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John Wormald

Age:   59
Died:   1st Jun 1874
Accident:   1st Jun 1874
Year Born:   abt. 1815
Colliery:   Prudhoe
Company:  
Occupation:  
Notes:  
crushed by a set of tubs on the engine plane
Buried:   St. Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Ovingham
Category:  

Census Data

1841 Census

Address: Fawdon Square, Northumberland
(Ref: HO107 / 821 / 11 / 7)

Name Age  Rel  Mar Occupation Where Born Born
WORMALD, John 25Coal Miner NBL  1816
WORMALD, Sarah 24 NBL  1817
WORMALD, Elizabeth 3 NBL  1838

1851 Census

Address: Fawdon Square, Northumberland
(Ref: HO107 / 2413 / 130 / 14 / 57)

Name Age  Rel  Mar Occupation Where Born Born
WORMALD, John 36HeadMarCoal Miner NBL: Newburn  1815
WORMALD, Elizabeth 33WifeMar NBL: Newcastle-on-Tyne  1818
WORMALD, Elizabeth 16Dau NBL: Fawdon  1835
WORMALD, Esther 8Dau NBL: Fawdon  1843
WORMALD, Sarah 4Dau NBL: Fawdon  1847
WORMALD, William 2Son NBL: Fawdon  1849

1861 Census

Address: Boathouse, Prudhoe Castle, Northumberland
(Ref: RG9 / 3857 / 80 / 1 / 2)

Name Age  Rel  Mar Occupation Where Born Born
WORMALD, John 46HeadMarCoal Miner NBL: Gosforth  1815
WORMALD, Sarah 43WifeMar NBL: Gosforth  1818
WORMALD, Esther 18DauUnnDressmaker NBL: Gosforth  1843
WORMALD, Joseph 16SonUnnCoal Miner NBL: Gosforth  1845
WORMALD, Sarah 15DauScholar NBL: Gosforth  1846
WORMALD, William 12SonScholar NBL: Gosforth  1849
WORMALD, John 8SonScholar NBL: Gosforth  1853
WORMALD, Margaret 4DauScholar NBL: Gosforth  1857

1871 Census

Address: Low Prudhoe, Prudhoe Castle, Northumberland
(Ref: RG10 / 5143 / 71 / 1 / 1)

Name Age  Rel  Mar Occupation Where Born Born
WORMALD, John 55HeadMarMiner NBL: Fawdon  1816
WORMALD, Sarah 53HeadMar NBL: Benwell  1818
WORMALD, William 22SonMarCoal Miner NBL: Fawdon  1849
WORMALD, Margaret 14DauMar NBL: Gosforth  1857

1881 Census

Address: Prudhoe Castle, Northumberland
(Ref: RG11 / 5101 / 102 / 23 / 99)

Name Age  Rel  Mar Occupation Where Born Born
WORMALD, Sarah 64HeadWid NBL: Benwell  1817
WORMALD, William 32SonUnnCoal Miner NBL: Fawdon Square  1849
WORMALD, Margaret 24DauUnn NBL: Gosforth  1857
WORMALD, Thomas 4Gson NBL: Low Prudhoe  1877

Please note: the census extracts shown here are our 'best guess match' to the person shown on this page and is not intended to be definitive — only knowledge of the family would allow this.


Tombstone

Ovingham — St. Mary the Virgin Churchyard

Location: OS Map 88, Grid Ref NZ084636




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Names on this tombstone
NameDiedAgeBorn
John WORMALD  1st Jun 1874  59  1815 

Sources
  • 1841 Census — taken 6th June, 1841
  • 1851 Census — taken 30th March, 1851
  • 1861 Census — taken 7th April, 1861
  • 1871 Census — taken 2nd April, 1871
  • 1874 Mines Inspectors Report (C 1216) Where to find this report
  • 1881 Census — taken 3rd April, 1881
  • Church/Cemetery photograph (T-06373-09-0002) © Kev Duncan
  • Headstone(s) in St. Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Ovingham
  • Tombstone photograph (T-06379-09-0002) © Kev Duncan

Researchers

Email  Researcher  Date  Interest 
William Wormald   02 Feb 2014 

I am the Great-great grandson of John Wormald


Sharon Moan   28 Aug 2016 

I am doing my family tree and John Wormald is my 4th Great Uncle..we are from the family who moved to Montreal, Canada.


Valerie wormald   22 Aug 2017 

I believe he great or possibly great or great grand father . My father john Leathhard wormald son of Thomas leathard wormald who I think but maybe another generation son of john wormald in ovingham church


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