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William Beattie

Age:   32
Died:   14th Sep 1894
Accident:   14th Sep 1894 1:00 PM, 3rd hour of shift
Year Born:   abt. 1862
Colliery:   Cambois
Company:   Cowpen Coal Co., Ltd.
Occupation:   Hewer
Notes:  
He was caught by some unspragged coal falling when he was kirving. His brother was at the same time drilling a shot hole in the coal, which had only just been examined by the deputy [Inquest attended]
Buried:   St. Peter's Churchyard, West Sleekburn
Category:  

Census Data

1881 Census

Address: 10 Sinkers Row (Cambois Colliery), Bedlington, Northumberland
(Ref: RG11 / 5116 / 69 / 51)

Name Age  Rel  Mar Occupation Where Born Born
BEATTIE, William 48HeadMarCoal Miner NBL: Bamburgh  1833
BEATTIE, Jane 48WifeMar NBL: Belford  1833
BEATTIE, George 20SonUnnCoal Miner NBL: Morpeth  1861
BEATTIE, William 19SonCoal Miner NBL: Lowick  1862
BEATTIE, Thomas 17SonCoal Miner NBL: Lowick  1864
BEATTIE, Jane 16Dau NBL: Lowick  1865
BEATTIE, Henry 14SonCoal Miner NBL: Lowick  1867
BEATTIE, Barbara 12DauScholar NBL: Lowick  1869
BEATTIE, John 9SonScholar NBL: Bedlington  1872
BEATTIE, Robert 5SonScholar NBL: Morpeth  1876
DIXON, William 20BoarderUnnCoal Miner DUR: Chester Le Street  1861

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 Sleekburn — St. Peter's Churchyard

Location: OS Map 81, Grid Ref NZ282853




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Names on this tombstone
NameDiedAgeBorn
Elizabeth BEATTIE       
Francis BEATTIE  12th Jul 1885  0  1885 
Henry BEATTIE  7th Sep 1884  17  1867 
Jane BEATTIE  3rd May 1891  1  1890 
Jane BEATTIE  27th Jan 1889  23  1866 
Thomas BEATTIE       
William BEATTIE  14th Sep 1894  32  1862 
William BEATTIE  30th Oct 1892  0  1892 
Jane DUNN  27th Jan 1889  23  1866 
Robert DUNN       

Mines Inspectors Report Entry


Sources
  • 1881 Census — taken 3rd April, 1881
  • 1894 Mines Inspectors Report (C 7667), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 46, Accident Number: 53 Where to find this report
  • Church/Cemetery photograph (T-05239-08-0002) © Kev Duncan
  • Headstone(s) in St. Peter's Churchyard, West Sleekburn
  • Tombstone photograph (T-05243-08-0002) © Kev Duncan

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