Living

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Gail Cuthbertson

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Jack Armin
• Residence: 1939, Larchley House, Annfield Plain, Stanley, Durham, England
• Occupation: 1939; Colliery Hewer

John married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1901, 6, Unthank Terrace, Sleetburn Colliery, Durham, England
• Occupation: Between 1901 and 1911; Coal miner Hewer
• Residence at marriage: 1911, 15, Murray Street, Stanley, Durham, England
• Occupation: 1921, James Joicey Colliery, Stanley, Durham, England; collier
• GRO Death Index: Mar 1923; Sedgefield 10a - 216

Notes:

1921 Census
26 Church Street Stanley Durham
Ralph Smith - Male 1878 42 - Hewer James Joicy Colliery
**NB Crossed out on census form and wife listed as head his wife made the return**
Magdalene Smith Head Female 1890 31 Durham, Durham, England Home Duties -
Evelyn Smith Daughter Female 1914 7 Stanley, Durham, England - -
Hazel Smith Daughter Female 1921 - Stanley, Durham, England - -
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Ralph married Magdalene Crozier on 23 Dec 1911 in Wesleyan Chapel, West Stanley, Durham, England. Magdalene (daughter of Stephen Crozier and Magdaline Grey) was born on 28 Jul 1889 in East Howle, Ferryhill, Durham, England; died on 2 Jan 1963 in Shotley Bridge Hospital, Consett, Durham, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Housewife
• GRO Birth Index: Mar 1889; Stockton 10a - 100
• Residence at marriage: 1911, 6, Douglas Street, Stanley, Durham, England
• GRO Death Index: Mar 1963; Durham North West 14 - 695 age 73

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Coal Miner
• Residence: 1881, Hedley Hill Terrace, Waterhouses, Brandon, Durham, England
• Residence: 1891, 23, Hepworth Street, Sleetburn, Durham, England

Notes:

1881 British Census
40 Hedley Hill Ter Brandon & Byshottles, Durham, England

Ralph SMITH M 25 M Washington, Durham, England
Rel: Head
Occ: Coal Miner
Mary Ann SMITH M 24 F Blaydon, Durham, England
Rel: Wife
John Robert SMITH U 4 M Waterhouses, Durham, England
Rel: Son
Ralph SMITH U 2 M Sunnyside, Durham, England
Rel: Son
James SMITH U 3 w M Waterhouses, Durham, England
Rel: Son
John SMITH U 68 M Appleby, Westmorland, England
Rel: Lodger
Occ: Lab
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1891 Census Brandon
23 Hepworth Street, Sleetburn
4 rooms
Ralph Smith Head 34 Coal Miner b. Washington
Mary Ann Smith Wife 33 b. Blaydon
John R Smith son 13 Driver in Coal Mine b. Hedley Hill
Ralph Smith Son 13 b. Sunniside
James Smith Son 10 b. Hedley Hill
Jane A Smith 7 b. Hedley Hill
Margaret Smith 5 b. Hedley Hill
William Smith Son 3 b. Hedley Hill
Mary Smith Dau 1 b. Hedley Hill
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1892 Inspector of mines report
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No. 11 on the list occurred at New Brancepeth Colliery, belonging to Messrs. Cochrane & Co., Limited on the 10th of March, about 5 o'clock p.m., causing the death of Ralph Smith, a coal hewer, which took place on the 27th of the same month.

Deceased had remained after his shift had completed, to assist the deputy to draw the timber from a broken jud he had been working in. After that had been done, they came to the shaft and got into the cage, and, there being no onsetter, the deputy rapped it away ; all went well until they got to the horse hole at the surface, where a banksman was in attendance. The deputy got out, and was in the act of straightening himself ? the cage being a low one ? when he heard a shout, and on looking around, neither the cage or deceased were in sight, but his cap and stick were on the flat sheets. The cage was stopped and brought back, but deceased was not in it. Assistance was got at once, and on going down the pit, deceased was found lying insensible at the bottom, having fallen a distance of 300 feet. He was taken home and all was done that possible could be, but he gradually sank and died 17 days after the accident occurred.

It appears deceased had been in the act of getting out of the cage when it suddenly descended taking him with it, and he, falling into the shaft, seems to have caught hold of one of the wire rope guides and held on to it until he reached the bottom of the shaft, which would, no doubt, break the force of the fall.

