Frances Rebecca DEANS^{[1, 2]}

1843 - 1887  (43 years)

• Name	Frances Rebecca DEANS
  Nickname	Fannie
  Birth	14 Dec 1843	Portsmouth, Norfolk Co, VA   [3]
  Gender	Female
  Death	3 May 1887	Portsmouth City, VA   [2]
  	Fannie died of breast cancer on 3 May 1887 in Portsmouth, Virginia. She was 43 years old at the time of her death.
  Burial	4 May 1887	Portsmouth City, VA   [4]
  	Her body was interred on 4 May 1887 in the Deans family plot at Cedar Grove Cemetery in Portsmouth, Virginia.
  Person ID	I1689	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Thomas D. DEANS,   b. 2 Mar 1809, Portsmouth, Norfolk Co, VA d. 10 Sep 1865, Portsmouth City, VA (Age 56 years)
  Mother	Rebecca Ann GRAY,   b. 18 Sep 1814, Portsmouth, Norfolk Co, VA d. 21 Jan 1891, Portsmouth City, VA (Age 76 years)
  Notes	SEE VIRNELSON FILE FOR 1850 CENSUS; Nco MARRIAGES III, P. 29 FOR MARRIAGE.
  Family ID	F3858	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Joseph Edward VIRNELSON,   b. 26 Apr 1839, Portsmouth, Norfolk Co, VA d. 18 Jul 1887, Portsmouth City, VA (Age 48 years)
  Marriage	13 May 1862	Portsmouth City, VA   [1]
  	The couple was married at the Portsmouth home of the groom's parents on 13 May 1962.
  Children	1. Eulia Moore VIRNELSON,   b. 23 Feb 1866, Portsmouth City, VA d. 14 Sep 1878, Portsmouth City, VA (Age 12 years)   2. Fannie Deans VIRNELSON,   b. 8 May 1867, Portsmouth City, VA d. 6 Nov 1878, Portsmouth City, VA (Age 11 years)   3. Ada Lee VIRNELSON,   b. 28 Oct 1870, Portsmouth City, VA d. 2 Nov 1878, Portsmouth City, VA (Age 8 years)   4. Martha Telitha VIRNELSON,   b. 15 Nov 1873, Portsmouth City, VA d. 6 Jan 1892 (Age 18 years)
  Family ID	F116	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S3891] Joseph E. Vernelson - Rebecca Frances Dean, Portsmouth, VA marriage license & minister’s return no. 280 (1862). [S5031] Frances R. Virnelson, Portsmouth, VA death register entry (1887). [S4280] Yerby, "Virnelson family data, 1839 - 1973". [S5362] Cedar Grove Cemetery burial registers, Portsmouth, VA. information obtained August 2005.