Jesse Deeprose and Mary Ann Sargent are my Great Great Grandparents.  
Thank you Debra Parminter for the information provided on the lives of George and Jesse (2) Deeprose.  Note: in order for us to sort out the different generations with the same first names Dad assigned a number after the name.  Thank you Margaret Viner for sharing pictures and family history from "Life of Gladys" by Sylvia, a beautiful work of art.

note:  these pictures are thumbnails, click on each picture to enlarge
 

Mary Ann Sargent
Born: About 1828; Hooe, Sussex, England.
Christened: 31 August 1828
Married: 9 August 1857
Died: 1879; Battle, Sussex, England
Buried: 26 August 1879, St Mary’s, Ninfield, Sussex
Father: Stephen Sargent
Mother: Harriet Wenham
This picture was taken on Mary Ann's wedding day.  She was 30 years of age.

Jessie (1) Deeprose
Born: About 1834, Ninfield, Sussex, England
Christened: 13 July 1834
Buried: 25 April 1892
Father: Thomas Deeprose
Mother: Maria Parr
Pictured:  Jesse and Mary Ann Offen (Jesse's second wife); picture courtesy of Margaret Viner.

Mary Ann Sargent Deeprose died in 1879. Jesse Deeprose then married Mary Anne Offen, a widow with 2 children; Lizzie Offen age 6 and Edith Offen age 2 (according to 1881 census). Mary Ann was born in Withyham, Sussex. Jesse had a market garden at Burnt Barns at the bottom of Frickley Hollow. He took vegetables to Hastings by horse and cart. On Sunday mornings Jesse was a preacher at the Wesleyan Chapel, Ninfield. For the evening service he walked 4 miles to Catsfield or Hooe. This was to give his horse a Sunday rest.

Children of Mary Ann Sargent and Jesse Deeprose:

Charles Stephen Deeprose: Born 31 December 1858; Ninfield, Sussex, England. In 1881 he is recorded as a shop man for a Grocer Draper, 4 High Street, Wadhurst. He immigrated to Canada in 1882. Married Mary Jane Boorman; 15 August 1889, after studying to become a minister. Died 19 September 1920; Danford Lake, PQ. (More about his life will be told in the Charles and Mary Jane Deeprose Story)
This picture of Charles was taken 1882 prior to his immigration to Canada.  Picture courtesy of David Boorman.

Jesse (2) Deeprose: Born 1859, Ninfield, Sussex, England; Married Hepzibah Hannah Roberts, 1880; Died 14 May 1930, buried at St Mary’s, Ninfield, Sussex.
Picture:  Jesse Deeprose, Frank, Gladys and Sylvia.  Jesse would be about 70 years of age.  Picture courtesy of Margaret Viner.
In 1881 Jesse and Hepzibah lived at 15 Ashburnham Rd, Hastings, Sussex. Only one child is listed in this census, Frank Deeprose age 2, born in Ninfield.
In 1891 Jesse and Hephzibah were living at 57 Frickley Lane, Catsfield, Sussex. They now have 6 children. Frank age 11 (Ninfield), Mabel age 9 (Hastings), Kate age 7 (Hastings), Charles age 5 (Ninfield), Edwin R age 3 (Catsfield), and Elizabeth 1 (Catsfield).
In 1901 Jesse and Hepzibah were living in Mill Corner, Ninfield, Sussex. Two more children are listed in this census. Jesse age 9 (Catsfield) and Grace age 6 (Catsfield). Jesse’s occupation is recorded as a Carpenter.
From the letter titled "My name is Jesse"; Jesse 2 and Hepzibah lived in at least 4 different houses within striking distance of the village of Ninfield.
1. Cottage atop of Frickley Hollow
2. Gas House on grounds of Normanhurst Estate
3. Combe Cottage opposite Combe Wood
4. Noons Hill
Jesse worked with the Crouch family who were also carpenters. The Deeprose’s they were a very musical family as evidenced by the following two quotes which are from a letter titled "My name is Jesse". This letter was written to Joy States (daughter of George Deeprose) from Jesse Deeprose who lived in England.
"Jesse (2^nd) and his four sons all sang in the church choir at Ninfield. There was a brass band in the village, the bandmaster being Tom Sargent the baker. Frank, Ted and Jesse 3^rd all played instruments in that band, Later in life, Frank became bandmaster of Bexhill Town Band with his eldest son playing one of the instruments. They were a musical family, played a variety of instruments and sang in the church choir."
In his book "Ninfield in the Nineties", Alfred Ridel writes, and I quote, "At that time the Deeprose family, living more than half way along Frickley Hollow, provided the best voices. The father, Jesse, had a rich bass voice which reminded one of a double-bass violin. As a matter be that as it may, the whole family was blessed with lovely voices and the lads, one after the other, came into and became most regular members of the choir. Frank was then the leading boy, to be followed in turn by his brothers, Charles, Ted and Jesse, developing afterwards into alternate tenors and basses"
End of quote.

