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Joseph Marsh
| Age: | 61 |
| Died: | 18th Apr 1882 |
| Accident: | 18th Apr 1882 1:15 AM |
| Year Born: | abt. 1821 |
| Colliery: | Tudhoe |
| Company: | Weardale Iron and Coal Co., Ltd. |
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| Notes: | married ; killed in the 1882 explosion (ignition probably caused by naked light) |
| Buried: | Holy Innocents Churchyard, Low Spennymoor |
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The text of the report from the Mines Inspector into this disaster is available in the Disaster Reports section of this website.
Extracts from the Inquest into this death.
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1881 Census
Address: 48 Hope Street, Tudhoe, Co. Durham
(Ref: RG11 / 4958 / 45 / 7)
| Name | Age | Rel | Mar | Occupation | Where Born | Born |
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| MARSH, Joseph | 60 | Head | Mar | Coal Miner | WOR: Dudley | 1821 |
| MARSH, Sarah | 60 | Wife | Mar | WOR: Dudley | 1821 | |
| MARSH, Sarah A. | 20 | Dau | Unn | Dressmaker | WOR: Dudley | 1861 |
| MARSH, David | 17 | Son | Unn | Coal Miner | WOR: Dudley | 1864 |
| MARSH, Charles | 15 | Son | Unn | Coal Miner | WOR: Dudley | 1866 |
| FISHER, John William | 14 | Relative | Unn | Coal Miner | WOR: Dudley | 1867 |
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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| Memorial: 1882 Tudhoe Colliery Disaster | |
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Spennymoor — Holy Innocents Churchyard (Church Demolished)
Location: OS Map 93, Grid Ref NZ268340
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| Name | Died | Age | Born |
| Joseph MARSH | 18th Apr 1882 | 61 | 1821 |
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| Related Articles | |
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| Pub. Date | Article (Newspaper) |
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| 19 Apr 1882 | Fatal Colliery Explosion (The Times) |
| 20 Apr 1882 | The Tudhoe Colliery Explosion (The Times) |
| 21 Apr 1882 | The Colliery Explosions (The Times) |
| 22 Apr 1882 | The Tudhoe Colliery Explosion (The Times) |
| 24 Apr 1882 | The Colliery Explosions (The Times) |
| 25 Apr 1882 | The Tudhoe Colliery Explosion (The Times) |
| 30 Apr 1882 | The Tudhoe Colliery Explosion (The Times) |
| 25 May 1882 | The Tudhoe Colliery Explosion (The Times) |
| 30 Aug 1882 | The Tudhoe Colliery Explosion (The Times) |
| 20 Apr 1891 | The Tudhoe Colliery Disaster Memorial (The Middlesbrough Daily Gazette) |
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| Further Reading | |
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- Official Report into the 1882 Tudhoe Colliery Disaster (C.3327)
- Durham Mining Disasters, c.1700 - 1950s by Maureen Anderson, Published by Wharncliffe Books, 2008, ISBN 1-845630-73-4
- Explosions in Coal Mines by W. N. & J. B. Atkinson, published in 1886
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- 1881 Census — taken 3rd April, 1881
- Church/Cemetery photograph (T-04482-08-0002) © Kev Duncan
- Headstone(s) and Memorial in York Road Cemetery, Spennymoor
- Headstone(s) in Holy Innocents Churchyard, Spennymoor
- Tombstone photograph (T-04474-08-0002) © Kev Duncan
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| Researcher | Date | Interest | |
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| Vivien Morris | 24 Apr 2009 |
I am reseaching the family of joseph Marsh who was born in dudley in 1846. Some of his family including his parents seemed to have moved to Tudhoe. his father Joseph Marsh was killed in the Tudhoe mine disaster in 1882. |
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| john marsh | 25 Jan 2010 |
My g g g g grandfather who was a coal miner came from from Wigan in 1851 to new Cassop durham from there the family went to Hougton le spring mine his name was Joseph marsh and his wife name was Elizabeth |
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| Olive Smith, nee Fisher. | 08 Jun 2010 |
Researching family history. |
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| joy maccaskill | 24 Sep 2010 |
I am reseaching joseph marsh a coal miner born dudley worcestershire 1821 wife Sarah, 1881 census in tudhoe durham.One of his sons henry marsh born 1852 worcestershire .Joseph killed in tudhoe mine disaster 1882 |
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| Debbie James (nee marsh) | 19 Apr 2013 |
My grandfather..... Joseph Haydn marsh born Swansea 1907. His father Joseph marsh born 1863 but I don't know where. His father Joseph marsh was a Colliery sinker (contractor) was deceased prior to 1906. I cannot pin point from where they originate. If anyone can help please get in touch |
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| Amanda Rose | 12 May 2014 |
Joseph Marsh may be my 4th great grandfather. In my research he married Sarah Cartwright in 1842, with many children born between 1843 and 1861. The link to my family is through a son Thomas Marsh who married Emily (possibly Emilie) Starkie and eventually ended up in Niagara Falls, NY. It would be a help if anyone could confirm that this Joseph Marsh, who was killed in the disaster, is the father of Thomas Marsh who married Emily around 1882. The marriage to Emily may have been a second marriage for Thomas, the first being to Elizabeth Watson but this may be a false match. I can give a lot more info about Thomas and Emily after they got to the US (about 1911) if you are interested. |
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| john ernest marsh | 28 Jan 2021 |
to find more of the marsh family around Wigon I have gone back to 1564 . My part of the family went from Wigon to Cassop Durham can you comment |
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