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Some of Thomas 620 and Margaret's children
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Agnes 1562 m
Wilfred Wilson
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Elizabeth 1555 m Edward Evans
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Elizabeth 1555 m Edward Evans marriage certificate from the Parish church. Click below to see the big version
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Addison's Colliery in Ryton opened before 1864 and employed 378 people in 1898.
Willington Colliery opened before 1778 and employed 410 people in 1898
In 1898 30m and 10 m tons of saleable coal were mined from Durham and Northumberland respectively
740,000 people worked in mines in the UK, 72,000 of them in Durham. The reason for growth in Durham coal was the proximity of ironworking in Cleveland, requiring significant quantities of coal and coke.
By 1898 the death rate had dropped from 1 in 1000 pa to 1 in 5000 pa.
Source: Durham Mining Museum and The History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham by Francis Whellan. Second edition published in 1894.
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This link is to the Durham Mining museum which has many records of collieries in this area
Thomas 620 married Margaret and they lived nearby at Crook & Billy Row near Howden. They had 8 children including:
Elizabeth 1555 b 1872 m Edward Evans
Mary J 1556 b 1874, m ?? Tedds?
Eliza 1557 b 1877 m ?? Liddle
George 1558 b 1878 m Lydia??
Annie 1559 b 1880, probably died 1893
Christiana 1560 b 1882 m ?? Riddell in 1912
Matthew 1561 b 1884
Agnes 1564 b 1891 m Wilfred Wilson in 1913
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George 1558: became sergeant-major of the Salvation Army in Crook
