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Thomas Dixon

Age:   12
Died:   8th Jul 1889
Accident:   8th Jul 1889
Year Born:   abt. 1877
Colliery:   Hazard
Company:   North Hetton Coal Co., Ltd.
Occupation:   Shaft Boy
Notes:  
crushed between tubs ; the hauling rope broke and the set ran amain and joined the empty tubs at the shaft siding
Buried:   St. Cuthberts Churchyard, East Rainton
Category:  

Census Data

1881 Census

Address: 23 High Moorsley, Moorsley, Co. Durham
(Ref: RG11 / 4976 / 120 / 6)

Name Age  Rel  Mar Occupation Where Born Born
DIXON, George 26HeadMarCoal Miner DUR: Shincliffe  1855
DIXON, Ellen 31WifeMar DUR: Durham  1850
DIXON, Thomas 4Son DUR: Moorsley  1877
DIXON, Margaret 2Dau DUR: Moorsley  1879
DIXON, John 7mSon DUR: Moorsley  

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

East Rainton — St. Cuthberts Churchyard

Location: OS Map 88, Grid Ref NZ335478




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Names on this tombstone
NameDiedAgeBorn
Ellen DIXON       
George DIXON       
John DIXON       
Thomas DIXON  8th Jul 1889  12  1877 

Sources
  • 1881 Census — taken 3rd April, 1881
  • 1889 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6015), Durham District (No. 4) by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 29, Accident Number: 41 Where to find this report
  • Church/Cemetery photograph (T-07954-12-0009) © Roy Lambeth
  • Headstone(s) in St. Cuthberts Churchyard, East Rainton
  • Tombstone photograph (T-00895-01-0002) © Kev Duncan

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Linda syson   24 Apr 2017 

Grandmother maiden name was Dixon lived I moorsley

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