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Alfred Skellet

Age:   26
Died:   18th Sep 1902
Accident:   18th Sep 1902
Year Born:   abt. 1876
Colliery:   New Brancepeth
Company:   Cochrane and Co., Ltd.
Occupation:   Hewer
Notes:  
killed by a fall of stone from the roof between a slip and a "hitch" running across the face
Buried:   Brandon Cemetery
Category:  

Census Data

1881 Census

Address: 21 Margaret Street, Brandon & Byshottles, Co. Durham
(Ref: RG11 / 4952 / 6 / 5)

Name Age  Rel  Mar Occupation Where Born Born
SKELLITT, William 46HeadMarGeneral Labour Stansford, Rutland  1835
SKELLITT, Ann 43WifeMar Stansford, Rutland  1838
SKELLITT, Emma 14DauScholar Stansford, Rutland  1867
SKELLITT, William 11SonScholar Stansford, Rutland  1870
SKELLITT, Alfred 5SonScholar DUR: Waterhouses  1876
SKELLITT, Rose E. 3Dau DUR: Waterhouses  1878
SKELLITT, Edith 11mDau DUR: Sleetburn  

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

Brandon — Cemetery

Location: OS Map 88, Grid Ref NZ230402




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Names on this tombstone
NameDiedAgeBorn
Alfred SKELLET  18th Sep 1902  26  1876 
Mary Ann SKELLETT       
Norah SKELLETT  7th Dec 1914  11  1903 

Mines Inspectors Report Entry


Sources
  • 1881 Census — taken 3rd April, 1881
  • 1902 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 1590), Durham District (No. 4) by R. Donald Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 49, Accident Number: 323 Where to find this report
  • Church/Cemetery photograph (T-02307-04-0002) © Kev Duncan
  • Headstone(s) in Brandon Cemetery
  • Tombstone photograph (T-02322-04-0002) © Kev Duncan

Researchers

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William Maddison   02 Mar 2015 

My great Grandfather is William Skellet, I have a picture of him playing an organ at the Wood Street Methodist Church in New Brancepeth (1937). I am planning to visit in the very near future and would appreciate any information you may have. Bill Maddison.

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