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John Thomas Dover
| Age: | 59 |
| Died: | 1st Jun 1934 |
| Accident: | 1st Jun 1934 |
| Born: | 14th Apr 1875 |
| Colliery: | St. Hilda |
| Company: | Harton Coal Co., Ltd. |
| Occupation: | Deputy Overman |
| Notes: | fracture of the spine and severe head injuries accidentally received by a fall of stone in the Travelling way between the South and First East Flat of the Saint Hilda Colliery South Shields, address: 14 Moffett Street, South Shields |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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1881 Census
Address: Brickgarth, Hetton Le Hole, Co. Durham
(Ref: RG11 / 4976 / 94 / 4)
| Name | Age | Rel | Mar | Occupation | Where Born | Born |
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| DOVER, Thomas | 70 | Head | Mar | Formerly Coal Miner | WES: Appleby | 1811 |
| DOVER, Elenor | 61 | Wife | Mar | WES: Appleby | 1820 | |
| DOVER, Anthony | 33 | Son | Unn | Coal Miner | DUR: Easington Lane | 1848 |
| DOVER, George | 31 | Son | Unn | Coal Miner | DUR: Easington Lane | 1850 |
| DOVER, Hannah | 13 | Dau | Domest Servant | DUR: Easington Lane | 1868 | |
| DOVER, John Thomas | 5 | Grand Son | Scholar | DUR: Easington Lane | 1876 |
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.
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1934 death in the Registration District of South Shields, Sub-district of South Shields First, in the County Borough of South Shields | |||||||||
| No | When and where died | Name and surname | Sex | Age | Occupation | Cause of death | Signature, description and residence of informant | When registered | Signature of registrar |
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| 391 | First June 1934, St. Hilda Colliery, South Shields U.D. | John Thomas Dover | Male | 59 years | of 14 Moffett Street, South Shields, U.D. Coal Mine Deputy Overman (underground) | Fracture of the spine and severe head injuries accidentally received by a fall of stone in the Travelling way between the South and First East Flat of the Saint Hilda Colliery South Shields whilst following his employment as a Deputy Overman. No P.M | Certificate received from R. W. C. Newlands deputy Coroner for East (Chester) Ward. Inquest held 4 June 1934. | Fourth June 1934 | John Bell, Registrar |
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Born 14 April 1875 at Easington Lane, at Brickgarth, Hetton Le Hole, Co. Durham into a family of miners. His mother died in child birth. He became a coal miner at Easington. In 1894 he married Elizabeth of Carley Mill (vol 10a p.1585). In the 1901 census he was living at 206 Marshall Wallis Road, aged 25 Coal Hewer below. In 1918 returned from France to discover his wife had just died of flu.
Thanks to Alan Dover for this additional information.
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- 1881 Census — taken 3rd April, 1881
- Contributions by members of the Public
- Copy of Death Certificate kindly provided by Alan Dover
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| Researcher | Date | Interest | |
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| lisa dover | 06 Feb 2010 |
my dover family my grandad was james henry dover born 1920 blackburn uk i here there is a missing family wealth unclaimed in the coal mining industry my ggg grandad was a john dover im lead to believe can you help..kind regards lisa dover |
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