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Robert Short
Robert Short
| Age: | 29 |
| Died: | 12th Jul 1936 |
| Accident: | 12th Jul 1936 |
| Born: | 26th Jul 1906 |
| Colliery: | Dean Moor |
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| Occupation: | Hewer |
| Notes: | struck on the head by a stone from the roof, the stone weighted about two cwts; his wife died a few hours after, leaving 5 daughters doubly orphaned |
| Buried: | Lamplugh Churchyard |
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1911 Census
Address: Scurr Fold, Deaham, Cumberland
| Name | Age | Rel | Mar | Occupation | Where Born | Born |
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| SHORT, Joseph | 28 | Head | Mar | Hewer | CUL: Deaham | 1883 |
| SHORT, Margaret | 30 | Wife | Mar | CUL: Deaham | 1881 | |
| WARDLOW, Thomas William | 8 | Son | CUL: Deaham | 1903 | ||
| SHORT, Jane | 7 | Dau | CUL: Deaham | 1904 | ||
| SHORT, Robert | 4 | Son | CUL: Deaham | 26 Juil 1906 | ||
| SHORT, William | 2 | Son | CUL: Deaham | 1909 |
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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| Pub. Date | Article (Newspaper) |
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| Jul 1936 | Five Children Orphaned In Night, Father Fatally Hurt In Mine (Whitehaven News) |
| 23 Jul 1936 | Steel Helmets For Coalminers, Suggested At Whitehaven Inquest (Whitehaven News) |
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- 1911 Census — taken 2nd April, 1911
- Information supplied by West Cumbria Mines Research
- Picture from Whitehaven News
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| Researchers | |
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| Researcher | Date | Interest | |
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| Patricia Milner | 14 Sep 2013 |
The Short Family |
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| Trish Milner | 13 Jun 2019 |
Robert Short 1904-1936 family history - Robert was my Great Uncle |
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| Dorothy Salmon | 31 Aug 2019 |
Robert was my grandfather |
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