Johnson Gibson Family History
Robert DOUGLAS
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Name Robert DOUGLAS Born 1812 Co Durham - 1841 Census
Age at death
Gender Male Died 28 Sep 1844 Haswell Colliery Co Durham - Durham Mining Museum website
One of the most destructive explosions which ever occurred in the Durham coal field took place at Haswell colliery, the property of Messrs Plummer, Taylor, and Co., when ninety-five human beings were deprived of life. The explosion occurred in the Hutton seam, almost immediately after a fall of stone from the roof, which had liberated a vast quantity of gas ; and only four persons in the mine succeeded in escaping. On the 30th, fifty-four bodies were interred side by side in South Hetton churchyard, thirty-one at Easington, and the remainder at more distant places. The pit had been seven years at work, and was considered a very safe one. A subscription was immediately set on foot for the relief of the sufferers, and the sum received amounted to £4,264.
Buried 30 Sep 1844 Easington Co Durham - Durham Mining Museum website
Extract show from Parish of Easington No 383 30th Sep 1844
Robert Douglas of Haswell aged 32
Person ID I14568 Main Tree Last Modified 7 Jul 2020
Family Margaret ?, b. 1811, Beamish Co Durham , d. 1882 (Age 71 years)
Children + 1. Christiana DOUGLAS, b. 1835, Pittington Co Durham 2. Robert DOUGLAS, b. 1837, Pittington Co Durham 3. Barbara DOUGLAS, b. 1838, Pittington Co Durham 4. John DOUGLAS, b. 1840, Co Durham , d. 1841 (Age 1 years)
5. John DOUGLAS, b. 1843, Haswell Co Durham + 6. William DOUGLAS, b. 1844, Haswell Co Durham Last Modified 7 Nov 2022 Family ID F3627 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- 1841 Census
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Notes - 1841 HO107 313 4 7 at Quarry Row Haswell coal miner aged 25 born in county