Durham Mining Museum - William Hunter

William Hunter

Age:	48
Died:	22^nd Apr 1902
Accident:	22^nd Apr 1902
Year Born:	abt. 1854
Colliery:	Littletown
Company:	Lambton Collieries Ltd.
Occupation:	Deputy
Notes:	he was drawing a prop in a longwall face when a large stone fell upon and killed him
Buried:	St. Lawrence Churchyard, Pittington

Census Data

1881 Census

Address: 25 Washington New Row, Usworth, Co. Durham
(Ref: RG11 / 4984 / 103 / 5)

Name	Age	Rel	Mar	Occupation	Where Born	Year
HUNTER, William	33	Head	Mar	Coal Miner	CUL: Aspatria	1848
HUNTER, Elizabeth S.	31	Wife	Mar		DUR: Hetton Le Hole	1850
HUNTER, Thomas A.	8	Son		Scholar	DUR: Washington	1873
HUNTER, Ann	6	Dau		Scholar	DUR: Washington	1875
HUNTER, William S.	4	Son		Scholar	DUR: Washington	1877
HUNTER, Jane	1	Dau			DUR: Washington	1880

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

Pittington — St. Lawrence Churchyard

Location: OS Map 88, Grid Ref NZ328456

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Names on this tombstone
Name	Died	Age	Born
Elizabeth Speed HUNTER	11^th Jan 1913	62	1851
William HUNTER	22^nd Apr 1902	48	1854

Sources

1881 Census — taken 3rd April, 1881
1902 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 1590)

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