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Thomas Gill

Age:   48
Died:   4th Dec 1889
Accident:   4th Dec 1889
Year Born:   abt. 1841
Colliery:   Tudhoe
Company:   Weardale Iron Co., Ltd.
Occupation:   Hewer
Notes:  
alleged to have sprained his side in the pit in April last ; died from inflammation of the liver followed by bronchitis, but not attributable to an accident
Buried:   Holy Innocents Churchyard, Low Spennymoor
Category:   Deaths not comprised under The Acts

Census Data

1881 Census

Address: 72 Front Row, Tudhoe, Co. Durham
(Ref: RG11 / 4958 / 89 / 16)

Name Age  Rel  Mar Occupation Where Born Born
GILL, Thomas 40HeadMarCoal Miner NBL: Newcastle On Tyne Byker  1841
GILL, Isabella 36WifeMar DUR: Ferryhill  1845
GILL, Thomas 16SonUnnCoal Miner DUR: Spennymoor  1865
GILL, Mary Vest 14DauUnnScholar DUR: Spennymoor  1867
GILL, Joseph 12SonUnnScholar DUR: Spennymoor  1869
GILL, John 7SonUnnScholar USA: Pennsylvania  1874
GILL, George Walker 5SonUnnScholar DUR: Ferryhill  1876
GILL, Margt. Isabella 2DauUnn DUR: Tudhoe Colliery  1879
GILL, Barbara 6mDauUnn DUR: Tudhoe Colliery  

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

Spennymoor — Holy Innocents Churchyard (Church Demolished)

Location: OS Map 93, Grid Ref NZ268340



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Names on this tombstone
NameDiedAgeBorn
Isabella GILL       
Thomas GILL  4th Dec 1889  48  1841 

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: 39, Accident Number: 32 Where to find this report
  • Church/Cemetery photograph (T-04482-08-0002) © Kev Duncan
  • Headstone(s) in Holy Innocents Churchyard, Spennymoor
  • Tombstone photograph (T-04481-08-0002) © Kev Duncan

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