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Brodie Cochrane

(Born: 1843)

Warning: This is not intended to be an exhaustive history of this individual, but an indication of the changes of positions and the links between companies, directors and managers in those companies. Only collieries, pits etc. in the North of England are shown - the individual may be involved with other companies or collieries outside this area and there may have been other positions for which we currently do not have details.


1870

Membership

1870-1871, North of England Institute of Mining Engineers. Position: Member; Address: Aldin Grange, Durham; Elected: Dec 6, 1866


1873

Managers Certificate

05 April 1873, Certificate Number: 772 (1st), Inspector: Mr. Willis, Mine: New Brancepeth

First Class Certificate of Service as a Manager of Mines granted under the Coal Mines Regulation Act, 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. Cap. 76, Sec. 31), including the name of the mine (if any) in which acting as Manager at the time of grant of certificate.


1880

Membership

1880-1881, North of England Institute of Mining Engineers. Position: Member; Address: Aldin Grange, Durham; Elected: Dec 6, 1866


1881

Census

Address: Aldin Grange, Broom

(Ref: RG11/4953/87/15)

Name  Age  Rel  Mar OccupationWhere Born
COCHRANE, Brodie  38 Head Mar Mining Engineer  STS: Horby Hall
COCHRANE, Mary Letitia  35 Wife Mar   WOR: Cradley
COCHRANE, Mary Evelyn  10 Dau   DUR: Aldin Grange
COCHRANE, Edith  8 Dau   DUR: Aldin Grange
COCHRANE, Ernest  7 Son   DUR: Aldin Grange
COCHRANE, Florence  5 Dau   DUR: Aldin Grange
COCHRANE, Agnes  3 Dau   DUR: Aldin Grange
COCHRANE, Douglas Gordon  1 Son   DUR: Aldin Grange
COCHRANE, Nora Lilian  3m Dau   DUR: Aldin Grange
BARKER, Mary  23 Serv Unn Governess  Wolverhampton
SHILITTO, Eleanor  39 Serv Wid Head Nurse  LIN: Burton Upon Humble
STAIT, Carolina Annie  19 Serv Unn Under Nurse  WOR: Evesham
LEADBITTER, Jane Ann  24 Serv Unn Parlour Maid  NBL: Sandhoe
HINDS, Hannah  26 Serv Unn House Maid  LAN
GOLIGHTLY, Martha Jane  20 Serv Unn Under House Maid  DUR: Sedgefield
NEILL, Emma Mary  21 Serv Unn Kitchen Maid  SCT: Edinburgh


1882

Colliery Staff Positions held

Position   Colliery  Company
Agent:   New Brancepeth   New Brancepeth Coal Co., St. John's Chambers, Newcastle-on-Tyne


1884

Colliery Staff Positions held

Position   Colliery  Company
Agent:   New Brancepeth   New Brancepeth Coal Co., St. John's Chambers, Newcastle-on-Tyne


1888

Colliery Staff Positions held

Position   Colliery  Company
Agent:   New Brancepeth   New Brancepeth Coal Co., Newcastle-on-Tyne
Agent:   New Brancepeth, No. 3   New Brancepeth Coal Co., Newcastle-on-Tyne

Membership

1888-1889, North of England Institute of Mining Engineers. Position: Member; Address: Aldin Grange, Durham; Elected: Dec 6, 1866


1889

Membership

1889-1890, Federated Institution of Mining Engineers. Position: Member; Address: Aldin Grange, Durham.


1890

Colliery Staff Positions held

Position   Colliery  Company
Agent:   New Brancepeth   Cochrane & Co. Ltd.
Agent:   New Brancepeth, No. 3   Cochrane & Co. Ltd.


1894

Commercial/Trade Directory

Page 241: Bearpark - Cochrane, Brodie, Coal Owner, Aldin Grange
Source: History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham by Francis Whellan. Second edition published in 1894.


1896

Membership

1896-1897, Federated Institution of Mining Engineers. Position: Member; Address: Aldin Grange, Durham.


Sources
  • 1881 Census — taken 3rd April, 1881
  • 1881 Mines Inspectors Annual Report
  • 1884 List of Mines
  • 1888 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
  • 1890 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
  • History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham by Francis Whellan. Second edition published in 1894.
  • Transactions of the Federated Institution of Mining Engineers, Volume I published in 1890
  • Transactions of the Federated Institution of Mining Engineers, Volume XIII published in 1897
  • Transactions of the North of England Institute of Mining Engineers, Volume XX published in 1871
  • Transactions of the North of England Institute of Mining Engineers, Volume XXX published in 1881
  • Transactions of the North of England Institute of Mining Engineers, Volume XXXVIII published in 1889

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