Robert LAWSON

1890 - 1912  (22 years)

• Name	Robert LAWSON
  Birth	1890	Spennymoor Co Durham
  	1911 Census
  Gender	Male
  Death	24 Jan 1912	Durham County Hospital Durham Co Durham
  	From Durham Mining Museum website Robert Lawson, 22, died in Durham County Hospital in 24th January from injuries received the previous day. At the inquest Anthony Blenkin, deputy, said he had fired two shots for Lawson in the Busty seam, Tudhoe Colliery. Later, he set some timber for him and the deceased complained of an injury to his insides caused by shoving a piece of coal from the face toward the canch ; the working height was only 14 inches. Lawson told his father, Matthew, checkweighman at the pit, that he had "raxed" himself internally when lifting ramble. A verdict of death 'due to acute appendicitis with perforation, possibly accelerated by strain' was recorded. Source: Text kindly provided by Jim Grainger from his research into early newspapers (primarily the Durham Advertiser and Durham Chronicle).
  Person ID	I13242	Main Tree
  Last Modified	28 Feb 2020

  
  

  Family	Ethel WILSON,   b. 21 May 1890, South Church Bishop Auckland Co Durham
  Children	1. Robert Wilfred LAWSON,   b. 1911, Spennymoor Co Durham
  Family ID	F3313	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Nov 2025

  
  

• Notes

  1911 RG14 29706 270 at 12 Fenwick Street Mount Pleasant Spennymoor 2 rooms head married coal miner hewer aged 21 born Spennymoor