cornwall On-line Census Project, 2008, Cornwall Parish Register Index – Pre & Post 1813 Marriages, extract for Deason, June 2008 (ref – D_Doc_#216)
• Cornwall On-line Parish Clerk, 2008, Marriage Banns – Cornwall – 1837-1904, extract for Deason, June 2008 (ref – D_Doc_#221)
• Cornwall On-line Parish Clerk, 2008, Marriages – Cornwall – 1700-1904, extract for Deason, June 2008 (ref – D_Doc_#222)
• Joan Huston, 2005, Isles of Scilly – Marriages – 1726-1975 (ref – D_Doc_#238)
• Register Office (UK), 1862, Index to Marriages registered April, May, June, pp ? & 353 (ref – D_Doc_#433)
• General Register Office (UK), 1891, Index to Marriages registered October, November, December, pp 85 & 136 (ref – D_Doc_#434)
• St James the Great, Anglican church, Bethnal Green, London, 1870, Marriage entry for Henry Keon & Philippa Deason, 26 June 1870, p 199 (ref – D_Doc_#448)
• General Register Office (UK), 1882, Index to Marriages registered January, February, March, pp 52 & 148 (ref – D_Doc_#449)
• General Register Office (UK), 1893, Index to Marriages registered January, February, March, pp 112 & 196 (ref – D_Doc_#470)
• General Register Office (UK), 1909, Index to Marriages registered October, November, December, p 91 (ref – D_Doc_#471)
• General Register Office (UK), 1915, Index to Marriages registered April, May, June, pp 237 & 189 (ref – D_Doc_#499)
• General Register Office (UK), 1915, Index to Marriages registered April, May, June, pp 237 & 207 (ref – D_Doc_#503)
• St Mary’s, Anglican church, Hornsey Rise, London, 1907, Marriage entry for Florence Ellen Keon & Charles James Elston, 19 May 1907, p 34 (ref – D_Doc_#508)
• St Mary’s, Anglican church, Stratford Bow, London, 1881, Marriage entry for Sarah Jane Deason & Henry Bailey, 29 May 1881, p 98 (ref - D_Doc_#738)
Deaths & burials:
• Greg Campbell, 2005-2010, Listing of Deason Deaths & Burials in Cornwall (ref – D_Doc_#103)
• Ancestry.com, 2006, England and Wales, Death Index: 1837-1983, extract for Deason, Cornwall, 13 January 2006 (ref – D_Doc_#103a)
• www.familysearch.org, 2005, International Genealogical Index – Parish Burial index, extract for Deason, Cornwall, 21 October 2005 (ref – D_Doc_#103b)
• www.conwalleng.com, 2005, Cornwall Parish Register Index – Burials, extract for Deason, Cornwall, 8 October 2005, for Deason (ref – D_Doc_#103c)
• Federation of Family History Societies & Associates, 2004 & 2010, National Burial Index, extract for Deason, Cornwall, Editions 2 & 3 (1813-1837) (ref – D_Doc_#103d)
• Cornwall On-line Census Project, 2008, Cornwall Parish Register Index – Burials Post 1813, extract for Deason, June 2008 (ref – D_Doc_#213)
• Dianne Donohue, 2005, Isles of Scilly – Burials, Parish (1818-1886) & Non-conformist (1886-1906) (ref – D_Doc_#214)
• Cornwall On-line Parish Clerk, 2008, Burials – Cornwall – 1732-1900, extract for Deason, June 2008 (ref – D_Doc_#226)
• Margaret Owens, 2009, West Penwith Burials – 1700-1900, extract for Deason in Cornwall (ref – D_Doc_#314)
• General Register Office (UK), 1875, Index to Deaths registered July, August, September, p 78 (ref – D_Doc_#422)
• General Register Office (UK), 1891, Index to Deaths registered October, November, December, p 89 (ref – D_Doc_#423)
• General Register Office (UK), 1871, Index to Deaths registered April, May, June, p 77 (ref – D_Doc_#441)
• General Register Office (UK), 1920, Index to Deaths registered April, May, June, p 187 (ref – D_Doc_#442)
• General Register Office (UK), 1862, Index to Deaths registered January, February, March, p 154 (ref – D_Doc_#454)
