Peter Bonser Albert James BONSER, Mansfield, Ilkeston and Chesterfield Stations.
Steve Austin My grand fathers best friend died in the Minnie Pit disaster of 1918
Jamie Lee Alta Saunders my great great grandfather
Stuart Ingram The Manager Of The Mine Rescue Station In Morley Rd, Doncaster
Lyn Nicholson Researching William (Bill) Bysouth, linked to the building/installation of Gedling Colliery
Nigel Rudkin My grandfather, Edmund RUDKIN, spent all his working life, as a miner at Markham Colliery
Kim Bolton When Did Crawshaw & Warburton Colliery, Shaw Cross Pit, Close?
Trevor Gidman Looking for information about William Gidman, died in Chatterley Whitfield Explosion 1881
Katrina Barker Does any one knows what happen to the Tarr brothers of Cotgrave
Aileen Any Information about Ronald Watson, born 1909, worked in the lamp cabin, Brookhill Colliery, Pinxton |
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From: Steve Austin
Sent: 14 June 2004
Subject: My grand fathers best friend died in the Minnie Pit disaster of 1918 |
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Hi
I would be most obliged if you could help me ? I am researching my Family Tree, and I have been told by my Father that he was named after his fathers best friend who died in the Minnie Pit disaster of 1918.
Leonard Austin was my Great, Grand Father and would have been 18 when he worked there and survived. He named my father Harvey. The likely candidates seem to be: -
- H Eden 23
- H Harrison 21
- W H Smith 21
- J H Smith 16
- H Sumnall 16
- H Wareham 14 (Harry)
- H Wilshaw 21 (Henry)
If you have christian names or could point me in the right direction I would be very grateful.
Thanking you for your time.
A very very good site by the way.
Steve Austin
Hi Fionn
I have emailed you before (See Above) re my grandads brother who died in the Birchenwood disaster. I have also been trying to trace a person from the Minnie Pitt Disaster. My father is named Harvey and says that he was always told that he was named after his dads best friend who died in the Minnie Pitt. I found an Earnest Harvey Corke on the memorial plaque at Alsager's Bank church.
I thought that you might like the photo of the names from the church for your records. Best regards
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From: Stuart Ingram
Sent: 11 May 2004
Subject: The Manager Of The Mine Rescue Station In Morley Rd, Doncaster |
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GUSTAF Lejeune the manager of the Mine Rescue Station in Morley Rd, Doncaster He is my Great Great Grand Father 1911 + or -10. I am trying to find out any information on him. I remember seeing a medal in a star shape and navy blue and gold trim ribbon. Any ideas where I can find out any info?
Stuart
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Researching William (Bill) Bysouth, linked to the building/installation of Gedling Colliery
Lyn Nicholson
Fri 17 April 2004
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I am a family member looking for some information and wondered if you could help. I am researching William (Bill) Bysouth, who we beleive had something to do with the building/installation of Gedling Colliery, going back to the early 1900's we think or even before.
Do you have any links available or do you have some history yourselves. So hard from down here in New Zealand to find anything about British coalmines, so thought I'd try this site.
Kind regards
Lyn Nicholson.
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My grandfather, Edmund RUDKIN, spent all his working life, as a miner at Markham Colliery
Nigel Rudkin
Tue 13 April 2004
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Hello
My grandfather, Edmund RUDKIN, spent all his working life, (he retired in the early '60s when I was born), as a miner at Markham Colliery. He lived in Duckmanton, and I came across your website when I was looking for any information at all you may have on him. The information I have is very sketchy, but anything at all would be wonderful. He was born in 1901 and died in 1985, and I believe he may have been involved in mines rescue, but am not sure.Any information at all would be wonderful.
Many thanks and regards,
Nigel Rudkin
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Looking for information about William Gidman, died in Chatterley Whitfield Explosion 1881
Trevor Gidman
16 March 2004
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Hello,
I read with interest the description of the Chatterley Whitfield explosion 1881 in which one of the victims was William GIDMAN; I understand he died in or as a result of the explosion but I know no more than that. I have mentioned him on the last page of my site (www.tgidman.co.uk) so far but I should like to add more if possible. I should like to know how old William was because I have two possibilities on my database and I therefore do not know who his parents were. Is there any chance of you having access to such a record, or of knowing a man who does [or woman]? I cannot find any death registration for him - do you happen to know why this should be or when it was, if I have missed it. If his body was not recovered presumably there would be a long delay but I have gone up to 1901 without success. Perhaps the poor beggars were just "forgotten" in official records. The manager must have been devastated by the loss of his son and then to have a verdict of manslaughter against him would finish him off I should think.I believe William Thomas Gidman was the son of Joseph, an iron puddler, and Mercy who lived in Norton in the Moors in 1881. Most unusually, for a Gidman, he was born in Kent, no doubt because his mother was born in Chatham although Joseph was Cheshire born. His younger siblings were born in Chell Heath.
Regards,
Trevor
Gidman One-name study web also Miners Hi Trevor
I have just had an email from John.Lumsdon
He does not mind you using information from his article and he says William Gidman was 19 years of age.
Hello Fionn,
Since writing to you about William Gidman who died in Chatterley Whitfield in 1881 I have discovered, through Ian Winstanley, three other fatalities in 1904 and 1941.
I have had to change the name of the page “William Thomas” to “Miners”.
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Does any one knows what happen to the Tarr brothers of Cotgrave?
Katrina Barker
Fri 06/02/2004
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Does any one knows what happen to the Tarr brothers of Cotgrave?
Katrina
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Any Information about Ronald Watson, born in 1909 and worked in the lamp cabin at Brookhill Colliery in Pinxton
Aileen
Tue 03/02/2004
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Hello thereMy father, Ronald Watson, was born in 1909 and died in 1951. He worked in the lamp cabin at Brookhill colliery in Pinxton until about 1944 when we moved to Ripley. Does anyone remember him, or know anything about the colliery.Any information gratefully received,
Aileen
Shane Phillips, information about Brookhill and Pinxton Colliery together with photographs. |
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