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James Nelson

Age:   21
Died:   5th Dec 1890
Accident:   4th Dec 1890 9:45 AM, 4th hour of shift
Year Born:   abt. 1869
Colliery:   Boldon
Company:   Harton Coal Co., Ltd
Occupation:   Shaftman
Notes:  
he was in the Bensham Seam, and put his head over the safety chains at the shaft to shout down to another seam, when the cage came down and hit him
Buried:   St. Peter's Churchyard, Harton, South Shields on 07 Dec 1890 {NBI}
Category:  

Census Data

1881 Census

Address: Colliery Houses, Harton, Co. Durham
(Ref: RG11 / 5019 / 72 / 44)

Name Age  Rel  Mar Occupation Where Born Born
NELSON, Roger 64HeadMarCoal Miner NBL: Percy Main  1817
NELSON, Mary 57WifeMar NBL: Percy Main  1824
NELSON, William 27SonUnnCoal Miner DUR: Harton  1854
NELSON, Thomas 25SonUnnLabourer (Gen) DUR: Harton  1856
NELSON, Roger 22SonUnnCoal Miner DUR: Harton  1859
NELSON, James 12SonScholar DUR: Harton  1869
NELSON, Mary Ann 20DauUnnDress Maker DUR: Harton  1861
NELSON, Jane 16DauUnnScholar DUR: Harton  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

Harton, South Shields — St. Peter's Churchyard

Location: OS Map 88, Grid Ref NZ375649




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Names on this tombstone
NameDiedAgeBorn
James NELSON  5th Dec 1890  21  1869 
James NELSON  28th Mar 1867  15  1852 
Mary Ann NELSON  1st Feb 1904  80  1824 
Roger NELSON  21st Mar 1931  72  1859 
Roger NELSON  24th Mar 1884  68  1816 
Thomas NELSON  14th Oct 1924  68  1856 
William NELSON  10th Apr 1922  68  1854 

Mines Inspectors Report Entry


Sources
  • 1881 Census — taken 3rd April, 1881
  • 1890 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6346), Newcastle District (No. 3) by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 17, Accident Number: 76 Where to find this report
  • Church/Cemetery photograph (T-05171-08-0002) © Kev Duncan
  • Headstone(s) in St. Peter's Churchyard, Harton, South Shields
  • National Burial Index published by The Federation of Family History Societies & Associates
  • Tombstone photograph (T-05157-08-0002) © Kev Duncan

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