The banksman declared that he never gave any signal to the engineman to remove the cage, but the engineman maintained that he received a signal to start. It was a very stormy night, and snow was falling, and it was been suggested that some may have caught the bell wire, which is not in any way protected, and caused the signal bell to sound. There was also evidence of the banksman having, instead of using the signals, on some occasions shouted to the engineman.

At the inquest held before Mr. Coroner Proud, on March 30th, all the evidence available was taken, and after a very careful inquiry, the jury returned a verdict of "accidental death," with the following recommendations :?

1) That the cage, when men are ascending the shaft, be brought to the heapstead level and rested on the keps.

2) That the signal wire be properly protected.

3) That shouting be done away with and proper signals used in future.

These requirements, I believe, have been carried out in their entirety, and I am hopeful that they will prevent a reoccurrence of an accident of this nature.

Source: 1892 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6986), Durham District (No. 4) by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.

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Ralph married Mary Ann Salmon in 1876 in Lanchester, : Registration District, England. Mary (daughter of John Salmon and Ann Moran) was born in 1858 in Blaydon, Durham, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: 1858, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, England
• Residence: 1901, 6, Unthank Terrace, Sleetburn Colliery, Durham, England

Notes:

1901 Census Brandon and Byfleet Durham
Sleetburn Colliery (New Brancepeth)
16 Unthank Terrace
Mary Ann Smith Head Widow 42 b. Newcastle Northumberland
John Robert Smith son 23 Coal Miner Hewer b. Hedley Hill
Ralph Smith son 22 Coal Miner Labourer b. Sunniside
James Smith son 20 -----"-----Tubber b. Hedley Hill
William Smith son 14-----"-- Driver b. Hedley Hill
Jane Ann dau 17 b. Hedley Hill
Margaret Dau 15 -----"-------"--
Mary Dau 11 -----"-------"--
Winifred Dau 9 b Sleetburn
Mary Dewer Neice 2 b. Nottingham
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Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Stephen Cochrane
• Occupation: Coal Miner
• GRO Birth Index: Jun 1854; Durham 10a - 209 (Stephen Cochrane)
• Residence: Between 1881 and 1891, East Howle, Ferryhill, Durham, England
• Residence: Between 1891 and 1901, 4, Love Street, New Durham, Durham, England
• GRO Death Index: Jun 1918; Durham 10a - 434 Age 63

Notes:

1881 Census Ferry Hill Durham
East Howl Village
Stephen Crozier Head 26 Coal Miner B. Brancepeth
Magdeline Crozier Wife 25 b. Sherburn
George Crozier Son 2 b. Browney
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NB Next door was Thomas Bell and his wife Elizabeth.
This may be significant as His Daughter Magdelene's second marriage to a Joseph Bell
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1891 Census Durham St Giles
14 Love Street, New Durham
Stephen Crozier Head 36 Coal Miner b. Brancepeth
Elizabeth -----"-- Wife 27 b. Brancepeth
George -----"---- Son 13 -----"-------"--
Jane Ann -----"-- Dau 11 b. East Howle
Elizabeth -----"---- Dau 8 -----"-------"--
Madgaline -----"-- Dau 5 -----"-------"--
Mary -----"-- Dau 2months b. New Durham
Hugh Belliss Boarder s ??age Coal Miner b. New Durham
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1901 Census Durham St Giles
4 Love Street New Durham
Stephen Crozier Head 48 Coal Miner Below Ground b. Brancepeth
Elizabeth -----"-- Wife 42 b. Brancepeth
Jane Ann -----"-- Dau 19 b. East Howle
Eliza -----"-- Dau 17 -----"-------"--
Maude -----"-- Dau 12 -----"-------"--
Mary -----"-- Dau 10 b. New Durham
Eleanor -----"-- Dau 5 -----"-------"--
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Stephen married Magdaline Grey in 1875 in Durham, : Registration District, England. Magdaline (daughter of Catherine Grey) was born in 1857 in Sherburn Hill, Durham, England; died in 1889 in Stockton, : Registration District, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Magdelina Gray
• Baptism: 14 Feb 1857, Saint Cuthbert's, Shadforth, Durham, England
• GRO Birth Index: Mar 1857; Durham 10a - 262
• GRO Death Index: Dec 1889; Stockton 10a - 49 Age 32