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William Common Robson

Age:   27
Died:   29th Dec 1937
Accident:   29th Dec 1937
Year Born:   abt. 1910
Colliery:   Seaton Burn
Company:  
Occupation:   Assistant banksman
Notes:  
he was struck by a tub and thrown into the tippler where he received fatal injuries
Buried:   Dudley Cemetery
Category:  

Census Data

1911 Census

Address: 1 Store Row West, Seaton Burn, Northumberland

Name Age  Rel  Mar Occupation Where Born Born
ROBSON, John 31HeadMarColliery Engine Fitter DUR: Hebburn  1880
ROBSON, Mary 30WifeMar NBL: Dinnington  1881
ROBSON, John Gibson 4Son NBL: Seaton Burn  1907
ROBSON, William Common 8mSon NBL: Seaton Burn  

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

Dudley — Cemetery

Location: OS Map 88, Grid Ref NZ247737




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Names on this tombstone
NameDiedAgeBorn
John ROBSON  10th Mar 1954  74  1880 
Mary ROBSON  4th Apr 1969  88  1881 
William Common ROBSON  29th Dec 1937  27  1910 

Related Newspaper Articles

Pub.
Date
Article (Newspaper)
21 Jan 1938 Notes from the Coal Fields, Northumberland and Durham (The Colliery Guardian)

Sources
  • 1911 Census — taken 2nd April, 1911
  • Church/Cemetery photograph (T-04595-08-0002) © Kev Duncan
  • Headstone(s) in Dudley Cemetery
  • Tombstone photograph (T-04616-08-0002) © Kev Duncan

Researchers

Email  Researcher  Date  Interest 
Barry Robson   10 Nov 2009 

Robson, Harmison families from Northumberland (descendants of John Fryer Robson) and Tattersall and Ord families from Durham


Karen   25 Sep 2013 

Williams mother Mary A Pattison was my grand aunt


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