The 1861 Census recorded:
55 Stonefield Rd, Hastings, Sussex:
Thomas Deason, head (of household), married, age: 52 years, occupation: Superannuated Coast Guard, born: Tresco, Isles of Scilly
Ann Deason, wife, age: 49 years, occupation: none stated, born: Tresco, Isles of Scilly
Mary Deason, daughter, age: 19 years, occupation: none stated, born: Penzance, Cornwall
Sarah Jane Deason, daughter, age: 12 years, occupation: scholar, born: Mousehole, Cornwall
Ellen Deason, daughter, age: 9 years, occupation: scholar, born: Hastings, Sussex
Rosetta Deason, daughter, age: 7 years, occupation: scholar, born: Hastings, Sussex
Rebecca Deason, daughter, age: 5 years, occupation: scholar, born: Hastings, Sussex


The 1871 Census recorded:
91 High St, Hastings, Sussex:
Elizabeth A Burfield, head (of household), single, age: 55 years, occupation: income derived from interest in a business, born: Southwark, Surrey [London]
…
Ellen Deason, servant, single, age: 19 years, occupation: housemaid, born: Hastings, Sussex

The 1881 Census recorded:
162 York Rd, Lambeth, London:
George A Miskin, head (of household), married, age: 39 years, occupation: physician, born: Lambeth, Surrey [London]
…
Ellen Deason, servant, single, age: 29 years, occupation: nurse, born: Hastings, Sussex

In 1891 Ellen, and her youngest child Eva, were living with her father and sisters at Hastings while John and the boys remained at West Wittering: the 1891 Census recorded:
18 St Andrews Square, Hastings, Sussex:
Thomas Deason, head (of household), widower, age: 82 years, occupation: pensioner, born: Tresco, Isles of Scilly
Elizabeth A Deason, daughter, single, age: 51 years, occupation: not stated, born: Penberth, Cornwall
Mary Deason, daughter, single, age: 46 years, occupation: dressmaker, born: Penberth, Cornwall
Thomasina Deason, daughter, single, age: 34 years, occupation: employed at home, born: Penberth, Cornwall
Ellen Pender, daughter, married, age: 39 years, occupation: none stated, born: Hastings, Sussex
Rosetta Deason, daughter, single, age: 37 years, occupation: none stated, born: Hastings, Sussex
Florence Kerfon [sic], granddaughter, age: 13 years, occupation: scholar, born: London
Eva A Pender, granddaughter, age: 1 year, born: Skipsea, Yorkshire

The 1891 Census recorded:
Coast Guard Station, West Wittering, Sussex:
John Pender, head [of household], married, age: 35 years, occupation: Coast Guardsman, born: Tresco, Cornwall
John T Pender, son, age: 8 years, occupation: scholar, born: Hastings, Sussex
Arthur J Pender, son, age: 6 years, occupation: scholar, born: Flamborough, Yorkshire

By 1901 John had retired from the coastguard service and the family had settled in Penzance: the 1901 Census recorded:
14 Union Terrace, Penzance, Cornwall:
John Pender, married, age: 45 years, occupation: coachman, born: Isles of Scilly, Cornwall
Ellen Pender, married, age 49 years, occupation: none stated, born: Hastings, Sussex
John T Pender, single, age: 18 years, occupation: plumber (apprentice), born: Hastings, Sussex
Arthur J Pender, single, age: 16 years, occupation: clerk in outfitter’s shop, born: Flamborough, Yorkshire
Eva A Pender, single, age: 11 years, occupation: none stated, born: Skipsea, Yorkshire
George D Pender, single, age: 8 years, occupation: none stated, born: west Wittering, Sussex
Note: details of ‘relationships’ were not completed on the Census form as per usual format: the terms ‘married’ and ‘single’ were repeated.
The family was still in Penzance in 1911 along with Ellen’s sister, Mary. The 1911 Census recorded:
22 Queen St, Penzance, Cornwall:
John Pender, head [of household], married 29 years, age: 55 years, occupation: naval pensioner, gardener domestic, born: Isles of Scilly, Cornwall
Ellen Pender, wife, married, age: 59 years, occupation: none stated, born: Hastings, Sussex
Eva Annie Pender, daughter, single, age: 21 years, born: Skipsea, Yorkshire
George Deason Pender, son, single, age: 18 years, occupation: motor mechanic, born: Westwittering, Sussex
Mary Deason, sister in law, single, age: 69 years, occupation: none stated, born: Penberth, Cornwall

In June 1913 John was noted as living at St Anthony’s Cottage, Promenade, Penzance; in January 1914, John was living at St Anthony’s Cottage, Penzance; in October 1920 John was noted as living at 25 Gwavas St, Penzance.

At the time of her death on 1920 Ellen was age 68 years.

In 1923 John was noted as living at Gwavas St, Penzance and at the time of his death in 1929 John was age 74 years.


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