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Charles Summers

Age:   49
Died:   15th Feb 1909
Accident:   15th Feb 1909
Year Born:   abt. 1860
Colliery:   Ryhope
Company:   Ryhope Coal Co., Ltd.
Occupation:   Locomotive Fireman
Notes:  
he was caught between the locomotive and a waggon when about to couple them together [Sunderland Echo reports: accident - 16 Feb 1909]
Buried:   Grangetown Cemetery, Sunderland
Category:   On Surface :: On Railways, Sidings or Tramways

Census Data

1881 Census

Address: 145 Quarry Row, West Rainton, Co. Durham
(Ref: RG11 / 4977 / 110 / 37)

Name Age  Rel  Mar Occupation Where Born Born
SUMMERS, John 52HeadMarGardener (Dom) NBL: Morpeth  1829
SUMMERS, Jane 52WifeMar DUR: Seaton Carew  1829
SUMMERS, Charles B. 20SonUnnLaborer In Coal Mine NBL: Heaton  1861
SUMMERS, Robert 17SonUnnCoal Miner NBL: Newcastle  1864
SUMMERS, Thomas 15SonUnnCoal Miner DUR: Seaham Harbour  1866

1901 Census

Address: Sunderland, Co. Durham

Name Age  Rel  Mar Occupation Where Born Born
SUMMERS, Charles B. 40Mineral Guard Railway NBL: Newcastle  1861
SUMMERS, Mary 39 DUR: Stone Bridge  1862
SUMMERS, Jane 13 DUR: Sunderland  1888
SUMMERS, John G. 12 DUR: Sunderland  1889
SUMMERS, Charles B. 7 DUR: Sunderland  1894

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 — Grangetown Cemetery

Location: OS Map 88, Grid Ref NZ408545



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-01668-02-0002 and we will make the image available on a temporary page for you to access.

Names on this tombstone
NameDiedAgeBorn
Mary MORDY  31st Jan 1920  58  1862 
Charles SUMMERS  15th Feb 1909  49  1860 

Sources
  • 1881 Census — taken 3rd April, 1881
  • 1901 Census — taken 31st March, 1901
  • 1909 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 5177), Durham District (No. 4) by R. Donald Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 37, Accident Number: 3 Where to find this report
  • Headstone(s) in Grangetown Cemetery, Sunderland
  • Tombstone photograph (T-01668-02-0002) © Kev Duncan

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