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Robert Kirkup
| Age: | 30 |
| Died: | 26th Jul 1881 |
| Accident: | 26th Jul 1881 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1851 |
| Colliery: | Pelton |
| Company: | Lord Dunsaney and Partners |
| Occupation: | Hewer |
| Notes: | fall of stone from a slip next to face of coal |
| Buried: | Holy Trinity Churchyard, Pelton |
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1881 Census
Address: Pelton Fell South Field, Pelton, Co. Durham
(Ref: RG11 / 4981 / 120 / 22)
| Name | Age | Rel | Mar | Occupation | Where Born | Born |
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| KIRKUP, George | 57 | Head | Mar | Coal Miner | DUR: Wreckenton | 1824 |
| KIRKUP, Mary | 49 | Wife | Mar | Coal Miners Wife | DUR: Blue Quarries | 1832 |
| KIRKUP, Robert | 29 | Son | Unn | Coal Miner | DUR: Wreckenton | 1852 |
| KIRKUP, George | 25 | Son | Unn | Coal Miner | DUR: Wreckenton | 1856 |
| KIRKUP, Hannah | 19 | Dau | Unn | Coal Miners Daughter | DUR: Wreckenton | 1862 |
| KIRKUP, John | 17 | Son | Unn | Coal Miner | DUR: Wreckenton | 1864 |
| KIRKUP, Christopher | 15 | Son | Unn | Coal Miner | DUR: Wreckenton | 1866 |
| KIRKUP, Ellen | 13 | Dau | Scholar | DUR: Wreckenton | 1868 | |
| KIRKUP, Mary | 11 | Dau | Scholar | DUR: Wreckenton | 1870 | |
| KIRKUP, James E. | 8 | Son | Scholar | DUR: Wreckenton | 1873 | |
| KIRKUP, Margaret | 6 | Dau | Scholar | DUR: Wreckenton | 1875 | |
| KIRKUP, Michael | 2 | Grand Son | DUR: Pelton Fell | 1879 | ||
| WAUGH, Robert | 44 | Lodger | Coal Miner | DUR: Blue Quarries | 1837 |
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.
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- 1881 Census — taken 3rd April, 1881
- 1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241), Durham District by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 476, Accident Number: 47 Where to find this report
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| Researcher | Date | Interest | |
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| elsie marthe kirkup | 10 Jan 2010 |
family treee. my father was born in pelton fell septimus kirkup |
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| heather williamson | 11 Jan 2012 |
tracing kirkup family from midlothian father john kirkup and catherine kirkup had a son robert |
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| A Harding | 08 Mar 2014 |
I can confirm the person identified in the 1881 census above is the correct Robert Kirkup. He was my 2 x great uncle. My great uncle and father were subsequently named after him. |
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