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Edward Cornwell

Age:   53
Died:   8th Oct 1901
Accident:   8th Oct 1901
Year Born:   abt. 1848
Colliery:   New Brancepeth
Company:   Cochrane & Co. Ltd.
Occupation:   Coke Yard Labourer
Notes:  
he was pushing at the buffer of a truck loaded with coke when another man, not knowing that he was doing so, lowered down an empty truck and he was fatally injured between the buffers
Buried:   Brandon Cemetery

Census Data

1881 Census

Address: 2b Margaret Street, Brandon & Byshottles, Co. Durham
(Ref: RG11 / 4952 / 4 / 1)

Name Age  Rel  Mar Occupation Where Born Year
CORNWALL, Edward 33HeadMarCask Cinder Drawer Labourer (Coke) SFK: Wratting 1848
CORNWALL, Mary A. 28WifeMar South Minster, Essex 1853
CORNWALL, Charles 8SonScholar South Minster, Essex 1873
CORNWALL, Mary A. E. 6DauScholar DUR: Cockfield 1875
CORNWALL, Thomas 4Son DUR: Sleetburn 1877
CORNWALL, Ada L. 1Dau DUR: Sleetburn 1880

1901 Census

Address: Brandon & Byshottles, Co. Durham

Name Age  Rel  Mar Occupation Where Born Year
CORNWELL, Edward 53Cokeyard Labourer SFK: Great Wratting 1848
CORNWELL, Mary Ann 50 Essex, South Minster 1851
CORNWELL, Charles W. 28Coal Miner Hewer Essex, South Minster 1873
CORNWELL, Mary A. Elizabeth 26Confectioner DUR: Butterknowle 1875
CORNWELL, Ada Louisa 21Day Girl DUR: New Brancepeth 1880
CORNWELL, Frances 18Dressmaker DUR: New Brancepeth 1883
CORNWELL, John George 12Scholar DUR: New Brancepeth 1889

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.


Tombstone

Brandon — Cemetery

Location: OS Map 88, Grid Ref NZ230402




This is a low resolution image for web display, if you would like to have a higher resolution image, then please email us quoting reference T-02334-04-0002 and we will make the image available on a temporary page for you to access.

Names on this tombstone
NameDiedAgeBorn
Edward CORNWELL  8th Oct 1901  53  1848 
Mary Ann CORNWELL  24th Nov 1921  69  1852 

Sources
  • 1881 Census — taken 3rd April, 1881
  • 1901 Census — taken 31st March, 1901
  • 1901 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 1062), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
  • Tombstone photograph (T-02334-04-0002) © Kev Duncan

 

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