Margaret E SMELT

Notes:

1881 RG11 4920 99 at Howlish View Coundon dau single aged 4 born Coundon
1891 RG12 4073 81 at 81 Third Block Binchester Blocks dau single aged 14 born Coundon

Birth:
1881 Census

Notes:

1861 RG9 3709 64 at 32 Tottenham Coundon son single aged 5 born Ferryhill
1871 RG10 4930 75 at 32 Tottenham Coundon son single coal screener aged 15 born Chilton
1881 RG11 4920 99 at Howlish View Coundon head married Heap keeper, coal miner and draper? aged 25 born Chilton Buildings
1891 RG12 4073 81 at 81 Third Block Binchester Blocks head married coal miner aged 35 born Chilton

Birth:
1861 Census

Died:
Ancestry Wills and Probate:- William Smelt of 63 Binchester Blocks County Durham, heapkeeper died 20.08.1900 at Westerton Colliery. Probate Durham 14.12.1900 to Mary Ann Smelt widow. Effects £510 14s 3d

Durham Mining Museum - William Smelt was the Keeker

No. 311 on the list occurred at Westerton Colliery, belonging to Messrs. Bolckow, Vaughan & Co., Ltd., on August 20th, and caused the death of a keeker.

It was part of deceased's duty to see that the hole into which the apparatus runs to get coal was kept in working order, and for this purpose it was necessary that he should go into the hole, but, it being unsafe to do this when the tub was running, both he and the winding engineman had instructions that the engine was not to be moved while he was in.

He was to let the engineman know when he was going in and also when he came out, but on this occasion he neglected to do this, and while he was in and when the tub was about at the top of the incline, the rope broke and allowed the tub to run back into the hole, where it caught and killed this unfortunate man.

The rope was a 2-inch plough steel wire rope, and the breaking strain and safe working load, according to the makers, should have been 26½ and 2½ tons respectively, but the weight it was pulling up the incline at the time it broke was only 11½ cwts. It had been in use about nine months, but the usual life of a rope at this colliery doing the work is about two years.

The rope had been examined shortly before the accident occurred and stated to he in good working order, and, bearing this and the other facts in mind, it is difficult to say what was the cause of its breaking.

It is unfortunate that deceased did not tell the engineman what he was going to do, and the apparatus would then not have been moved until he got out of the hole.

Source:
1900 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 536), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 32

William married Mary Ann GILLS in 1875. Mary (daughter of John GILLS and Margaret ?) was born in 1857 in Escomb Co Durham; died on 25 Oct 1940. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

1861 RG9 3707 42 at Escomb Village dau single aged 4 born Escomb
1881 RG11 4920 99 at Howlish View Coundon wife married aged 24 born Escomb
1891 RG12 4073 81 at 81 Third Block Binchester Blocks wife married aged 34 born Escomb
1901 RG13 4650 11 at 63 Granville Terrace Binchester Blocks head widow aged 44 born Escomb
1911 RG14 29732 Sch 29 at 28 Whitworth Terrace Spennymoor (5 rooms) head widow (married 35 years) 10 children born alive 6 still living aged 54 born Escomb

Birth:
1871 Census

Died:
Ancestry Wills & Probate
Mary Ann Smelt of 31 Whitworth Terrace Spennymoor widow died 25.10.1940. Probate Durham 05.03.1941 to John William Donaldson canteen worker. Effects £303 18s

Notes:

Married:
FreeBMD Sept 1875 Auckland 10a 356

Notes:

1851 HO107 2384 831 at New Chilton head married railway labourer aged 33 born Pickering. Also had Ann Rutherford dau in law? single aged 16 born Escomb
1861 RG9 3709 64 at 32 Tottenham Coundon head married coal inspector aged 43 born Pickering
1871 RG10 4930 75 at 32 Tottenham Coundon head married coal inspector aged 53 born Pickering
1881 RG11 4920 42 at Westerton head married coal miner aged 63 born Pickering

