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John Appleton

Age:   29
Died:   20th Mar 1893
Accident:   20th Mar 1893 6:30 AM, 3rd hour of shift
Year Born:   abt. 1864
Colliery:   Dorothea Pit, Newbottle
Company:   Earl of Durham
Occupation:   Hewer
Notes:  
While hewing in a jud he exposed a slip, and a fall of stone took place, killing him [Sunderland Daily Echo reports: accident - 21 Mar 1893 pg 4 col 1]
Buried:   St. Cuthberts Churchyard, West Herrington
Category:  

Census Data

1881 Census

Address: Brickgarth, Hetton Le Hole, Co. Durham
(Ref: RG11 / 4976 / 102 / 20)

Name Age  Rel  Mar Occupation Where Born Born
APPLETON, John William 47HeadMarCoal Mine Horsekeeper YKS: Stainton  1834
APPLETON, Elizabeth 38WifeMar YKS: Maltby  1843
APPLETON, Thomas William 19SonUnnCoal Miner DUR: Littlethorp  1862
APPLETON, John 17SonUnnCoal Miner DUR: Littlethorp  1864
APPLETON, George 13SonCoal Miner DUR: Murton...  1868
APPLETON, Ann 2Dau DUR: Easington Lane  1879
KIRBY, Amelia 14Niece DUR: Darlington  1867

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

West Herrington — St. Cuthberts Churchyard (Church Demolished)

Location: OS Map 88, Grid Ref NZ348531




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Names on this tombstone
NameDiedAgeBorn
Elizabeth APPLETON  4th Feb 1923  79  1844 
John APPLETON  20th Mar 1893  29  1864 
John William APPLETON  20th Jul 1895  60  1835 

Mines Inspectors Report Entry


Sources
  • 1881 Census — taken 3rd April, 1881
  • 1893 Mines Inspectors Report (C 7339), Durham District (No. 4) by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 34, Accident Number: 13 Where to find this report
  • Church/Cemetery photograph (T-07791-11-0002) © Kev Duncan
  • Headstone(s) in St. Cuthberts Churchyard (Church Demolished), West Herrington
  • Tombstone photograph (T-01080-01-0002) © Kev Duncan

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