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Thomas Golightly

Age:   14
Died:   5th May 1893
Accident:   5th May 1893 11:15 AM, 8th hour of shift
Year Born:   abt. 1879
Colliery:   Lady Durham
Company:   Earl of Durham
Occupation:   Driver
Notes:  
Neglecting to put the cotter into limber's bolt, they became detached from the set and he fell before the tubs and was run over.
Buried:   Churchyard of St. Mary the Virgin, Sherburn
Category:  

Census Data

1881 Census

Address: 65 Smokey Row, Framwellgate, Co. Durham
(Ref: RG11 / 4956 / 55 / 24)

Name Age  Rel  Mar Occupation Where Born Born
GOLIGHTLEY, John 30HeadMarCoal Miner DUR: Pensher  1851
GOLIGHTLEY, Mary Jane 25WifeMar DUR: Dragon Willa  1856
GOLIGHTLEY, John 4Son DUR: Framwellgate Moor  1877
GOLIGHTLEY, Thomas 2Son DUR: Framwellgate Moor  1879
GOLIGHTLEY, Elizabeth 10mDau DUR: Framwellgate Moor  

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

Sherburn — Church of St. Mary the Virgin

Location: OS Map 88, Grid Ref NZ317423




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Names on this tombstone
NameDiedAgeBorn
John GOLIGHTLY       
Mary GOLIGHTLY       
Thomas GOLIGHTLY  5th May 1893  14  1879 

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: 35, Accident Number: 21 Where to find this report
  • Church/Cemetery photograph (T-02126-03-0002) © Kev Duncan
  • Headstone(s) in Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Sherburn
  • Tombstone photograph (T-02141-03-0002) © Kev Duncan

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Paul Tindall   06 Mar 2009 

Local history of miners who died in accidents in local mines and are believed o have been buried locally.

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