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Alexander Ross

(Born: 1819)

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.


1858

Commercial/Trade Directory

Page 612: Gateshead - Ross, A., Colliery Viewer, 6 St. Edmund's Place, High Street
Source: Post Office Directory of Northumberland and Durham, 1858


1864

Membership

1864-1865, North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers. Position: Member; Address: Shipcote Colliery, Gateshead.


1870

Membership

1870-1871, North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers. Position: Member; Address: Shipcote Colliery, Gateshead; Elected: 01 Oct 1857


1873

Managers Certificate

22 February 1873, Certificate Number: 269 (1st), Inspector: Mr. Southern, Mine: Shipcote

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 and Mechanical Engineers. Position: Member; Elected: 01 Oct 1857


1881

Census

Address: 5 Ely Street, Gateshead

(Ref: RG11/5034/63/11)

Name  Age  Rel  Mar OccupationWhere Born
ROSS, Alexander  62 Head Mar Colliery Viewer  NBL: Willington
ROSS, Elizabeth  62 Wife Mar   DUR: Black Fell
ROSS, Isabella M.  32 Dau Unn   DUR: Springwell
ROSS, Mary Jane  30 Dau Unn   DUR: Springwell
ROSS, R. L.  28 Son Unn Colliery Viewer  DUR: Gateshead
ROSS, C. E.  25 Son Unn Engine Fitter  DUR: Gateshead
ROSS, Alfred  19 Son Unn Engine Fitter  DUR: Gateshead
ROSS, E. J. F.  16 Dau Unn   DUR: Gateshead


1894

Commercial/Trade Directory

Page 1027: Gateshead - Ross, Alexander, Colliery Viewer, 5 Ely Street
Source: History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham by Francis Whellan. Second edition published in 1894.


1896

Membership

1896-1897, Institute of Mining Engineers. Position: Member; Address: Newcastle Wallsend Coal Company, Wallsend, New South Wales.


Sources
  • 1881 Census — taken 3rd April, 1881
  • History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham by Francis Whellan. Second edition published in 1894.
  • Post Office Directory of Northumberland and Durham, 1858
  • Transactions of the Institute of Mining Engineers, Volume XIII published in 1897
  • Transactions of the North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, Volume XIV published in 1865
  • Transactions of the North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, Volume XX published in 1871
  • Transactions of the North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, Volume XXX published in 1881

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