• General Register Office (UK), 1904, Index to Deaths registered January, February, March, p 350 (ref – D_Doc_#455)
• General Register Office (UK), 1905, Index to Deaths registered October, November, December, p 374 (ref – D_Doc_#456)
• General Register Office (UK), 1908, Index to Deaths registered July, August, September, p 73 (ref – D_Doc_#463)
• General Register Office (UK), 1913, Index to Deaths registered October, November, December, p 194 (ref – D_Doc_#464)
• General Register Office (UK), 1919, Index to Deaths registered January, February, March, p 25 (ref – D_Doc_#465)
• General Register Office (UK), 1920, Index to Deaths registered January, February, March, p 220 (ref – D_Doc_#466)
• General Register Office (UK), 1920, Index to Deaths registered April, May, June, p 146 (ref – D_Doc_#467)
• General Register Office (UK), 1929, Index to Deaths registered October, November, December, p 140 (ref – D_Doc_#468)
• General Register Office (UK), 1877, Index to Deaths registered July, August, September, p 150 (ref – D_Doc_#502)
• General Register Office (UK), 1984, Index to Deaths registered April (ref – D_Doc_#504)
• General Register Office (UK), 1974, Index to Deaths registered January, February, March, p 642 (ref – D_Doc_#505)
• Ancestry.com, 2011, Ohio Dept. of Health, Index to annual Deaths, 1958-2002, extract for Arthur J Pender (ref – D_Doc_#506)
• Ancestry.com, 2011, Ohio Dept. of Health, Index to annual Deaths, 1958-2002, extract for Franklin Bennet Pender (ref – D_Doc_#507)
• General Register Office (UK), 1891, Index to Deaths registered April, May, June, p 109 (ref – D_Doc_#521)
Censuses:
• General Register Office (UK), 1841, Census of England & Wales, St Buryan, Cornwall, p 8 (ref – D_Doc_#006)
• Greg Campbell, 2005, 1841 Census of England & Wales, extract for Deason, all Cornwall, from www.west-penwith.org.uk (ref – D_Doc_#100)
• Margaret Owens, 2007 & 2009, Deason Family Tree (extracts for Deason, Cornwall from Parish Registers and Censuses 1841 to 1901) (ref – D_Doc_#194)
• Cornwall On-line Census Project, 2008, 1841 Census – all Scillies, full listing, June 2008 (ref – D_Doc_#206)
• General Register Office (UK), 1851, Census of England & Wales, Mousehole, Cornwall, p 10 (ref – D_Doc_#417)
• General Register Office (UK), 1861, Census of England & Wales, Hastings, Sussex, p 16 (ref – D_Doc_#418)
• General Register Office (UK), 1871, Census of England & Wales, Hastings, Sussex, p 21 (ref – D_Doc_#419)
• General Register Office (UK), 1881, Census of England & Wales, Hastings, Sussex, p 25 (ref – D_Doc_#420)
• General Register Office (UK), 1891, Census of England & Wales, Hastings, Sussex, p 12 (ref – D_Doc_#421)
• General Register Office (UK), 1871, Census of England & Wales, Southwark, London, p 42 (ref – D_Doc_#435)
• General Register Office (UK), 1881, Census of England & Wales, Bow, London, p 14 (ref – D_Doc_#436)
• General Register Office (UK), 1891, Census of England & Wales, Bow, London, p 43 (ref – D_Doc_#437)
• General Register Office (UK), 1901, Census of England & Wales, East Ham, London, p 18 (ref – D_Doc_#438)
• General Register Office (UK), 1871, Census of England & Wales, Hastings, Sussex, p 9 (ref – D_Doc_#444)
• General Register Office (UK), 1881, Census of England & Wales, Lambeth, London, p 54 (ref – D_Doc_#445)
• General Register Office (UK), 1871, Census of England & Wales, Islington, London, p 69 (ref – D_Doc_#450)
• General Register Office (UK), 1881, Census of England & Wales, Islington, London, p 11 (ref – D_Doc_#451)
