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Thomas Bestford
| Age: | 40 |
| Died: | 11th Feb 1882 |
| Accident: | 11th Feb 1882 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1842 |
| Colliery: | North Brancepeth |
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| Occupation: | Hewer |
| Notes: | fall of side stone while taking off coal |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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1881 Census
Address: 26 Office Street, Brandon & Byshottles, Co. Durham
(Ref: RG11 / 4952 / 82 / 17)
| Name | Age | Rel | Mar | Occupation | Where Born | Year |
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| BESTFORD, Thomas | 38 | Head | Mar | Coal Miner | NBL: Westmoor | 1843 |
| BESTFORD, Ann | 36 | Wife | Mar | DUR: Haswell | 1845 | |
| BESTFORD, Mary Ann | 18 | Dau | Unn | DUR: Houghall | 1863 | |
| BESTFORD, Mary Jane | 12 | Dau | Scholar | DUR: Houghall | 1869 | |
| BESTFORD, Elizabeth | 10 | Dau | Scholar | DUR: Houghall | 1871 | |
| BESTFORD, Edward | 8 | Son | Scholar | DUR: Oakenshaw | 1873 | |
| BESTFORD, Hannah | 6 | Dau | DUR: Oakenshaw | 1875 |
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.
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- 1881 Census — taken 3rd April, 1881
- 1882 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3621)
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