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Joseph Blackburn

Age:   59
Died:   2nd Apr 1886
Accident:   2nd Apr 1886
Year Born:   abt. 1827
Colliery:   Brancepeth
Company:   Strakers and Love
Occupation:   Deputy
Notes:  
fall of a large stone which broke over the props while he was drawing a jud
Buried:   St. Stephen's Churchyard/Willington Cemetery
Category:  

Census Data

1881 Census

Address: 14 Albert Street, Willington, Co. Durham
(Ref: RG11 / 4959 / 74 / 17)

Name Age  Rel  Mar Occupation Where Born Born
BLACKBURN, Joseph 56HeadMarCoal Miner DUR: Stanhope  1825
BLACKBURN, Dinah 54WifeMar DUR: Stanhope  1827
BLACKBURN, Robert 10SonScholar DUR: Willington  1871

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.


Brancepeth Colliery Memorial

Memorial Image Memorial Image Memorial Image Memorial Image Memorial Image


Tombstone

Willington — St. Stephen's Churchyard/Cemetery

Location: OS Map 93, Grid Ref NZ210353




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Names on this tombstone
NameDiedAgeBorn
Dinah BLACKBURN  27th Apr 1911  82  1829 
Joseph BLACKBURN  2nd Apr 1886  59  1827 

Sources
  • 1881 Census — taken 3rd April, 1881
  • Church/Cemetery photograph (T-02206-04-0002) © Kev Duncan
  • Headstone(s) in St. Stephen's Churchyard/Cemetery, Willington
  • Tombstone photograph (T-02214-04-0002) © Kev Duncan

Researchers

Email  Researcher  Date  Interest 
DEREK HOWLAND   07 Jan 2009 

great great grandparents on my mothers side,


Kirsty Liddell   07 Sep 2011 

4X Great Grandparents on mothers side.


Paula Makepeace   11 Jun 2014 

Joseph was/is my great,great grandfather on my mothers side she is a Marjorie makepeace Maden name blackburn.


Emma Ormerod   07 Apr 2021 

x3 Great Grandparents on my mothers side.


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