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Samuel Clegg

Age:   56
Died:   28th Jan 1895
Accident:   28th Jan 1895 3:30 PM, 6th hour of shift
Year Born:   abt. 1839
Colliery:   Herrington
Company:   Earl of Durham
Occupation:   Hewer
Notes:  
fall of stone in the face of his working place, his son (Thomas) was killed in the same pit 11 years previously [Sunderland Daily Echo reports: accident - 29 Jan 1895 pg 3 col 4; inquest - 30 Jan 1895 pg 3 col 4]
Buried:   St. Cuthberts Churchyard, West Herrington
Category:  

Census Data

1881 Census

Address: 17 Lanton Street, West Herrington, Co. Durham
(Ref: RG11 / 4974 / 53 / 31)

Name Age  Rel  Mar Occupation Where Born Born
CLEGG, Samuel 42HeadMarCoal Miner DUR: Thornley  1839
CLEGG, Mary 39WifeMar LIN: Ashton  1842
CLEGG, Thomas 19SonUnnCoalminer DUR: Ryhope  1862
CLEGG, Elizabeth 13DauUnnScholar DUR: Ryhope  1868
CLEGG, Jane 10DauScholar DUR: West Herrington  1871
CLEGG, Isabella 8DauScholar DUR: West Cornforth  1873
CLEGG, Samuel 6SonScholar DUR: Tursdale  1875
CLEGG, Ellen 4Dau DUR: Tursdale  1877

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
Isabella CLEGG  1st Nov 1884  12  1872 
Mary CLEGG       
Samuel CLEGG  28th Jan 1895  56  1839 
Thomas CLEGG  21st Feb 1884  22  1862 

Sources
  • 1881 Census — taken 3rd April, 1881
  • 1895 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8074), Durham District (No. 4) by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 24, Accident Number: 4 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-01082-01-0002) © Kev Duncan

Researchers

Email  Researcher  Date  Interest 
Bryan Irwin   17 Jan 2009 

Researching family tree, looking for information on Hugh, William, George, Hugh junior, James, Thomas, Samuel. All Irwins working in coal mines and lived in 23 Lanton St as per 1881 census.


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