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Robert David Mothersdale

Age:   42
Died:   19th Aug 1916
Accident:   19th Aug 1916
Year Born:   abt. 1874
Colliery:   Eldon
Company:  
Occupation:   Deputy
Notes:  
killed by a fall of stone, leaving a widow and three children (he had been a subscriber to the Northern Echo for 14 years and as his name was entered in a local newsagent's book his widow received £10 under the terms of their insurance scheme; he was also a subscriber to the Durham Chronicle and Auckland Chronicle, so his widow got a further £10 from each of their schemes)
Buried:   St. Mark's Churchyard, Eldon
Category:  

Census Data

1881 Census

Address: 26 Market Place, Shildon, Co. Durham
(Ref: RG11 / 4919 / 21 / 35)

Name Age  Rel  Mar Occupation Where Born Born
MOTHERSDALE, Thomas 53HeadMarGen Lab YKS: Langton  1828
MOTHERSDALE, Sarah 45WifeMar YKS: Bowes  1836
MOTHERSDALE, William 21SonUnnCoal Miner YKS: Bowes  1860
MOTHERSDALE, Thomas 19SonUnnCoal Miner YKS: Bowes  1862
MOTHERSDALE, Annie M. 17Dau YKS: Bowes  1864
MOTHERSDALE, John 14Son YKS: Bowes  1867
MOTHERSDALE, Elijah 12SonScholar YKS: Bowes  1869
MOTHERSDALE, Robert 6SonScholar DUR: Shildon  1875
MOTHERSDALE, Martha 4Dau DUR: Shildon  1877
MOTHERSDALE, Alfred 5mSon DUR: Shildon  
WEARNING, Mary 79AuntWid YKS: Bowes  1802

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

Eldon — St. Mark's Churchyard

Location: OS Map 93, Grid Ref NZ229277




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Names on this tombstone
NameDiedAgeBorn
Lizzie MOTHERSDALE       
Robert David MOTHERSDALE  19th Aug 1916  42  1874 

Sources
  • 1881 Census — taken 3rd April, 1881
  • Church/Cemetery photograph (T-05823-09-0002) © Kev Duncan
  • Contributions by members of the Public
  • Headstone(s) in St. Mark's Churchyard, Eldon
  • Tombstone photograph (T-05833-09-0002) © Kev Duncan

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