Johnson Gibson Family History
Francis Edgar LEIGH
1873 - 1912 (39 years)-
Name Francis Edgar LEIGH Born 1873 Mirfield Yorkshire - 1911 Census
Gender Male Died 16 Feb 1912 Shildon Lodge Colliery Shildon Co Durham - 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 Married 1903 - FreeBMD Jun 1903 Auckland 10a 375 (Francis named as Edgar Leigh)
Children + 1. Leslie LEIGH, b. 19 Mar 1904, Dewsbury Yorkshire , d. 1997 (Age 92 years) 2. Edith LEIGH, b. 1907, Shildon Co Durham 3. Muriel LEIGH, b. 1910, Shildon Co Durham Last Modified 7 Nov 2022 Family ID F4464 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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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