Robert Silvester DEANS

  Noted events in his life were:

• Census, 1891, Cardiff, Glamorganshire. 12 Helen Street brakesman living wth parents and siblings

• Marriage Banns, 1892, Cardiff, Glamorganshire. 22 years batchelor, breaksman, 12 Helen Street, witnesses James William Deans and William Sherrin

• Census, 1901, Margam, Glamorganshire. 4 Field Terrace, Margam, railway engine fireman

• Census, 1911, Cardiff, Glamorganshire. Married 18 years - no children engine driver living at 14 Ty Draw Cottages, Penycar, Port Talbot, Glamorganshire

• Employment, 1932, Port Talbot, Glamorganshire. Railway employment records from 29 November 1899 to 26 June 1930. Called on to retire 1 October 1932 - trade depression

• Census, 1939, Port Talbot, Glamorganshire. 14 Ty Draw Cottages, Port Talbot Engine driver GWR (retired)

Robert married Ellen Jane PAYNE, daughter of Joseph PAYNE and Elizabeth, on 24 Dec 1892 in St Germains, Cardiff. (Ellen Jane PAYNE was born in 1871 in Delverton, Somerset and died on 30 May 1936 in Cardiff, Glamorganshire.)

Robert next married Elizabeth Ann RUSSELL in 1943 in Neath, Glamorganshire. (Elizabeth Ann RUSSELL was born on 13 Mar 1879 and died on 5 Oct 1945 in Neath, Glamorganshire.)