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Francis Edgar LEIGH

Male 1873 - 1912  (39 years)


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  • Name Francis Edgar LEIGH 
    Born 1873  Mirfield Yorkshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 1911 Census
    Gender Male 
    Died 16 Feb 1912  Shildon Lodge Colliery Shildon Co Durham Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Durham Mining Museum website
      Age: 39
      Died: 16th Feb 1912
      Accident: 16th Feb 1912
      Year Born: abt. 1873
      Colliery: Shildon Lodge
      Company: Bolckow Vaughan and Co. Ltd.
      Occupation: Hewer
      Notes:
      he was kirving at the face of a bord when a large stone fell from a "roll" in the roof and killed him instantly; both he and his marrow were aware of this "roll" and had timbered it as they thought securely, but the stone apparently moved sideways and canted the timber out
      Buried: [not known]
    Person ID I17786  Main Tree
    Last Modified 1 Sep 2021 

    Family Edith PICKLES,   b. 9 Apr 1878, Beck Hill Wilsey Yorkshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 1903 
    • FreeBMD Jun 1903 Auckland 10a 375 (Francis named as Edgar Leigh)
    Children 
    +1. Leslie LEIGH,   b. 19 Mar 1904, Dewsbury Yorkshire Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1997  (Age 92 years)
     2. Edith LEIGH,   b. 1907, Shildon Co Durham Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Muriel LEIGH,   b. 1910, Shildon Co Durham Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 7 Nov 2022 
    Family ID F4464  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • 1911 RG14 29745 504 at 18 Dent Street Shildon 4 rooms head married coal miner hewer aged 38 born Mirfield Named as Frank Also had Mary Pickles mot in law widow aged 52 born Dewsbury