Blackwell Colliery Explosion 1895..those who lost their lives
John Jones
John Jones was born in Measham in 1854, and married Fanny (maiden name so far unknown). They had 3 daughters and 2 sons: Ann Elizabeth (1877), Sarah (1879), George (1881), Louisa (1884), and Thomas (1887). The first daughter was born in Moira, the second in Hucknall, before they moved to Primrose Hill, Blackwell where the last 3 were born.
Annie Elizabeth married Samuel Roberts at Blackwell in 1896, and by 1911 they had 5 children, Elsie May (1897), Lillian (1899), John F (1902), Olive(1906), and Eric (1910). The 1939 register also shows a son born 1916, Samuel G whose occupation was Professional Footballer.
Sarah (1879) can’t be found so far in marriage records or census after 1891, so perhaps she emigrated or passed away before 1901.
George Henry (1881), married Clara Grainger ay Pilsley in 1909, and they had a daughter Ethel in 1910. The census of 1911 shows Ethel and her mother living at Mount Pleasant Newton as visitors and in 1939 the family of 3 were in Clowne. Marrying James Burt in Clowne, Ethel and John moved to Blackpool.
Louisa (1884) was lodging with sister Annie in 1901 in Blackwell, but again no record of her whereabouts can be confirmed as yet in census of 1911 or marriage records so perhaps she emigrated or passed away before 1911.
Thomas (1887) was also lodging with Annie in 1901; Again he cannot be found on 1911 census, but he was married in 1913 to Fanny Mosley of Newton; they were living on Primrose Hill when children were born: Harry (1914), Harold (1915), Gwendoline (1916), and Jack (1919). Sadly, a burial record exists for Thomas at Blackwell in 1923. Fanny married again, and with husband George Hart, his son and her 4 children, the family were at Central Drive Blackwell in 1939. Subsequently Gwendoline married Raymond Dawes in 1945.