William Foggett
| Age: | 60 |
| Died: | 27th Jun 1815 |
| Accident: | 27th Jun 1815 4:00 AM |
| Year Born: | abt. 1755 |
| Colliery: | Sheriff Hill |
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| Occupation: | Viewer |
| Notes: | brother of George and Robert ; killed in the 1815 explosion |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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On the morning of this day, Sheriff-hill colliery, near Gateshead, fired, during the time that Mr. William Fogget, the viewer, and his two brothers were down, all of whom were killed by the blast, and eight of the workmen were also suffocated by what is termed the after-damp.
- Local Historian's Table Book of Remarkable Occurrences Connected with the Counties of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Northumberland and Durham by M.A. Richardson. Published in five volumes in 1844.
- Views of the Collieries in the Counties of Northumberland and Durham by T. H. Hair. First published in 1844.
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Sharon Wilkie nee Foggett
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11 Oct 2017 |
I am researching the Foggett family tree. My grandfather was William Foggett born 1893, his father was Thomas 1862, his father William 1819 in Hebron married in Newcastle in 1849 and I believe that his father was also William. I wonder if these brothers are related to me.
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