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Scotland (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Scotland => Topic started by: janeycherokee on Wednesday 31 May 06 19:01 BST (UK)

Title: Coal Mine Deaths, Work Conditions, Locations
Post by: janeycherokee on Wednesday 31 May 06 19:01 BST (UK)

Hello-I have received so much help from MonicaLesl on rootschat! I have a new query, after searching censuses and family information on Wypers, Patersons, Penmans, & Browns: Robert Wyper, age 11, and Peter Wyper, age 15, are both shown as coal miners, along with their father...I am hoping there is a link to a site covering the collieries in the 18th-19th centuries in  Scotland, and possible names of those killed at work in them. I am not looking for a specific family name here. I was just dumbfounded to think of an 11 year old already doing a man's work.

Title: Re: Coal Mine Deaths, Work Conditions, Locations
Post by: MonicaL on Wednesday 31 May 06 19:54 BST (UK)

Hi Jane

There's three main links that I have seen referenced here on RootsChat (there's probably more):

www.mining-villages.co.uk/

www.blantyrepast.com/mining.html

www.sorbie.net/lanarkshire_mining_industry.htm

Regards.

Monica

Title: Re: Coal Mine Deaths, Work Conditions, Locations
Post by: janeycherokee on Wednesday 31 May 06 23:19 BST (UK)

Thank you so much. Their lives must have been like hell on earth, from the looks of it. It breaks my heart and makes me proud of their tenacity at the same time. Jane

Title: Re: Coal Mine Deaths, Work Conditions, Locations
Post by: waiteohman on Thursday 01 June 06 02:35 BST (UK)

Hello Jane

I found 2 of my coal miners on this website's listings:

Names of Mining Victims in Great Britain:
http://www.cmhrc.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/lodts.htm

Linda