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Deaths Sep 1953 (>99%)
DEAN Ann J 60 Chester 10a 140

Her birth year was wrongly stated in 1939

Births Mar 1893 (>99%)
Ireland Ann Jane Runcorn 8a 226

My cousin told me that Ann saw me when I was born in 1951 so 1953 seems right

Just wondering about this man:

William M Dean
in the 1939 England and Wales Register
Name: William M Dean
Gender: Male
Marital status: Married
Birth Date: 13 May 1883
Residence Year: 1939
Address: 21. South Parade
Residence Place: Runcorn, Cheshire, England
Occupation: Chemical Works Boiler Attendant (Heavy Worker
Line Number: 41
Schedule Number: 188
Sub Schedule Number: 1
Enumeration District: LFQB
Borough: Runcorn
Registration district: 446-2.
Inferred Spouse: Janet Dean
Inferred Children: Cyril Dean
Household Members:
Name
William M Dean
Janet Dean - 15 April 1888
George Wright - 19 Jan 1913, single
Cyril Dean - 18 Nov 1924, single


South Parade is literally just round the corner from Baker Road, where Ann was living in 1939. They meet at right angles.



Death of his wife:

Janet Dean
in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
Name: Janet Dean
Death Age: 57
Birth Date: abt 1889
Registration Date: Jan 1946
[Feb 1946]
[Mar 1946]
Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar
Registration district: Liverpool South
Inferred County: Lancashire
Volume: 8b
Page: 158



His death:

William M Dean
in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
Name: William M Dean
Death Age: 66
Birth Date: abt 1883
Registration Date: Apr 1949
[May 1949]
[Jun 1949]
Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun
Registration district: Runcorn
Inferred County: Cheshire
Volume: 10a
Page: 547


Willam Matthew Dean
in the England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995
Name: Willam Matthew Dean
Death Date: 12 Jun 1949
Death Place: Cheshire, England
Probate Date: 26 Jul 1949
Probate Registry: Chester, England

DEAN, William Matthew, of 21 South Parade, Weston Point, Runcorn, Cheshire, died 12 June 1949. Probate 26 July to Samuel Dean, tannery worker, and Norman Dean, chemical process worker.. Effects £886 5s 11d.



If that's the right William M Dean, the marriage only lasted just over a year, which might be why your father never spoke of it. Maybe it didn't seem worth mentioning.
Your father would have been 25 at the time of the marriage, so he'd be living his own life by that time, and his mother's remarriage might not have affected it much, if at all.

You'd need Ann's 1948 marriage cert to prove it.

Dad rarely spoke about his parents, I think when his dad died he had a rough time, we left for South Africa in 1951 for several years and his mum died whilst we were there, I suppose a chapter in his life closed, could only keep contact by letter in those days
Thank you for your time and research Liz