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William Surtees Defty

Age:   48
Died:   13th Aug 1902
Accident:   13th Aug 1902
Year Born:   abt. 1854
Colliery:   Brancepeth, A Pit
Company:   Strakers and Love
Occupation:   Hewer
Notes:  
a stone fell at a slippery parting in the roof near a "roll" and killed him
Buried:   St. Stephen's Churchyard/Willington Cemetery
Category:  

Census Data

1881 Census

Address: 104 Walter Street, Hedworth Monkton & Jarrow, Co. Durham
(Ref: RG11 / 5024 / 17 / 27)

Name Age  Rel  Mar Occupation Where Born Born
DEFTY, William J. 27HeadMarLabourer DUR: South Shields  1854
DEFTY, Elizabeth 28WifeMar DUR: Tow Law  1853
DEFTY, Margaret J. 7mDau DUR: Jarrow  
CHARLTON, Caroline 13VisitorUnn DUR: Sunnybrow  1868

1901 Census

Address: Willington, Co. Durham

Name Age  Rel  Mar Occupation Where Born Born
DEFTY, William S. 47Coal Hewer DUR: South Shields  1854
DEFTY, Elizabeth 40 DUR: Jarrow  1861
DEFTY, Margaret J. 20 DUR: Jarrow  1881
DEFTY, Mary I. 18Dressmakers Apprentice DUR: Jarrow  1883
DEFTY, Thomas William 16Coal Mine Lander DUR: Willington  1885

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.


Brancepeth Colliery Memorial

Memorial Image Memorial Image Memorial Image Memorial Image Memorial Image


Tombstone

Willington — St. Stephen's Churchyard/Cemetery

Location: OS Map 93, Grid Ref NZ210353




This is a low resolution image for web display, if you would like to have a higher resolution image, then please us quoting reference T-02582-04-0002 and we will make the image available on a temporary page for you to access.

Names on this tombstone
NameDiedAgeBorn
Mary Isabella COLLING  14th Mar 1968  85  1883 
Elizabeth DEFTY  29th Apr 1946  84  1862 
Margaret Jane DEFTY  22nd Jan 1929  48  1881 
Mary Isabella DEFTY  14th Mar 1968  85  1883 
Robert DEFTY    3   
Thomas William DEFTY  23rd Apr 1917  32  1885 
Walter DEFTY    0   
William Surtees DEFTY  13th Aug 1902  48  1854 
Margaret Jane MORLAND  22nd Jan 1929  48  1881 

Mines Inspectors Report Entry


Sources
  • 1881 Census — taken 3rd April, 1881
  • 1901 Census — taken 31st March, 1901
  • 1902 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 1590), Durham District (No. 4) by R. Donald Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 49, Accident Number: 285 Where to find this report
  • Church/Cemetery photograph (T-02206-04-0002) © Kev Duncan
  • Headstone(s) in St. Stephen's Churchyard/Cemetery, Willington
  • Tombstone photograph (T-02582-04-0002) © Kev Duncan

Researchers

Email  Researcher  Date  Interest 
richard defty   07 Aug 2009 

ancesters


Mike Webb   14 Apr 2013 

My Wife is a Morland whose great grandfather is Willian Surtees Defty and she is named after his Daughter Nargaret


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