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William Hissett

Age:   12
Died:   16th Nov 1891
Accident:   16th Nov 1891 9:00 AM, 3rd hour of shift
Year Born:   abt. 1879
Colliery:   Houghton
Company:   Earl of Durham
Occupation:   Driver
Notes:  
a heavy fall of stone took place in a station, breaking down the timbers and burying both him and a horse (recorded in Inspectors Report as 'William Hassett') [Sunderland Daily Echo reports: accident - 17 Nov 1891 pg 3 col 1, inquest - 19 Nov 1891 pg 3 col 1]
Buried:   St. Matthew's Churchyard, Newbottle
Category:  

Census Data

1881 Census

Address: 35 Sunniside North, Newbottle, Co. Durham
(Ref: RG11 / 4973 / 50 / 30)

Name Age  Rel  Mar Occupation Where Born Born
HISSETT, William 28HeadMarCoal Miner DEV: St. Ibbest  1853
HISSETT, Anne 25WifeMar DUR: Houghton Le Spring  1856
HISSETT, James 6Son DUR: Leasingthorne  1875
HISSETT, John T. 5Son DUR: Leasingthorne  1876
HISSETT, William 1Son DUR: Newbottle  1880

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

Newbottle — St. Matthew's Churchyard

Location: OS Map 88, Grid Ref NZ340516




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Names on this tombstone
NameDiedAgeBorn
Ann HISSETT  18th Feb 1921  66  1855 
George William HISSETT  3rd Jul 1914  20  1894 
William HISSETT  16th Nov 1891  12  1879 
William HISSETT  23rd Mar 1916  64  1852 

Mines Inspectors Report Entry

Columns: 1: No. of Accident ; 2: Date and Hour of the Accident ; 3: Hour of the Person's Shift, i.e. No of Hours he had been at work when the Accident happened to him ; 3: Name of the Mine or Colliery ; 4: Where situate ; 5: Name of the Owner or Company ; 6: Persons killed ; 7: Reputed Age ; 8: Occupation ; 9: Cause of Accident, and Remarks


Sources
  • 1881 Census — taken 3rd April, 1881
  • 1891 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6625), Durham District (No. 4) by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 33, Accident Number: 53 Where to find this report
  • Church/Cemetery photograph (T-00721-01-0002) © Kev Duncan
  • Headstone(s) in St. Matthew's Churchyard, Newbottle
  • Tombstone photograph (T-00685-01-0002) © Kev Duncan

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