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John Robinson
| Age: | 51 |
| Died: | 6th Apr 1887 |
| Accident: | 6th Apr 1887 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1836 |
| Colliery: | Trimdon |
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| Occupation: | Engineman |
| Notes: | explosion of an underground boiler in the main coal seam |
| Buried: | St. Paul's Churchyard, Trimdon Station |
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1881 Census
Address: Behind Pit, Trimdon, Co. Durham
(Ref: RG11 / 4904 / 24 / 41)
| Name | Age | Rel | Mar | Occupation | Where Born | Born |
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| ROBINSON, John | 44 | Head | Mar | Engineman Stationary | DUR: Little Team | 1837 |
| ROBINSON, Mary | 40 | Wife | Mar | DUR: Wapping | 1841 | |
| ROBINSON, William | 17 | Son | Unn | Coal Miner | DUR: Trimdon | 1864 |
| ROBINSON, Phoebe A. | 15 | Dau | Unn | DUR: Trimdon | 1866 | |
| ROBINSON, John | 12 | Son | Unn | Coal Miner | DUR: Great Lumley | 1869 |
| ROBINSON, Benjamin | 11 | Son | Unn | Scholar | DUR: Trimdon | 1870 |
| ROBINSON, Ralph Thornton | 8 | Son | Unn | Scholar | DUR: Trimdon | 1873 |
| ROBINSON, Henry Thornton | 10m | Son | Unn | DUR: Trimdon | ||
| WITTINGHAM, William | 29 | Lodger | Engineman Stationary | DUR: ... | 1852 |
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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Trimdon Station — St. Paul's Churchyard
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| Name | Died | Age | Born |
| John ROBINSON | 6th Apr 1887 | 51 | 1836 |
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- 1881 Census — taken 3rd April, 1881
- 1887 Mines Inspectors Report (C 5450) Where to find this report
- Church/Cemetery photograph (T-03248-06-0002) © Kev Duncan
- Headstone(s) in St. Paul's Churchyard, Trimdon Station
- Tombstone photograph (T-03260-06-0064) © Bob Dunn
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| Researcher | Date | Interest | |
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| Lianne Havell | 16 May 2009 |
Research interest for Family Tree. Stobarts/Stobbarts a particualr interest . |
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| Veronica Thompson (nee Madrell) | 28 Oct 2010 |
John Robinson was my great great grandfather. His daughter Phoebe Ann was my great grandmother . She married George william Terrans who was killed in an explosion at Deaf Hill in 1917. Phoebe's son George William Terrans was also killed at Trimdon Grange in 1962. |
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| Kathleen Thomas | 22 Feb 2022 |
Trying to find out more about my great,great,grandfather James Robinson who according to census of 1871 was working at this colliery.Do you have any records of him and his occupation at the mine.? Would be most grateful ful if you could help. |
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