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My great grandfather was a signalman on the Dalton in Furness line and the last mention I have of him is in the 1901 census He was 55 retired and married to his second wife, Florrie Wells.
They lived at 9 Little Mill which I have been told were railway cottages(?) My grandfather was born here. His mother was Elizabeth but she died between 1891 and 1901 She was 47 in 1891. If anyone can give any further information I would be very grateful
I have been unable to trace his or his wife's death and wondered which graveyard he would be in as I would like to visit the area this summer
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Found the following on http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/cgi/search.pl
Deaths Mar 1896
Sanderson Elizabeth 51 Ulverston 8e 570
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Also the following marriage
Marriages Dec 1897
Sanderson Elijah Ulverston 8e 1257
WELLS Florrie Ulverston 8e 1257
Regards Willow
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Found this in 1961 census
hope it is of some help
Eddie
MELLING, Ralph Head Married M 53 Farmer Of 70 Acres Broughton Lancashire
MELLING, Jane Wife Married F 49 Nateby Lancashire
MELLING, Edward Ralph Son Unmarried M 16 Preesall Lancashire
BRADLEY, Mary Mother In Law Widow F 78 Lodger Whinmarlough Lancashire
RONSON, Jane Servant Unmarried F 18 Dairymaid Pilling Lancashire
SANDERSON, Elijah Servant Unmarried M 15 Carter Kirkland Lancashire
RG number:RG09 Piece: 3151 Folio:18 Page:6
Registration District: Garstang Sub District:1 Stalmine
Enumeration District:2 Ecclesiastical District:
Parish:Preesall With Hackinsall City/Municipal Borough:
Address:, New Hays, Ridg
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Elijah Sanderson
My great grandfather lived in Dalton and worked on the railway there and my grandfather was born there. I have just come across an In Memoriam card in amongst my fathers things. Apparently he died on January 28th 1904 after an accident on the Furness railway the previous day and although I have tried to find out about it I am unable to discover what the accident that Elijah had was. I wondered if anyone local would know how I could find out what happened.
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Elijah Sanderson d age 59 Mar qtr 1904 Barrow in Furness RD
Volume: 8e
Page: 638
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I found a newspaper article , hewas buried in Dalton Cemetery. It was a well attended funeral. Another article reports the accident. If you or your local library has access to the Brutish Newspaper Archive you can see 5he articles yourself.
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That's great? Is there a specific newspaper I need to look for?
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I just put his name in the search and the year 1904. I’ll have a look tomorrow for the newspaper I think it was something like Soulby and Ulverston but i’m Not completely sure.
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Thanks Gibel, you are a star! Found the information on the accident and the funeral. Another piece to my puzzle. Many thanks