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John Simcock

Age:   62
Died:   8th Feb 1887
Accident:   8th Feb 1887
Year Born:   abt. 1825
Colliery:   Eston (Ironstone)
Company:  
Occupation:   Sheave Oiler
Notes:  
while repairing a sheave he was caught by the full set of tubs and run over on the engine plane
Buried:   Eston Cemetery
Category:  

Census Data

1881 Census

Address: Board Schools, Califonia, Eston, York, England
(Ref: RG11 / 4858 / 21 / 36)

Name Age  Rel  Mar Occupation Where Born Born
SIMCOCK, John 57HeadMarLaborer Gen In Ironstone Mines STS: West Bromwich  1824
SIMCOCK, Nancy 52WifeMar LAN: Blackburn  1829
SIMCOCK, Eli 16SonUnnFireman In Ironstone Mines YKS: Eston  1865

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

Eston — Cemetery

Location: OS Map 93, Grid Ref NZ547188




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Names on this tombstone
NameDiedAgeBorn
John SIMCOCK  8th Feb 1887  62  1825 
Nancy SIMCOCK  16th Oct 1904  78  1826 
William SIMCOCK  24th May 1921  72  1849 

Sources
  • 1881 Census — taken 3rd April, 1881
  • 1887 Mines Inspectors Report (C 5450) Where to find this report
  • Church/Cemetery photograph (T-05544-09-0002) © Kev Duncan
  • Headstone(s) in Eston Cemetery
  • Tombstone photograph (T-05585-09-0002) © Kev Duncan

Researchers

Email  Researcher  Date  Interest 
Judith Burns   13 Aug 2009 

John Simcock was my great, great-grandfather whose son, William was my great-grandfather. His daughter, Florence, was my maternal grandmother.


Thorarinn Benedikz   28 Feb 2018 

My maternal grandfather was Ernest Froude Simcock. He was born in october 1879 in Eston, Yorks and died in Staithes, Yorks july 1959.


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