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Edward Brown

Age:   52
Died:   8th Mar 1897
Accident:   8th Mar 1897
Year Born:   abt. 1845
Colliery:   Stanley
Company:   Pease and Partners Ltd.
Occupation:   Hewer
Notes:  
He was hewing in the face of his working place when the stone broke a plank, and it and the stone fell upon and killed him
Buried:   St. Thomas Churchyard, Stanley Crook
Category:  

Census Data

1891 Census

Address: Crook and Billy Row, Durham
(Ref: RG12 / 4075 / 141 / 23)

Name Age  Rel  Mar Occupation Where Born Born
BROWN, Edward 45HeadMarCoal Miner LAN  1846
BROWN, Elizabeth 42WifeMar DUR  1849
BROWN, John 19SonCoal Miner YKS  1872
BROWN, Edward 17SonCoal Miner DUR  1874
BROWN, Thomas C. 16SonCoal Miner DUR  1875
BROWN, Robert T. 12Son DUR  1879
BROWN, Elizabeth D. 9Dau DUR  1882
BROWN, Rachael 5Dau DUR  1886

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

Stanley Crook — St. Thomas Churchyard

Location: OS Map 92, Grid Ref NZ159380




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Names on this tombstone
NameDiedAgeBorn
Edward BROWN  8th Mar 1897  52  1845 
Elizabeth BROWN  22nd Mar 1912  68  1844 
Robert Teasdale BROWN  6th Aug 1893  15  1878 
William BROWN  Jan 1877  0  1877 

Mines Inspectors Report Entry


Sources
  • 1891 Census — taken 5th April, 1891
  • 1897 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8819), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 39, Accident Number: 113 Where to find this report
  • Church/Cemetery photograph (T-08806-13-0002) © Kev Duncan
  • Headstone(s) in St. Thomas Churchyard, Stanley Crook
  • Tombstone photograph (T-08830-13-0002) © Kev Duncan

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John Alexander Redman   22 Jul 2020 

Edward Brown's son was also a pitman, but he studied and trained for the church and served as a curate then vicar from 1916 to 1959. I am interested in any information pertaining to William Brown born Mount Pleasant, Stanley, Crook on 16 April 1888.

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