Forum: Miners

Hi, I would like if possible some information on the jobs and roles of the collier pre 18th century because I have found a number of ancestors who were colliers/miners from that period going back to the 17th century. I'm aware of the coal master and mass mining of the 19th and 20th centuries but...

I found my ancester in the 1881 census, John Burns, in Brigham with the above occupation. I have been unable to find hin in the 1871 or 1861 census's; but I would like to be able to discover which mine he worked at. He was born in Whitehaven, when he retired, I presume he would have stayed where he...

My grandfather was an employee of the South Derwent Coal Company in Stanley, County Durham, before the First World War. He was also an ex-soldier and was in the Reserves for the Royal Garrison Artillery. As an employee of the company he benefitted from rent-free accommodation and a coal allowance....

Hi all Is there a site that list people killed in the mines in Illogan, Cornwall around 1840. Regards Richard

Searching for any details regarding Mark Hackney who was charged with rioting in Wolstanton in 1831. I have a Mark Hackney in my tree, about the right age and location. I haven't managed to find another Mark who fits the description contained in the following account...

Does anyone know whether there were instances of the wives and families of serving soldiers (who were formerly miners) being evicted from their homes by the mine owners between 1916 and 1918 in the Durham coalfields? My grandmother moved from Stanley back to her parents home in County Tyrone...

Mu uncle Harry Worsfold was born in east london, married in Bethnal Green and had his first child there in 1908. Then on the 1911 census he is in South Wales as a miner. I have niggled at this for years. I just cant comprehend why a labourer from Bethnal Green would just go off to Wales to be a...

Many of my ancestors were involved with the mining industry in both Cornwall and Wales. The wording in the title of this thread is how some were enumerated and they were all young ladies - either unmarried or widows of miners. In the next census, I've seen the same folks, some now married and it...

Hi Everyone My husbands great uncle - brother to my husbands grandad, Joseph Henry Straw, on his gravestone it says he was killed accidently in Denaby Main Coillery on Sept 2 1959 he was 46 years old, I cannot find any more information on this anywhere, I had a look on coalmining history...

Did the government conscript workers for the coal mines in the first world war, I have an uncle who was born in London and worked in the Thorpe Hesley, Rotherham coal mine in about 1916

Hi, I have a father and 2 sons in my tree, on the 1911 census the fathers occupation is given as coal miner ( in a stall) and the sons as coal miners ( on the road). I am guessing on the road is seeking work, but whats in a stall please?

Hello, Please could someone point me in the right direction of how to find out if there are any employment records for my Grandfather? He worked as an accountant in both the Penalta and Elliots Colliery in the Rhymney Valley. I have no idea as to whether office employees records exist. Thank...

I have George David Collins born 1868 Gamlingay Ag Lab who married 1889 Biggleswade Emma Jane Noble born 1864. The first two children were born 1890 and 1891 in Potton the youngest was 2wks as per census, the next two were born in Holbeck Leeds in 1892 and 1894. However George is not with the...

The 1910 U.S. Federal Census for Precinct 34, Silver Bow, Montana, lists a 55 year old man as a Timberman in a Copper Mine. In the 1900 census he was just listed as a Miner. Due to his age, I wonder if he was no longer 'fit' to work in the mine and was now used as a labourer to cut the timber...

My grandfather was a coal miner up until around the 1920s, I believe, where he left the Trehafod area for Somerset, after "trouble" with the union. At least that is the story, but I would like to know more. Can someone give me an idea which union he may have been a member of?

On the 1881 Census there is an Alexander POTTER 16, a 'driver in iron mines', born Middlesbrough, a patient at the Miner's Accident Hospital, Guisbrough, Yorks. He is not mentioned on the Mining Disasters Index. I am wondering how he got to be a patient there - and if he survived. Can anyone...

I'm not sure if I've read this correctly - maybe not as I can't find anything when I've tried a general internet search. In the 1891 Wales Census RG12; 4451; 99; page 53 it looks like 15 year old Florance Horgan was employed as a 'doriboy' in a coalmine. What would his job have been?

Hoping someone can help. I am coming back to my family tree after a short break and now cant seem to tie up details for my g.g.grandad who worked as a manager of a ruby mine in Burma. The information I have noted down (But do not have any other proof such as death cert etc) is:- William George...

Researching the Graham family, miners at Chopwell circa 1910-20. Edward John George Charles Thomas