Inquest - Mining death in the Buffery Colliery

[FlutterBye]

Hi Jacwin
Thx for your reply.
They also had Alice Levina and John.
I descend from their son James Probert b 1864 he married Eliza Nicholls.
I also have their marriage cert, I had no joy on the Probert side, the earlist I have this James is his marriage cert, hit a brick wall there.  Had more luck on the Allport side.
Did you get any further back with the Proberts?

Thanks

[jacquelineve]

Hello Flutterbye (you may already have this info, but if not..)

Re.James snr. According to 1871 census at Dudley-James states was born Worcester City.

Jackie

ps Do you have his fathers name from marriage to  M.A.Fleck

[FlutterBye]

Hi jacquelineve

I don't see him before his marriage in 1864 I searched and searched.
Yes his father's name was also James.
Mary ann was a widow when James and her married.

Thanks

[Bilge]

Mining Accidents - James Probert
Name: PROBERT James
Age: 73
Date: 21/12/1893
Year: 1893
Occupation: Dataller.
Colliery: Buffery.
Owner: Dudley Colliery Co.
Town: Dudley.
County: Worcestershire
Notes: Run over by tub at foot of incline.

Dateler/Dataller/Day Man/ Daytaleman/Day Labourer  Casual worker, employed on a daily basis.

[jacwin]

 Hello Flutterbye.
                       Thanks for your reply, much appreciated. I have traced James Probert down to 1831  his father was also named James and I think he might have been born in Gloucester but as yet I haven't confirmed it. His wife Mary Ann Allport died in 1922 and her age on on her death cert. puts her down as 90 years old which makes her 8 years older  than she was according to the censuses. Would it be possible to get a report of James Probert's death on line from the Birmingham evening post or if you know anybody that could send it to me.
 I have traced Samuel Allport and Esther Homer and I have just discovered that Esther Homer remarried after Samuel Allport died..
  Regards Jacwin.

[Bilge]

If you log onto and register onto this web site there are a number of James Proberts that may well be your link, bearing in mind that the Forest of Dean Gloucestershire had a large mining community.
http://www.forest-of-dean.net/

[FlutterBye]

Hi Jacwin
Yes I have a copy of the newspaper report, pm me your email and I'll flick it thru, also have an article on a Samuel Probert living in Birmingham Street, poss your Samuel.

It would be great to compare notes.

Thanks

[FlutterBye]

Hi Bilge

Thanks for the info on James and that's a very interesting site, I will have a good look around.

Thanks

[jacwin]

Hi! Flutterbye.
                     Thanks for that my e.mail address is haydn.probert@yahoo.ca. it would be very interesting to compare notes. Once again thanks a lot.
            Regards Jacwin.