Birth:
1851 Census

Died:
BMD Mar 1890 Auckland 10a 143 aged 72

Christopher married Elizabeth PALLISTER on 10 Dec 1842 in St Edmund Sedgefield Co Durham. Elizabeth (daughter of Richard PALLISTER and Hannah RIDLEY) was born in 1817 in Bradbury Co Durham; died in 1890. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Baptism: 23 May 1817, St Edmund Sedgefield Co Durham

Notes:

1841 HO107 316 1 5 at Bradbury aged 20 born in county
1851 HO107 2384 831 at New Chilton wife married aged 33 born Bradbury
1861 RG9 3709 64 at 32 Tottenham Coundon wife married aged 42 born Sedgefield
1871 RG10 4930 75 at 32 Tottenham Coundon wife married aged 53 born Bradbury
1881 RG11 4920 42 at Westerton wife married aged 63 born Bradbury

Birth:
Entry No 2556 Elizabeth to Richard and Hannah Pallister of Bradbury lab bap 23/05/1817

Baptism:
Entry No 2556 Elizabeth to Richard and Hannah Pallister of Bradbury lab bap 23/05/1817

Died:
BMD Mar 1890 Auckland 10a 127 aged 72

Notes:

Married:
Parish records for St Edmunds, Sedgefield, County Durham, County Records, County Hall, Durham, Number 2673 10/12/1842
Christopher Smelt full age bat(?) lab of Bradbury, father Christopher Smelt lab
and Elizabeth Pallister full age spin of Bradbury father Richard Pallister lab
by Banns witnessed by Thomas Pallister and Mary Vickers

Notes:

1861 RG9 3707 42 at Escomb Village head married coal miner aged 28 born Cockfield
1871 RG10 4934 106 at 74 Toronto head married coal miner aged 38 born Cockfield
1881 RG11 4913 10 at Red Lion Hotel 113 Newgate Street Bishop Auckland head married publican aged 48 born Cockfield

Birth:
1861 Census

Died:
FreeBMD Mar 1889 Auckland 10a 99 aged 56

John married Margaret ?. Margaret was born in 1839 in Bishop Auckland Co Durham. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

1861 RG9 3707 42 at Escomb Village wife married aged 22 born Bishop Auckland
1871 RG10 4934 106 at 74 Toronto wife married aged 32 born Bishop Auckland
1881 RG11 4913 10 at Red Lion Hotel 113 Newgate Street Bishop Auckland wife married aged 41 born Bishop Auckland

Birth:
1861 Census

Other Events:

• Baptism: 21 Jul 1786, Yarm Yorkshire

Notes:

Baptism:
Ancestry Select Births and Christenings

Christopher married Ann ELWOOD on 3 Dec 1820 in Pickering Yorkshire. Ann was born in 1774 in Picton Yorkshire. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

1851 HO107 238 831 at New Chilton mother widow pauper aged 77 born Picton

Birth:
1851 Census

Notes:

Married:
Ancestry Select Marriages

Other Events:

• Baptism: 25 Jul 1779, Haughton le Skerne Co Durham

Notes:

1841 HO107 316 1 5 at Bradbury ag lab aged 60 born in county
1851 HO107 2384 674 at Bradbury head widower ag lab aged 74 born Darlington
1861 RG9 3696 57 at Bradbury Village father in law in the household of William Maughan widower ag lab aged 85 born Cockerton

Birth:
1851 Census

Baptism:
Ancestry Select Births and Christenings

Died:
Entry No 479 20/04/1861 Richard Pallister of Bradbury aged 85

Buried:
Entry No 479 20/04/1861 Richard Pallister of Bradbury aged 85

Richard married Hannah RIDLEY on 7 Jun 1801 in Auckland St Andrews Co Durham. Hannah (daughter of John RIDLEY and Margaret ?) was born in 1775; died in 1849 in Bradbury Co Durham; was buried on 8 Jun 1849 in St Edmund Sedgefield Co Durham. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

1841 HO107 316 1 5 at Bradbury aged 60 born in county

Died:
Entry No 3063 8th Jun 1849 Hannah Pallister of Bradbury aged 74

Buried:
Transcription of parish records St Edmund Sedgefield at Sedgefield Library Entry No 3063
Hannah Pallister of Bradbury aged 74

Notes:

Married:
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