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Thomas Linford

Age:   65
Died:   26th Sep 1902
Accident:   26th Sep 1902
Year Born:   abt. 1837
Colliery:   Westerton
Company:   Bolckow, Vaughan and Co., Ltd.
Occupation:   Wasteman
Notes:  
while clearing a fall of stone away in a return airway a piece of stone fell from the roof and fatally crushed him against a pack wall
Buried:   St. James' Churchyard, Coundon
Category:  

Census Data

1881 Census

Address: New Coundon, Coundon, Co. Durham
(Ref: RG11 / 4920 / 37 / 22)

Name Age  Rel  Mar Occupation Where Born Born
LINFORD, Thomas 40HeadMarCoal Miner HUN: Moats  1841
LINFORD, Mary A. 26WifeMar YKS: Finghall  1855
LINFORD, Mary E. 2Dau DUR: New Coundon  1879
LINFORD, Isabel 9mDau DUR: New Coundon  

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

Coundon — St. James' Churchyard

Location: OS Map 93, Grid Ref NZ236298




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Names on this tombstone
NameDiedAgeBorn
John Thomas LINFORD  9th Jan 1881  3  1878 
Thomas LINFORD  26th Sep 1902  65  1837 

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: 50, Accident Number: 331 Where to find this report
  • Church/Cemetery photograph (T-04509-08-0002) © Kev Duncan
  • Headstone(s) in St. James' Churchyard, Coundon
  • Tombstone photograph (T-04527-08-0002) © Kev Duncan

Researchers

Email  Researcher  Date  Interest 
IAN KIRBY   04 Aug 2009 

the Linford family. Thomas Linford is my great great grandfather and Edward who moved down to Yorkshire my great grandfather my grandmother Dora who was born in New Counden is still alive age 87


Kenneth Naylor   03 Oct 2008 

Thomas Linford is my GGrandfather. His daughter Isabella Wanless married to William Wanless miner dob abt 1878 in Castle Eden (father was Mark Wanless coal miner) died as a result of coal dust inhalation (?) abt 1940 at 22 Eden Terrace, Coundon is my Gran


Melainie Gibson   15 Dec 2012 

The Linford Family. Thomas and Mary Linford had a son Edward. Edward married Ellen Pickard and had a daughter Ada Anne Linford. Ada married my grandfather William Matthew Gibson and gave birth to Peter Gibson. Peter is my father. I live in Australia and would love to hear from the other researches. Thanks!


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