• General Register Office (UK), 1891, Census of England & Wales, Islington, London, p 37 (ref – D_Doc_#452)
• General Register Office (UK), 1901, Census of England & Wales, Islington, London, p 19 (ref – D_Doc_#453)
• General Register Office (UK), 1891, Census of England & Wales, West Wittering, Sussex, p 14 (ref – D_Doc_#458)
• General Register Office (UK), 1901, Census of England & Wales, Penzance, Cornwall, p 7 (ref – D_Doc_#459)
• General Register Office (UK), 1901, Census of England & Wales, Portsmouth, Sussex, p11 (ref – D_Doc_#460)
• General Register Office (UK), 1901, Census of England & Wales, Portsmouth, Hampshire, p 10 (ref – D_Doc_#461)
• General Register Office (UK), 1891, Census of England & Wales, Hornsey, London p 30 (ref – D_Doc_#484)
• General Register Office (UK), 1901, Census of England & Wales, Islington, London p 51 (ref – D_Doc_#486)
• US Department of Commerce – Bureau of the Census, 1920, Census of USA, Akron, Ohio, sheet #11B (ref – D_Doc_#487)
• US Department of Commerce – Bureau of the Census, 1930, Census of USA, Portage, Ohio, sheet #16A (ref – D_Doc_#488)
• US Department of Commerce – Bureau of the Census, 1920, Census of USA, Akron, Ohio, sheets #5A & 5B (ref – D_Doc_#515)
• Rick Smith, 2012, 1911 Census of England and Wales, extract for Deason (ref – D_Doc_#727)
• General Register Office (UK), 1891, Census of England & Wales, Sutton, Surrey, p 83 (ref – D_Doc_#739)
• General Register Office (UK), 1901, Census of England & Wales, Wandsworth, London, p 56 (ref – D_Doc_#740)
Family trees & history:
• Leslie Deason & Phill Deason, c1960–2004, Deason Family Tree (transcribed Greg Campbell, 2004) (ref- D_Doc_#127)
• Rick Smith, 2005, Deason Family Tree (ref – D_Doc_#136)
• Margaret Owens, 2007 & 2009, Deason Family Tree (extracts for Deason, Cornwall from Parish Registers and Censuses 1841 to 1901) (ref – D_Doc_#194)
• Rick Smith, 2011, Deason Family Tree (ref – D_Doc_#408)
Other information:
• Probably R M Baxter, c1975, Correspondence – Shipping Register, extracts for Isles of Scilly 1780s-late 1800s (ref – D_Doc_#232)
• Ancestry.com, 2009 & findmypast.com, 2009, UK Soldiers Died in Great War, 1914-1919, (The Naval and Military Press Ltd, 2006, British and Irish Military Databases), extract for Albert Edwin Deason (ref – D_Doc_#352)
• Principal Probate Registry (UK), 1917, Calendar of the Grant of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the High Court of Justice in England, p 61 (ref – D_Doc_#443)
• US Dept. of Commerce & Labor, Immigration Service, 3 January 1914, List of Alien Passengers for USA, for SS Lusitania, list 5, entry #21 (ref – D_Doc_#509)
• US Dept. of Commerce & Labor, Immigration Service, 28 June 1913, List of Alien Passengers for USA, for SS Campania, list 5, entry #23 (ref – D_Doc_#510)
• US Dept. of Labor, Immigration Service, 16 October 1920, List of Alien Passengers for USA, for SS Mauritania, list 15, entry #7, 8 & 9 (ref – D_Doc_#511)
• US Dept. of Justice, Immigration & Naturalization Service, 2 October 1952, List of In-bound Passengers, for Queen Mary, list 66, entry #7 (ref – D_Doc_#512)
• US Dept. of Labor, Immigration Service, 12 June 1914, List of Alien Passengers for USA, for SS New York, list 5, entries #25 & 26 (ref – D_Doc_#513)
• US Dept. of Defense, 6 May 1916, Registration Card (WWI draft), for George D Deason (ref – D_Doc_#514)
• US Dept. of Labor, Immigration Service, 27 January 1923, List of Alien Passengers for USA, for SS Caronia, list 3, entries #26 & 30 (ref – D_Doc_#516)
• Phill Deason, 2004, Correspondence