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Ralph Young Anderson

Age:   16
Died:   20th Apr 1885
Accident:   20th Apr 1885
Year Born:   abt. 1869
Colliery:   Pelton
Company:  
Occupation:   Driver
Notes:  
while assisting at the bottom of a drop staple he fell under the descending cage and was crushed to death
Buried:   Pelton Cemetery
Category:  

Census Data

1881 Census

Address: Pelton Fell Southfield, Pelton, Co. Durham
(Ref: RG11 / 4981 / 117 / 16)

Name Age  Rel  Mar Occupation Where Born Born
ANDERSON, Ralph 45HeadMarCoal Miner DUR: Old Shildon  1836
ANDERSON, Hannah 45WifeMarCoal Miners Wife DUR: Spring Gardens  1836
ANDERSON, John 21SonMarCoal Miner DUR: Coundon  1860
ANDERSON, Ann 19DauMarServant DUR: Pelton Fell  1862
ANDERSON, Ralph 12Son DUR: West Auckland  1869
FOSTER, John 21LodgerUnnCoal Miner DUR: Gateshead  1860

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

Pelton — Cemetery

Location: OS Map 88, Grid Ref NZ245531




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Names on this tombstone
NameDiedAgeBorn
Hannah ANDERSON       
Ralph Young ANDERSON  20th Apr 1885  16  1869 
Ralph Young ANDERSON  7th May 1890  54  1836 

Sources
  • 1881 Census — taken 3rd April, 1881
  • Church/Cemetery photograph (T-01425-01-0002) © Kev Duncan
  • Headstone(s) in Pelton Cemetery
  • Tombstone photograph (T-01472-01-0002) © Kev Duncan

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Ulick Loring   29 Mar 2019 

I am interested in the ancestry of Ralph Young Anderson. He was descended from the Blacketts of Wylam


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