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Joshua Stephenson Bowen

Age:   19
Died:   28th Jul 1903
Accident:   28th Jul 1903
Year Born:   abt. 1884
Colliery:   Ryhope
Company:   Ryhope Coal Co., Ltd.
Occupation:   Waggonwayman
Notes:  
he was bringing the landing horse through a landing past the tub when the stretcher of the tail chains caught and displaced some timber and caused a fall which caught and killed him
Buried:   Ryhope Cemetery
Category:  

Census Data

1881 Census

Address: 58 Queen Street, Ryhope, Co. Durham
(Ref: RG11 / 4999 / 19 / 32)

Name Age  Rel  Mar Occupation Where Born Born
BOWAN, Elijah 42HeadMarCoal Miner NFK: Banham  1839
BOWAN, Francis 29WifeMar DUR: Hetton  1852
BOWAN, Jas. 18SonUnnCoal Miner DUR: Coxhoe  1863
BOWAN, Cath. 12DauUnnScholar DUR: Edemosley  1869

1901 Census

Address: Ryhope, Co. Durham

Name Age  Rel  Mar Occupation Where Born Born
BOWEN, Frances 49HeadWidLaundress Wash DUR: Hetton Le Hole  1852
BOWEN, Joshua S. 17SonUnnCoal Miner Waggon Way Man Below Ground DUR: Ryhope  1884
BOWEN, Lydia 14DauUnnDomestic Servant DUR: Ryhope  1887

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

Sunderland — Ryhope Cemetery

Location: OS Map 88, Grid Ref NZ405527



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Names on this tombstone
NameDiedAgeBorn
Joshua Stephenson BOWEN  28th Jul 1903  19  1884 

Mines Inspectors Report Entry


Sources
  • 1881 Census — taken 3rd April, 1881
  • 1901 Census — taken 31st March, 1901
  • 1903 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2119), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 53, Accident Number: 309 Where to find this report
  • Headstone(s) in Ryhope Cemetery, Sunderland
  • Tombstone photograph (T-00228-00-0002) © Kev Duncan

Researchers

Email  Researcher  Date  Interest 
Peter Riley   17 Jul 2009 

The Riley's of Ryhope. Any info on the family? Maybe lived on Silksworth St. (Rd?)around 1920's. Sons Thomas, Joseph, George, Henry plus others.


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