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John Ball
The text of the report from the Mines Inspector into this disaster is available in the Disaster Reports section of this website.
1881 Census
Address: 44 Railway Terrace, Usworth, Co. Durham
(Ref: RG11 / 4984 / 130 / 59)
| Name | Age | Rel | Mar | Occupation | Where Born | Born |
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| BALL, John | 62 | Head | Mar | Coal Miner | WLS | 1819 |
| BALL, Elizabeth | 56 | Wife | Mar | | WLS | 1825 |
| BALL, Joseph | 24 | Son | Wid | Coal Miner | DUR: Kelloe | 1857 |
| BALL, John | 17 | Son | Unn | Putter Coal Miner | DUR: Usworth | 1864 |
| DONKIN, Elizabeth | 9 | Grd Dau | | Scholar | DUR: Shotton | 1872 |
| ASHTON, Thomas | 73 | Boarder | Wid | Retired Coal Miner | CHS | 1808 |
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: 1885 Usworth Colliery Disaster
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Donwell — Holy Trinity Churchyard
Location: OS Map 88, Grid Ref NZ297586
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Pub.
Date | Article (Newspaper) |
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| 04 Mar 1885 | Terrible Colliery Explosion (The Times) |
| 05 Mar 1885 | The Usworth Colliery Explosion (The Times) |
| 06 Mar 1885 | The Usworth Colliery Disaster (The Times) |
| 07 Mar 1885 | The Usworth Colliery Explosion (The Times) |
| 09 Mar 1885 | Usworth Colliery Explosion (The Times) |
| 12 Mar 1885 | Usworth Colliery Explosion (Sunderland Daily Echo) |
| 14 Mar 1885 | Letters to the Editor, Usworth Colliery Explosion (The Times) |
| 26 Mar 1885 | The Usworth Colliery Explosion (The Times) |
| 03 Apr 1885 | The Usworth Colliery Explosion (The Times) |
| 10 Jun 1885 | The Disaster At Usworth Colliery, Prosecution Of The Owners (Sunderland Daily Echo) |
- 1881 Census — taken 3rd April, 1881
- Church/Cemetery photograph (T-01346-01-0002) © Kev Duncan
- Headstone(s) and Memorial in Our Lady's Catholic Church (R.C.), Washington
- Memorial in Our Lady's Catholic Church (R.C.), Washington
- Memorial photograph (T-02466-04-0002) © Kev Duncan
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Lawrence Beebe
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16 Jun 2013 |
The Ball family (John Ball is my great great great grandfather); stories of his milieu, the Ball migration earlier from Wales, the story of his son Joseph Ball (my great great grandfather) and his marriage and family...
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John Martin pearson
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16 Oct 2017 |
General interest in finding out more information on great grand parents and any further information.
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Colin Brown
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29 Nov 2018 |
I am researching Thomas Edgar Ball, born at Douglas Terrace, Usworth Colliery in 1899 and who later became a professional footballer with Aston Villa FC. Was he descended from John Ball? Many thanks.
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