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James Barber

Age:   33
Died:   28th Apr 1881
Accident:   28th Apr 1881
Year Born:   abt. 1848
Colliery:   Oakenshaw
Company:   Strakers & Love
Occupation:   Hewer
Notes:  
fall of stone while holing a jud through, got a breaker
Buried:   [not known]

Census Data

1881 Census

Address: No. 3 Double Row, Brancepeth, Co. Durham
(Ref: RG11 / 4951 / 10 / 14)

Name Age  Rel  Mar Occupation Where Born Year
BARBER, James 32HeadMarCoal Miner YKS: Leeds 1849
BARBER, Caroline 29WifeMar LAN: Hollingwood 1852
BARBER, Mary Ellen 10DauScholar DUR: Oakenshaw 1871
BARBER, Isaac 8SonScholar DUR: Oakenshaw 1873
BARBER, Elizabeth 4Dau DUR: Oakenshaw 1877

Please note: the census extracts shown here are our 'best guess match' to the fatality shown on this page and is not intended to be definitive — only knowledge of the family would allow this.


Sources
  • 1881 Census — taken 3rd April, 1881
  • 1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241)

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