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Robert Armstrong Nicholson

Age:   13
Died:   18th Sep 1894
Accident:   18th Sep 1894 12:00 PM, 6th hour of shift
Year Born:   abt. 1881
Colliery:   Margaret Pit, Newbottle
Company:   Earl of Durham
Occupation:   Driver
Notes:  
run over by a set of full tubs, supposed to have been hanging on his pony when the hook slipped off [Sunderland Daily Echo reports: accident - 20 Sep 1894 pg 3]
Buried:   St. Matthew's Churchyard, Newbottle
Category:  

Census Data

1891 Census

Address: No. 2, Jane Pit, Newbottle, Co. Durham
(Ref: RG12 / 4114 / 54 / 41 / 203)

Name Age  Rel  Mar Occupation Where Born Born
NICHOLSON, Robert 31HeadMarStationary Engine Driver DUR: Pittington  1860
NICHOLSON, Margaret 27WifeMar DUR: Coxhoe?  1864
NICHOLSON, Robert A. 9SonScholar DUR: Newbottle  1882
NICHOLSON, Thomas 6SonScholar DUR: Pensher  1885
NICHOLSON, Walter E. 5SonScholar DUR: Newbottle  1886
NICHOLSON, Mary 1mDau DUR: Newbottle  

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
Margaret NICHOLSON       
Mary NICHOLSON  13th Aug 1889  1  1888 
Robert NICHOLSON       
Robert Armstrong NICHOLSON  18th Sep 1894  13  1881 

Mines Inspectors Report Entry


Sources
  • 1891 Census — taken 5th April, 1891
  • 1894 Mines Inspectors Report (C 7667), Durham District (No. 4) by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 43, Accident Number: 59 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-00688-01-0002) © Kev Duncan

Researchers

Email  Researcher  Date  Interest 
John Nicholson   25 Sep 2009 

Robert Armstrong Nicholson is my grandfathers elder brother. My grandfather was John Armstrong Nicholson and I believe he inherited the Armstrong in memory of Robert. My grandfather was born 3 months after Robert died. Anyone related to me please get in touch.


Gill Grimmett   19 Oct 2011 

Robert Nicholson (born abt. 1860) was my great grandfather. Happy to pass on any information to support your research. Gill


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