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Richard Wilkinson
| Age: | 55 |
| Died: | 25th Sep 1895 |
| Accident: | 23rd Sep 1895 6:30 AM, 7th hour of shift |
| Year Born: | abt. 1840 |
| Colliery: | Whitburn |
| Company: | Harton Coal Co., Ltd. |
| Occupation: | Stoneman |
| Notes: | deceased and another man were widening the road, and in replacing the timber, the baulks were set 4 feet instead of 6 feet apart; nevertheless, a stone fell from between two of them; his son (Robert McKenzie) was killed in the same pit a few weeks previously |
| Buried: | Whitburn Cemetery |
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1881 Census
Address: 18 Ryman Street, Wingate, Co. Durham (Ref: RG11 / 4970 / 125 / 46)
| Name | Age | Rel | Mar | Occupation | Where Born | Born |
| WILKINSON, Richard | 40 | Head | Mar | Coal Miner | DUR: Jarrow | 1841 |
| WILKINSON, Elizabeth | 35 | Wife | Mar | | LAN: Wigan | 1846 |
| WILKINSON, Thomas | 16 | Son | | Coal Miner | DUR: Sunderland | 1865 |
| WILKINSON, Jane | 12 | Dau | | Scholar | DUR: Ryhope | 1869 |
| WILKINSON, John | 10 | Son | | Scholar | DUR: Ryhope | 1871 |
| WILKINSON, Ann | 6 | Dau | | Scholar | DUR: Ryhope | 1875 |
| WILKINSON, Elizabeth | 4 | Dau | | | DUR: Ryhope | 1877 |
| WILKINSON, Robert McKenzie | 3 | Son | | | DUR: Ryhope | 1878 |
| WILKINSON, Jane | 70 | Mother | Wid | | NBL: Byker | 1811 |
1891 Census
Address: 21 Hilton Street, Marsden Colliery, Co. Durham (Ref: RG12 / 123 / 9 / 4162 / 34)
| Name | Age | Rel | Mar | Occupation | Where Born | Born |
| WILKINSON, Richard | 51 | Head | Mar | Coal miner | DUR: Jarrow | 1840 |
| WILKINSON, Elizabeth | 45 | Wife | Mar | | LAN: Wigan | 1846 |
| WILKINSON, John | 20 | Son | Unn | Coal miner | DUR: Ryhope | 1871 |
| WILKINSON, Ann | 16 | Dau | Unn | | DUR: Ryhope | 1875 |
| WILKINSON, Elizabeth | 14 | Dau | | | DUR: Ryhope | 1877 |
| WILKINSON, Robert M. | 13 | Son | | | DUR: Ryhope | 1878 |
| TAYLOR, William | 25 | Lodger | Unn | Coal miner | LAN: Wigan | 1866 |
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.
Whitburn — Cemetery
Location: OS Map 88, Grid Ref NZ407622
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Pub. Date | Article (Newspaper) |
| 28 Sep 1895 | Sad Fatality At Whitburn Colliery (Shields Daily Gazette) |
- 1881 Census — taken 3rd April, 1881
- 1891 Census — taken 5th April, 1891
- 1895 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8074), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 27, Accident Number: 268 Where to find this report
- Church/Cemetery photograph (T-08045-12-0002) © Kev Duncan
- Headstone(s) in Whitburn Cemetery
- Tombstone photograph (T-00323-00-0002) © Kev Duncan
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Richard Wilkinson Hall
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19 Aug 2017 |
Family History.
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24 May 2018 |
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