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William Carr
| Age: | 25 |
| Died: | 21st Oct 1850 |
| Accident: | 21st Oct 1850 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1825 |
| Colliery: | Usworth |
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| Notes: | killed by a fall of stone, left a wife (Sarah, nee Bartram) and two sons, William and John; William was killed in the 1885 Usworth disaster |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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1851 Census
Address: Usworth Colliery Village, Durham
(Ref: HO107 / 2394 / 611 / 41 / 169)
| Name | Age | Rel | Mar | Occupation | Where Born | Born |
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| CARR, Sarah | 21 | Head | Wid | Coal Miners Widow | NBL: Benwell | 1830 |
| CARR, William | 2 | Son | DUR: Usworth Colliery | 1849 | ||
| CARR, John | 6m | Son | DUR: Usworth Colliery | |||
| HAY, Matthew | 28 | Visitor | Coal Miner | NBL: Kenton | 1823 |
1861 Census
Address: Inkerman, Usworth, Durham
(Ref: RG9 / 3764 / 86 / 25 / 110)
| Name | Age | Rel | Mar | Occupation | Where Born | Born |
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| LITTLE, Peter | 33 | Head | Mar | Coal Miner | CUL: St. Bees | 1828 |
| LITTLE, Sarah | 32 | Wife | Mar | NBL: Ponteland | 1829 | |
| CARR, William | 12 | Stepson | Coal Miner | DUR: Washington | 1849 | |
| CARR, John | 10 | Stepson | DUR: Washington | 1851 | ||
| LITTLE, James | 4 | Son | DUR: Washington | 1857 | ||
| LITTLE, Isabella | 2 | Dau | DUR: Washington | 1859 | ||
| LITTLE, Peter | 8m | Son | DUR: Washington | |||
| BURNS, Edward | 21 | Lodger | Unn | Coal Miner | CUL: Dorton | 1840 |
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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- 1851 Census — taken 30th March, 1851
- 1861 Census — taken 7th April, 1861
- Contributions by members of the Public
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| Researcher | Date | Interest | |
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| Carole Robinson | 30 Jul 2011 |
Sarah Carr is my husbands ancester. Her Grandaughter Sarah Carr born 1870(daughter of William Carr who died in Usworth mining disaster in 1885) was my husbands grandmother. |
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| Peter Knox | 18 Nov 2018 |
My grandmother was Frances Carr sister of Sarah Carr who was born in 1870 . They had the same mother Elizabeth standish and when William -Sarah's father was killed in 1885 Elizabeth married William's cousin James Carr , Frances's father . My late mother Lydia and her sister Daisy had many holidays with their aunt Sarah Walmsley in Usworth . Regards Peter |
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| Simone simpson | 24 May 2022 |
William carr came up during my dna matches as my 3rd great grandfather. My man was elizabeth Ann Barton, daughter of John Barton |
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