William Rufus Deeprose: Born Oct 27, 1862, Ninfield, Sussex, England. He immigrated to Canada apparently about the same time as his brothers Charles and George. He drowned 27 July 1887 in Stony Lake, Peterborough County, ON leaving a widow, Ellen Simpson and infant, Lillian Winnifred Deeprose.  This information was provided from the Andre Dorfman collection in the Trent Valley Archives, Peterborough, ON, March 2005.
Prior mentions of William:  In the letter titled "My Name is Jesse"; "Jesse 1 had 4 sons, Jesse 2, Charles, William and George and also a daughter Isabel. Isabel married Henry Pearson."  Auntie Edna and Auntie Fran's memories also record William as being a brother to Charles, whose death influenced him to enter in ministry with the Methodist Church.

George Deeprose: Born 6 September 1865; Marl Pits, Ashburnham, Sussex, England. Immigrated to Canada in 1883; 1901 Census gives a date of immigration as 1883, which is a year later than Charles. George married Ethel Mabel King 30 July 1891 in Campbellford, Northumberland County, Ontario; Died: 21 June 1970, Drumheller, Alberta, Canada. More about George follows.

Isabel Deeprose: Born Apr 8, 1869; Marl Pits, Ashburnham, Sussex, England. In December 1897, she married Jeffery Henry Pearson, Plumstead, Kent, England.
Child:  Dudley Pearson
1901 Census records Isabel living at Erith, Kent with husband Jeffery and son Dudley.  Isabel died in 1907.

Dudley Pearson and Iva on their wedding day 28 July 1921.

Charles Stephen Deeprose and family about 1903
Charles was the first child of Mary Ann Sargent Deeprose.
Pictured from left to right: Charles Edward (Uncle Eddie), Mary Jane, Stanley, Fred (in front), Edna (Auntie Ed), Charles, Frances (Auntie Fran), Olivia (My Grandma).
Note: Grandma died before I was born. Auntie Edna and Auntie Fran lived 2 doors down from our home on the Heron Road. I initially met Uncle Eddie and Aunt Ruby during one of their visits to Ottawa to visit the Aunties as they were known to family and friends. This is why their names are in brackets as the way in which I would have addressed them. I also, visited Uncle Eddie while he was living in Calgary prior to moving to Rockyford to live with Tony and Marion Pearson (son-in-law and daughter). I attended Uncle Eddie’s funeral to represent the Eastern part of the Family.

George Deeprose and Family About 1906
George was the fourth child of Mary Ann Sargent Deeprose.
Pictured in Back Row: Essie Joy, Jesse Newton
Front Row: George King, Ethel, William Albert, Mary Violet, George

George Deeprose and Family
Back Row: William Albert, Mary Violet, Essie Joy, Beryl Maud, George King
Front Row: George Deeprose, Ethel Mabel King Deeprose

George Deeprose, Sr. standing in front of the sod homestead shack. Note the buffalo skull above doorway.
This picture is captured in Blooming Prairie a History of Morrin and District page 480.  Wonder what it was like to live in this home?
Picture from Glenbow Archives NA– 2262-5

George Deeprose Homestead
Rosemont farm 1970
Morin, Alberta, Canada
George Deeprose emigrated to Peterboro, Ontario, Canada in 1883 according to the 1901 Canadian Census. He farmed in the Peterboro area then worked for several years in the Canadian General Electric factory in Peterboro. In the spring of 1909 George moved to Morin, Alberta with two nephews, Stanley and Edward. They secured land next to each other in the Sunbeam district.

Legal Land description was obtained from the ArchiviaNet: Western Land grants (1870-1930). NE 14 31 19 W4 & NE 15 31 19 W4, George Deeprose; SW 16 31 19 W4, Charles Edward Deeprose; SW 32 31 19 W4, Stanley M Deeprose; and in 1919 Fredrick Deeprose bought SE 22 31 19 W4 from William Hall.

A sod shanty was built on Stanley Deeprose’s homestead. The three men lived together while breaking land with Stanley’s team of oxen. They drove to Stettler, sixty miles away, to get lumber for a shack to add to Stanley’s sod shanty and for a homestead shack on George’s land. This was in preparation for George to bring out his family in 1910. George built a house 14x 18 and broke up 10 acres of land before he returned to Peterboro. He returned to work in the factory for the winter months. In June 1910, George with his son George left Peterborough riding on a freight train with a box car of belongings including furniture, machinery, 3 horses, a dozen hens and rooster and little fox terrier dog, Sport. A week later the rest of the family left via another homesteader train. The family arrived before George so they stayed in a hotel until George arrived with their belongings.
Stanley Deeprose met George and family in Stettler with his team of oxen and wagon. George had brought a wagon with him. The two wagons were loaded and they began a 60 mile journey that would take 3 days. The first winter was long and cold. A ceiling was put half way across the shack. The four older children slept up in the half attic on straw mattresses laid on the floor.
The prairie trail ran through the yard. Often people spent the night. No one was turned away.
More of the early years are recorded in Blooming Prairie A History of Morrin and District. Published in 1970: by the Morrin and district History Book committee. The above excerpts are summarized from the section The George Deeprose family by Violet Deeprose.

This page was updated April 26, 2006