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Thomas Uren/Usher

Age:   37
Died:   14th Oct 1884
Accident:   14th Oct 1884
Year Born:   abt. 1847
Colliery:   North Lintz
Company:   F. McLean
Occupation:   Hewer
Notes:  
killed by a fall of coal
Buried:   St. James' Churchyard, Burnopfield
Category:  

Census Data

1881 Census

Address: 113 Lintz Colliery, Tanfield, Co. Durham
(Ref: RG11 / 4942 / 46 / 30)

Name Age  Rel  Mar Occupation Where Born Born
UREN, Thomas 34HeadMarCoal Miner CON: Kermon  1847
UREN, Ann 28WifeMar DUR: Crook  1853
UREN, John 11SonScholar DUR: Tow Law  1870
UREN, Elizabeth A. 9DauScholar DUR: Lintz Colliery  1872
UREN, Jane 6DauScholar DUR: Lintz Colliery  1875
UREN, Mary 2Dau DUR: Lintz Colliery  1879
UREN, Joseph 5mSon DUR: Lintz Colliery  

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

Burnopfield — St. James Churchyard

Location: OS Map 88, Grid Ref NZ165568




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Names on this tombstone
NameDiedAgeBorn
Thomas UREN/USHER  14th Oct 1884  37  1847 

Related Newspaper Articles

Pub.
Date
Article (Newspaper)
17 Oct 1884 Fatal Accident In A Colliery (Sunderland Daily Echo)
24 Oct 1884 Burnopfield, Fatal Accident (Newcastle Courant)

Mines Inspectors Report Entry


Sources
  • 1881 Census — taken 3rd April, 1881
  • 1884 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4429), Newcastle District by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 185, Accident Number: 55 Where to find this report
  • Church/Cemetery photograph (T-03027-06-0064) © Bob Dunn
  • Headstone(s) in St. James Churchyard, Burnopfield
  • Tombstone photograph (T-03026-06-0064) © Bob Dunn

Researchers

Email  Researcher  Date  Interest 
Tony Henderson   17 Jan 2009 

This was my great great grandfather, my grandfathers name was thomas uren of burnopfield


Tom Cook   17 Nov 2010 

Thomas and Ann Uren were my great, great grandparents.Their youngest daughter Ellen married my great grandfather William Thompson.


Darien Jay   17 Nov 2013 

Researching family tree; would like to discuss any information held on Thomas Uren (my great, great, great grandfather). Please get in touch


David Radford   08 Aug 2021 

My family is descended from Thomas Uren on my grandmother’s side (Thomasina Uren, Burnopfield, near Newcastle)


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