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John Sambells

Age:   30
Died:   4th Jul 1893
Accident:   4th Jul 1893 8:30 AM, 4th hour of shift
Year Born:   abt. 1863
Colliery:   Ravensworth
Company:   Charles Perkins and Partners
Occupation:   Hewer
Notes:  
He was taking off the last part of the "lift," when the deputy went into the place, and had pricked through into the waste at one point. The deputy had a prop ready to set, and was waiting whilst the deceased hewed some of the bottom coals to fill his tub, when the stone fell from a slippery fracture, crushing down the coal and canting out a prop, and causing instant death [Inspection made & inquest attended]
Buried:   St. John's Churchyard, Gateshead Fell
Category:  

Census Data

1881 Census

Address: Downs Jane Street, Hetton Le Hole, Co. Durham
(Ref: RG11 / 4975 / 13 / 19)

Name Age  Rel  Mar Occupation Where Born Born
SHAMBELLS, William 46HeadMarCoal Miner CON  1835
SHAMBELLS, Harriet 41WifeMarDressmaker CON  1840
SHAMBELLS, John 18SonUnnCoal Miner CON  1863
SHAMBELLS, William 16SonUnnCoal Miner CON  1865
SHAMBELLS, Edward 15SonCoal Miner CON  1866
SHAMBELLS, Maria 11DauScholar DUR  1870
SHAMBELLS, Eliza 7DauScholar DUR  1874
SHAMBELLS, George 3Son DUR  1878
SHAMBELLS, Harriet 17mDau DUR  

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

Gateshead Fell — St. John's Churchyard

Location: OS Map 88, Grid Ref NZ265604




This is a low resolution image for web display, if you would like to have a higher resolution image, then please us quoting reference T-06272-09-0002 and we will make the image available on a temporary page for you to access.

Names on this tombstone
NameDiedAgeBorn
John SAMBELLS  4th Jul 1893  30  1863 
Mary Jane SAMBELLS       
William Henry SAMBELLS  13th Nov 1894  1  1893 

Mines Inspectors Report Entry


Sources
  • 1881 Census — taken 3rd April, 1881
  • 1893 Mines Inspectors Report (C 7339), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 44, Accident Number: 33 Where to find this report
  • Church/Cemetery photograph (T-06255-09-0002) © Kev Duncan
  • Headstone(s) in St. John's Churchyard, Gateshead Fell
  • Tombstone photograph (T-06272-09-0002) © Kev Duncan

Researchers

Email  Researcher  Date  Interest 
Frank Sambells   27 Feb 2012 

I have launched a new Sambells Family Genealogy website at sambells.info I am looking for any persons sharing the same surname (or spelling variations) to incorporate them into our family tree. This website is an interesting find an no doubt relevant to my own genealogy research efforts.


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