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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
Category:  

Census Data

1881 Census

Address: 18 Ryman Street, Wingate, Co. Durham
(Ref: RG11 / 4970 / 125 / 46)

Name Age  Rel  Mar Occupation Where Born Born
WILKINSON, Richard 40HeadMarCoal Miner DUR: Jarrow  1841
WILKINSON, Elizabeth 35WifeMar LAN: Wigan  1846
WILKINSON, Thomas 16SonCoal Miner DUR: Sunderland  1865
WILKINSON, Jane 12DauScholar DUR: Ryhope  1869
WILKINSON, John 10SonScholar DUR: Ryhope  1871
WILKINSON, Ann 6DauScholar DUR: Ryhope  1875
WILKINSON, Elizabeth 4Dau DUR: Ryhope  1877
WILKINSON, Robert McKenzie 3Son DUR: Ryhope  1878
WILKINSON, Jane 70MotherWid 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 51HeadMarCoal miner DUR: Jarrow  1840
WILKINSON, Elizabeth 45WifeMar LAN: Wigan  1846
WILKINSON, John 20SonUnnCoal miner DUR: Ryhope  1871
WILKINSON, Ann 16DauUnn DUR: Ryhope  1875
WILKINSON, Elizabeth 14Dau DUR: Ryhope  1877
WILKINSON, Robert M. 13Son DUR: Ryhope  1878
TAYLOR, William 25LodgerUnnCoal 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.


Tombstone

Whitburn — Cemetery

Location: OS Map 88, Grid Ref NZ407622




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Names on this tombstone
NameDiedAgeBorn
Elizabeth WILKINSON  10th Oct 1895  49  1846 
Richard WILKINSON  25th Sep 1895  55  1840 
Robert McKenzie WILKINSON  16th Aug 1895  17  1878 

Related Newspaper Articles

Pub.
Date
Article (Newspaper)
28 Sep 1895 Sad Fatality At Whitburn Colliery (Shields Daily Gazette)

Sources
  • 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

Researchers

Email  Researcher  Date  Interest 
Richard Wilkinson Hall   19 Aug 2017 

Family History.


brenda reay   24 May 2018 

my great grandfather, family tree research


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